Patent ID: 8612388

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a first status update with an associated tracking number for a data file, wherein the first status update includes a time of receipt of the data file by a data processing system, wherein a plurality of predetermined processing stages in the data processing system corresponds to processing of data from the data file, and wherein the predetermined processing stages include a stage for processing of the data file by a transaction processing entity; identifying a type of data file based on the tracking number, wherein a number of the predetermined processing stages varies depending on the type of data file; determining whether the data file is an expected data file based on the tracking number and the time of receipt for the data file, and further based on a list of expected data files and a predetermined time frame for receiving the expected data files; receiving one or more additional status updates from the predetermined processing stages; and generating a status report with a status of the data file for the predetermined processing stages based on the one or more additional status updates.