Method and apparatus for real time monitoring of business services
First Claim
1. An automated method for monitoring the activities of business services and displaying graphic representations of the monitoring, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of creating an application program interface (“
- API”
) framework module;
creating a monitoring utility;
setting up a business service in a business service application for monitoring;
conducting monitoring of the business service; and
updating the monitoring of the business service periodically.
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Abstract
An API framework module is created that enables monitoring of business services and updating the monitoring of business services. The API framework module is used to create a monitoring utility to monitor business services and produce graphic representations of that monitoring. The API framework module is transferred to a business service and incorporated into the business service to enable the monitoring utility to collect required data. Subsequently the monitoring utility automatically queries the business service for monitoring, and the business service employs the API framework module to display at the monitoring utility the categories that can be monitored for the business service. An operator associated with the monitoring utility chooses the categories to be monitored and initiates the monitoring. The business service then sends graphic representations of the required monitored information to the monitoring utility for display there, with updates at specified intervals.
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14 Claims
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1. An automated method for monitoring the activities of business services and displaying graphic representations of the monitoring, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of
creating an application program interface (“ - API”
) framework module;
creating a monitoring utility;
setting up a business service in a business service application for monitoring;
conducting monitoring of the business service; and
updating the monitoring of the business service periodically. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An automated method for monitoring the activities of business services and displaying graphic representations of the monitoring, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of
creating an API framework module on a source server; -
creating a monitoring utility on the source server;
setting up for monitoring a business service on a second server, the business service being linked to a business service application on the source server;
conducting monitoring of the business service; and
updating the monitoring of the business service periodically. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An automated method for monitoring the activities of business services and displaying graphic representations of the monitoring, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of
creating an API framework module, such that the API framework module enables monitoring of business services, enables updating the monitoring of business services, and provides a framework for a business service to respond to monitoring queries according to parameters set up for the business service, those parameters comprising useful categories of information to be monitored, and metadata for the presentation of those categories of information; -
creating a monitoring utility, such that the monitoring utility uses the API framework module to monitor business services into which the API framework module has been incorporated, and generate graphic representations of that monitoring;
setting up the business service in a business service application for monitoring, such that setting up the business service comprises transferring the API module to the business service, creating plug-in code to integrate the API framework module, into the business service, such that configuring the plug-in code predetermines the categories of information to be monitored at the business service, the way that monitored information will be presented in a screen display by the monitoring utility, and the time interval at which the monitored information will be updated;
using the plug-in code to integrate the API framework module into the business service, and preparing the business service to listen for monitoring queries;
conducting monitoring of the business service, such that conducting the monitoring comprises sending a monitoring query from the monitoring utility to the business service, receiving the monitoring query at the business service, employing the API framework module to display the predetermined categories that the business service can monitor, selecting the category to be monitored at the business service, and displaying by the monitoring utility the results of the monitoring; and
updating the monitoring of the business service periodically, such that the updating comprises employing the API framework module incorporated into the business service to send to the monitoring utility for display update information about at least one monitored category at the preconfigured time interval specified by the plug-in code.
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13. A system for monitoring the activities of business services and displaying graphic representations of the monitoring, the system comprising
a first server; -
an API framework;
a monitoring utility;
at least one second server;
a business service on the second server; and
plug-in code on the second server. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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