Patent ID: 7127507

Claim:
A distributed computing environment, comprising: (a) a server computer platform on which a server process application resides; (b) a plurality of client computer platforms coupled to said server computer platform, each one of said plurality of client computer platforms having a client process application residing thereon; (c) a queue-based messaging system for controlling the exchange of messages between said server process application and said plurality of client process applications, said queue-based messaging system comprising a messaging application residing at each one of said server computer platform and said plurality of client computer platforms, said messaging application residing at said server computer platform managing a plurality of queues, each one of said plurality of queues described by a plurality of attributes; and (d) a system for monitoring said queue-based messaging system, said monitoring system allowing a user to select at least two of said plurality of queues and four attributes selected from a group consisting of put, get, trigger and depth attributes, describing one or more of said plurality of queues and generating a display which simultaneously includes a current value for said selected attributes for each one of said selected queues described thereby.