Patent ID: 8156172

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving and time stamping at a message hub one or more messages from one or more sources, at least one of the one or more messages including enterprise data; selecting a message from among the one or more messages using a criterion; using an extractor implemented at the message hub to extract enterprise data from the selected message; obtaining traffic flow information related to the selected message, the traffic flow information including a number of messages routed through a particular path per unit of time based on the time stamp from the message hub, the particular path including an identification of one or more nodes within the path, the path being indicative of a source of each of the one or more messages and a destination of each of the one or more messages; generating a message that contains the extracted enterprise data and the traffic flow information; selecting a destination for the message that contains the extracted enterprise data and the traffic flow information; and sending the message that contains the extracted enterprise data and the traffic flow information to the destination.