Multi-level transaction flow monitoring

US8005736B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• David Botzer · Kfar Yona, IL
• David Oren · Windom, US
• Tali Yatzkar-Haham · Kiryat Shmona, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2009
• Grant date: Aug 23, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for monitoring transactions in a computer system includes monitoring events reported by components of the computer system responsively to a flow of the transactions through the system. A state machine model and a rule-based model are jointly applied to the monitored events, so as to identify respective transaction-level events and business-level events. A status of the flow of the transactions is assessed responsively to the transaction-level events and the business-level events.