Analysis of message sequences
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1. A method for investigating messages passed in a message-passing environment, comprising:
- collecting a plurality of messages from at least one participant in the message-passing environment;
assembling the messages into at least one message sequence;
analyzing said at least one message sequence to extract information regarding the message-passing environment; and
outputting the information.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for investigating the behavior of an environment by analyzing messages passed between participants in the environment. The environment can pertain to a network, a machine, a system, a software program, or other environment. The analysis can use any kind of analysis to group sequences of messages into a collection of related sequences. The results of the analysis may reveal anomalous conditions within the environment, or other features of the environment.
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39 Claims
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1. A method for investigating messages passed in a message-passing environment, comprising:
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collecting a plurality of messages from at least one participant in the message-passing environment;
assembling the messages into at least one message sequence;
analyzing said at least one message sequence to extract information regarding the message-passing environment; and
outputting the information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for investigating messages passed in a message-passing environment, comprising:
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message aggregation logic configured to collect a plurality of messages from at least one participant in the message-passing environment, and to assemble the messages into at least one message sequence;
analysis logic configured to analyze said at least one message sequence to extract information regarding the message-passing environment; and
output logic configured to output the information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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25. The method according to claim 25, wherein the markup language is the extensible markup language (XML).
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39. An apparatus for investigating messages passed in a message-passing environment, comprising:
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means for collecting a plurality of messages from at least one participant in the message-passing environment;
means for assembling the messages into at least one message sequence;
means for analyzing said at least one message sequence to extract information regarding the message-passing environment; and
means for outputting the information.
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