Patent ID: 8601172

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for detecting end of a transaction in a computing environment, the method comprising: determining a target area in a graphical user environment displayed on a display screen, wherein a change is expected to occur when end of a transaction is reached, wherein positioning and presence status of one or more features in the target area are known before the end of the transaction is reached, and further wherein expected positioning and expected presence status of the one or more features after the end of the transaction is reached are also known before the end of the transaction is reached, wherein the one or more features comprise a GUI feature; masking the target area at least partially to remove content included in the target area that is present before or after the transaction was initiated, wherein the content is removed from the target area before a screen capture process is applied to capture a screenshot of at least the target area; monitoring the target area for change in content; and detecting the end of the transaction when the content of the target area has changed to match the expected positioning and expected presence status of the one or more features.