Patent ID: 7471294

Claim:
A method for visualizing web service interactions, the method comprising: invoking an operation to cause a plurality of messages to be sent between a first component and a second component in a connected system, each message having a sender and a recipient; visually identifying a swim lane for each of the first and second components in a graphical display; for each of the messages, plotting a vector in the graphical display, the vector extending from the swim lane of a message sender to the swim lane of a message recipient where a relative position of each vector depends on the time a corresponding one of the messages is sent relative to other ones of the messages; displaying a first icon at an end of each vector that indicates the sender of a corresponding message; displaying a second icon at an end of each vector that indicates the recipient of the corresponding message; displaying contents of a message dispatch when the first icon is selected; and displaying contents of a message receipt when the second icon is selected.