Transaction model with structural and behavioral description of complex transactions

US9202185B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CA, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Vladimir Umansky · Newton, US
• Indranil Basak · Queens, US
• Abhijit Sawant · San Francisco, US
• Aaron Kenneth Blackwell · Redding, US
• Jeffrey R. Cobb · Belmont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 8, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 1, 2015
• Expiry date: Aug 21, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A model is used to provide a user interface to track flows through at least one application of a computer system. The model relates the structural aspects of the at least one application to a behavioral model such as a business transaction hierarchy. The structural part of the model includes linked Vertex and Edge records. Vertex records for different instances of a component can be aggregated to provide a single vertex or node for display in a user interface. A Vertex record is linked to an Agent record and a Metric Path record. The Edge records identify tail and head components of a call. A set of Edge records can be associated with a Transaction record in the behavioral part of the model. A Transaction record can be associated with a Business Transaction Record, and a Business Transaction record can be associated with a Business Service Record.