Patent ID: 7930404

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing a cross-system log in a distributed computer system environment having multiple computer systems, the method comprising: electronically transmitting an identifier, associated with a cross-system activity between a first system and a second system and comprising information including at least one update originating from a least one change in at least one service provided by the first system, an identity of the event that caused the at least one change, a time stamp of the cross-system activity, an identity of the at least one service, and identification data associated with a user that initiated the at least one change, from the first system to the second system, wherein at least one of the first system and second system provides the other system with a resource for completing a task, and the cross-system activity is generated upon a change in the resource; electronically storing the identifier in the first system and the second system; electronically receiving data in a third system, the data including cross-system characteristics of the cross-system activity and the identifier; electronically storing the data in the third system; electronically receiving a request, at the third system, to access the data; and electronically providing, by the third system, the requested data.