Patent ID: 6975595
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring the operation of a distributed transaction system that is operable to process one or more transactions, each of which is comprised of a plurality of discrete processes each operating independent of each other and operating independent of the entire transaction, and which transaction as a whole is operable to perform a transaction on data when transferring data from a first location on a network to a second location on the network and the transaction comprised of operating on the data at intermediate nodes in the system with one or more of the plurality of discrete processes during the transaction wherein each of the discrete processes requires information and data from another previously executed one of the discrete processes prior to transferring data therefrom comprising the steps of: determining when a transaction has been initiated from the first location and has been transferred to the one of the intermediate nodes in the network; logging the initiation of the transaction at a central location on the network; determining when the initiated transaction has been completed by transfer of the processed data to the second location on the network from the last of the intermediate nodes in the network that has operated on the data; monitoring the length of time that the initiated one of the plurality of processes requires for completion at a given one of the intermediate nodes; and logging the completion of the transaction at the central location on the network in addition to the time information determined in the step of monitoring.