Method for controlling software modules

• US 20060174218A1
• Filed: 05/05/2005
• Published: 08/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: UBS Business Solutions AG (UBS Ag)
• Original Assignee: UBS Ag
• Inventors: Loacker, Hansbeat, Wietlisbach, Markus, Dunki, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 7,818,750 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3829 involving key management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4012 Verifying personal identification numbers [PIN]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for controlling data-processing software modules (4, 5, 6, 7), wherein the data to be processed are organized in files, and wherein the processing is performed in a plurality of successive processing sections and the files in one processing section are processed by at least one software module (4, 5, 6, 7). To prevent the propagation and spreading of deviations occurring during the processing in the software modules (4, 5, 6, 7) in subsequent processing sections, information about the data processed are collected in the software modules (4, 5, 6, 7) of the processing sections and are signalized to a control system (8), said control system (8) comparing the information signalized and stopping the processing in a subsequent processing section if the comparison of the information revealed that a predetermined, admissible maximum deviation has been exceeded.

Claims

1. A method for controlling data-processing software modules (4, 5, 6, 7), wherein the data to be processed are organized in files of data sets, and wherein the processing is performed in a plurality of successive processing sections and the files in one processing section are each processed by at least one software module (4, 5, 6, 7),

characterized in that

in the at least one software module (4, 5, 6, 7) of a processing section, in-formation about the data processed is collected and signalized to a control system (8), and

the control system (8) compares the information signalized by the software modules (4, 5, 6, 7) of the various processing sections and stops the processing of the data in a subsequent processing section providently if the exceeding of a predetermined admissible maximum deviation was detected.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the data to be processed by the software modules (4, 5, 6, 7) of a processing section are stored in a plurality of files, wherein the information of the files is correlated with one another.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the software modules (4, 5, 6, 7) of a processing section are running simultaneously independently of each other.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the control system (8) generates an acoustic and/or optical alarm message for an operating person.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the processing of the data is permitted by the control system (8) for a part of the subsequent processing section if the deviation detected is insignificant for this part of the subsequent processing section.

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, in the software modules (4, 5, 6, 7) of a processing section, a key figure, in particular a sum, created by the bank is determined and signalized to the control system (8) and that the admissible maximum deviation is related to this key figure, in particular a sum.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that the admissible maximum deviation for a key figure, in particular a sum, created by the bank is determined as a relative deviation.

8. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that the admissible maximum deviation for a key figure, in particular a sum, created by the bank is determined as an absolute value.

9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, in the software modules (4, 5, 6, 7) of the processing sections, the number of particular processing steps performed, in particular the number of data sets processed, is collected and signalized to the control system (8) as a control value.

10. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the time required by the software modules (4, 5, 6, 7) for the processing of a number of data sets, in particular the duration between the beginning and the end of the processing, is collected as a control value and is signalized to the control system (8).

11. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the software modules (4, 5, 6, 7) of the processing sections are started by a permanently running scheduler program to which an information about the success of the processing is signalized by the software modules (4, 5, 6, 7) at the end of their run, and that the scheduler program starts the software modules (4, 5, 6, 7) of the subsequent processing section only if the started software module (4, 5, 6, 7) signalizes the success of the processing and if a checking of the information, in particular control values, signalized to the control system (8) results in an under-running of the admissible maximum deviation.

12. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the processing is performed additionally in a plurality of, in particular more than ten or fifty, parallel processing sections.

13. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the processing is performed in more than five or ten successive, independent processing sections.

14. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the data sets are stored in files, databases, or queues.

15. A computer program comprising program code means for performing the method steps indicated in claim 1, if the program is executed on a computer.

16. The computer program comprising program code means according to claim 15, said computer program being stored on a computer-readable storage medium.