Macrocosm monitor service platform

• US 10,489,404 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2015
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ADP, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ADP LLC (ADP, Inc.)
• Inventors: Frewin, Trevor John Lakeland, Nightingale, Andrew Karl, Jones, William Geraint, Bough, Shane Philip, Bisp, Paul Gareth
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Charles E
• Application Number:
  US14/750,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20160378835A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,615 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/30 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24568 Data stream processing; Continuous queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements

Abstract

A network of computers providing improved data retrieval. The network includes a service platform providing a service to other computers outside of the network. The network also includes a command module deployed on the service platform performing a monitoring action independently or upon request for a capture of data. The network also includes a query module deployed on the service platform responding to requests for a return of data, the query module being independent of the command module. The command module and the query module are implemented using command-query separation based on imperative computer programming. Independence of command and query enable the capture of and review of data to be evolved independently from each other, enabling dynamic change management and responsiveness of monitoring relative to an agent-based service monitoring platform.

Claims

1. A network comprising:

a plurality of interconnected computers, each comprising a corresponding processor, a corresponding bus, and a corresponding memory;

a service platform configured to provide a service to other computers outside of the network, the service platform comprising computer usable program code executable by one or more of the plurality of computers of the network;

a data storage having a dynamic data architecture;

a command module deployed on a first instance of the service platform, the command module configured to perform a monitoring action that pulls data from a monitored system and writes the data to the data storage, wherein the command module performs monitoring independently or upon request for a capture of the data, and wherein the command module comprises computer usable program code executable by one or more of the plurality of computers;

a query module deployed on a second instance of the service platform, the query module configured to respond to requests for a return of data by reading the data from the data storage and returning the data to a caller, wherein the query module is independent of the command module, wherein the query module comprises computer usable program code executable by one or more different ones of the plurality of computers;

wherein the data storage acts as a clearinghouse for data retrieved by the command module and requested by the query module;

wherein the command module and the query module are implemented using command-query separation based on imperative computer programming; and

wherein capture of and review of data is evolved independently from each other based on independence of command and query.

2. The network of claim 1, wherein capturing the data is separated from viewing of the data.

3. The network of claim 1, wherein a first type of data monitored by the command module is different than a second type of data that the query module is programmed to retrieve.

4. The network of claim 1, wherein a first type of data monitored by the command module is the same as a second type of data that the query module is programmed to retrieve.

5. The network of claim 1, wherein the command module is deployed independently of the query module.

6. The network of claim 1, wherein the command module is isolated relative to other command modules in the network, and wherein the query module is isolated relative to other query modules in the network.

7. The network of claim 1, wherein a first security context of the capture of data and a second security context of viewing of the data are different.

8. The network of claim 1, wherein the command module is one of a plurality of chained command modules, or wherein the query module is one of a plurality of chained query modules.

9. The network of claim 1, wherein the command module is one of a plurality of command modules, the query module is one of a plurality of query modules, and wherein the plurality of command modules are deployed independently of the plurality of query modules.

10. The network of claim 1, wherein the command module and the query module are distinct and independent with respect to functions of the service platform.

11. The network of claim 1, wherein at least one of the command module and the query module are received as a second service from one or more remote computers and wherein a client of the second service operates the service platform.

12. The network of claim 11, wherein the client of the second service has access to the query module, but not to the command module.

13. The network of claim 11, wherein the client of the second service has access to the command module, but not to the query module.

14. The network of claim 1, wherein the network comprises a network of networks.

15. A method implemented by a network of a plurality of computers, each computer in the network comprising a corresponding processor, a corresponding bus, and a corresponding memory, the method comprising:

providing a service, using a service platform, to other computers outside of the network, the service platform comprising computer usable program code executable by one or more of the plurality of computers of the network;

performing a monitoring action, using a command module deployed on a first instance of the service platform in one or more of the plurality of computers, wherein the monitoring action pulls data from a monitored system and writes the data to a data storage having a dynamic data architecture, wherein the command module performs monitoring independently or upon request for a capture of the data, and wherein the command module comprises computer usable program code executable by one or more of the plurality of computers;

responding to requests for a return of data, using a query module deployed on a second instance of the service platform in one or more of the plurality of computers, by reading the data from the data storage and returning the data to a caller, wherein the query module is independent of the command module, wherein the query module comprises computer usable program code executable by one or more different ones of the plurality of computers;

wherein the data storage acts as a clearinghouse for data retrieved by the command module and requested by the query module;

wherein the command module and the query module are implemented using command-query separation based on imperative computer programming; and

wherein capture of and review of data is evolved independently from each other based on independence of command and query.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

capturing the data independently and separated from viewing of the data.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

deploying the command module independently of the query module.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer usable program code which, when executed by one or more processors, implements a method implemented by a network of a plurality of computers, each computer in the network comprising a corresponding processor, a corresponding bus, and a corresponding memory, wherein the computer usable program code comprises:

computer usable program code for providing a service, using a service platform, to other computers outside of the network, the service platform comprising computer usable program code executable by one or more of the plurality of computers of the network;

computer usable program code for performing a monitoring action, using a command module deployed on a first instance of the service platform in one or more of the plurality of computers, wherein the monitoring action pulls data from a monitored system and writes the data to a data storage having a dynamic data architecture, wherein the command module performs monitoring independently or upon request for a capture of data, and wherein the command module comprises computer usable program code executable by one or more of the plurality of computers;

computer usable program code for responding to requests for a return of data, using a query module deployed on a second instance of the service platform in one or more of the plurality of computers, by reading the data from the data storage and returning the data to a caller, wherein the query module is independent of the command module, wherein the query module comprises computer usable program code executable by one or more different ones of the plurality of computers;

wherein the data storage acts as a clearinghouse for data retrieved by the command module and requested by the query module;

wherein the command module and the query module are implemented using command-query separation based on imperative computer programming; and

wherein capture of and review of data is evolved independently from each other based on independence of command and query.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the computer usable program code further comprises:

computer usable program code for capturing the data independently and separated from viewing of the data.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the computer usable program code further comprises:

computer usable program code for deploying the command module independently of the query module.