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Customer-based service system including a cascaded pipeline with self-monitoring relays

  • US 20030133464A1
  • Filed: 06/27/2002
  • Published: 07/17/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A relay for use in a network monitoring system, comprising:

  • a downstream interface that receives messages from downstream sources, each message comprising a recipient list, and assembles the messages in a message assembly area into upstream forwarding messages;

    an upstream interface that receives messages from upstream sources and assembles the messages in a message assembly area into upstream forwarding messages;

    a priority-based queuing mechanism that queues messages for transmission in accordance with a priority associated with the messages; and

    an instrumentation process that collects data regarding one or more message threads in the relay and sends the data downstream to a service provider system.

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