Patent ID: 7827448
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for determining status information based on one or more reporting applications providing a status summary, comprising: a middleware layer receiving a first status summary from a first reporting application, wherein the first status summary is generated by the first reporting application from a first status report that is generated by the first reporting application from first status information provided to the first reporting application from a first underlying application; the middleware layer receiving a second status summary from a second reporting application, wherein the second status summary is generated by the second reporting application from a second status report that is generated by the second reporting application from second status information provided to the second reporting application from a second underlying application; the middleware layer storing the first status summary and the second status summary in a reporting data store; the middleware layer processing the first status summary and the second status summary, wherein the first status summary and the second status summary comprise different formats; the middleware layer providing to an interface a first status indicator based on the first status summary stored in the reporting data store and a second status indicator based on the second status summary stored in the reporting data store; the middleware layer storing a new status summary in the reporting data store, wherein the new status summary is pushed to the middleware layer by the first reporting application, and wherein the new status summary is generated by the first reporting application from a new status report that is generated by the first reporting application from changed status information provided to the first reporting application from the first underlying application when the first status information changes; receiving a selection of at least one of the first status indicator and the second status indicator in the interface; and displaying in the interface, data related to a corresponding status report from which a corresponding status summary symbolized by the at least one of the first status indicator and the second status indicator was generated.