Method and apparatus for extracting and visualizing execution patterns from web services

US7873728B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Wim De Pauw · Scarborough, US
• Sophia Krasikov · Katonah, US
• Michelle Lei · Geneva, CH
• John Morar · Mahopac, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 18, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 1, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for extracting and visualizing execution patterns from Web Services collects data relating to one or more transactions executed in accordance with one or more Web Services-based applications (e.g., messaging systems or other services). One or more patterns is then extracted from the collected data, where the patterns are representative transactions commonly executed in accordance with the Web Services configuration under analysis.