COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DATA

• US 20070294261A1
• Filed: 06/14/2007
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GMBH (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Skubacz, Michal, Neuneier, Ralph
• Granted Patent: US 8,700,647 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

In a plurality of sub-systems, a respective sub-system processes data according to a logic system specific to the respective sub-system. At least some of the sub-systems respectively include at least one acquisition unit which is configured in such a way that it acquires information relating to the processed data of the respective sub-system and converts it into a predefined data structure which is the same for at least some of the sub-systems. the acquisition units are connected to a common analysis unit which during operation of the communication system receives information from the acquisition units relating to the processed data in the predefined data structure and analyzes it in relation to predefined criteria.

Claims

1. A communication system for processing data, comprising:

a plurality of sub-systems, a respective sub-system processing data according to a logic system specific to the respective sub-system, at least some of the sub-systems respectively including at least one acquisition unit acquiring information relating to processed data of the respective sub-system and producing converted information in a predefined data structure in at least some of the sub-systems; and

a common analysis unit, connected to the acquisition units, receiving, during operation of the communication system, the converted information from the acquisition units relating to the processed data in the predefined data structure and analyzing the converted information in relation to predefined criteria.

2. The communication system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a common interface, provided between the acquisition units and the common analysis unit, via which interface the acquisition units and the common analysis unit communicate with each other during operation of the communication system.

3. The communication system as claimed in claim 2, supplying web contents for a plurality of users,

wherein the plurality of sub-systems are web systems and a respective web system processes web contents according to a logic system specific to the respective web system and supplies the web contents to the users;

wherein the at least one acquisition unit of at least some of the web systems acquires the information which is related to web contents of the respective web system retrieved by the users and produces the converted information in the predefined data structure.

4. The communication system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the at least one acquisition unit acquires the information relating to the web contents retrieved by the users at least partially via communication of the respective web system with web browsers of the users.

5. The communication system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the respective web system communicates with the web browsers of the users via the HTTP protocol.

6. The communication system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the information relating to the web contents retrieved by the users is acquired at least partially via requesting of the web contents by the web browser.

7. The communication system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the information relating to the web contents retrieved by the users is at least partially transmitted to the acquisition units via parameters in requests made by the web browser.

8. The communication system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the information relating to the web contents retrieved by the users is at least partially transmitted through to the acquisition units by way of redirection from links into HTML web pages displayed by the web browser.

9. The communication system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the links are links to other web pages or links for downloading documents.

10. The communication system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the information relating to the web contents retrieved by the users is at least one of a URL, storage location or author of a retrieved web page or file, and/or a time at which the web page or file was retrieved.

11. The communication system as claimed in claim 10, wherein at least some of the sub-systems include at least one of a content supplying unit, in particular a web server, supplying the data of the respective sub-system and a content management unit managing the data of the respective sub-system.

12. The communication system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the at least one acquisition unit of a respective sub-system cooperates with the content management unit of the respective sub-system in such a way that the information acquired in the acquisition unit relating to the processed data is supplemented by further information.

13. The communication system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the supplementary information comprises meta information on the web contents, including at least one of the storage location, the author and a storage name of the retrieved web page or file.

14. The communication system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the information acquired by the acquisition units of the respective sub-system is stored in a local database in the respective sub-system.

15. The communication system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the common analysis unit statistically analyzes the converted information relating to the processed data in the predefined data structure.

16. The communication system as claimed in claim 15, wherein each of at least one of the acquisition unit is divided into at least one first acquisition sub-unit acquiring information the relating to processed data and at least one second acquisition sub-unit further processing the information acquired.

17. The communication system as claimed in claim 16, wherein at least one of the sub-systems comprises a plurality of content supplying units supplying the web contents for retrieval by the web browser, each content supplying unit containing a first content sub-unit and all first content sub-units splitting a common second content sub-unit.

18. The communication system as claimed in claim 16, wherein at least one of the sub-systems comprises a plurality of content supplying units supplying the web contents for retrieval by the web browser, each content supplying unit containing a first content sub-unit and at least one of the content supplying units also containing a second content sub-unit.

19. The communication system as claimed in claim 16, wherein at least one of the sub-systems comprises a plurality of content supplying units supplying the web contents for retrieval by the web browser, each content supplying unit comprising one of the acquisition units.

20. The communication system as claimed in claim 19, wherein at least one of the sub-systems comprises at least two redundant acquisition units.

21. A method for processing data in a communication system, comprising:

processing data in each of a plurality of sub-systems in the communication system according to a logic system specific to one of the sub-systems to produce processed data;

acquiring, by at least some of the sub-systems, information relating to the processed data of the respective sub-system using at least one acquisition unit in each case;

converting the information into a predefined data structure which is used in at least some of the sub-systems;

sending the information relating to the processed data in the predefined data structure from the acquisition units to a common analysis unit; and

analyzing the information relating to the processed data in the predefined data structure by the common analysis unit.