Remotely monitoring a data processing system via a communications network
First Claim
1. A remote data processing system comprising:
- a data receiver for receiving a data message;
a remote software module arranged to receive the data message from the data receiver, the remote software module including at least a first stage software component cascaded with a second stage software component; and
a fault detector associated with the first software stage component and the second software stage component to detect a fault in the remote software module by detecting whether the data message flows entirely through at least one of the first stage software component and the second stage software component.
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Abstract
A remote data processing system facilitates monitoring of the remote data processing system. The remote data processing system receives a data message via a communications network. The remote data processing system cascades at least a first stage software component and a second stage software component to form an installed remote software module for accepting the received data message. The remote data processing system detects the data message or a derivative at a group of logical nodes within the installed remote software module to determine flow of the data message, or a derivative thereof, between the logical nodes. The remote data processing system identifies a deficient software component of the installed remote software module as any of said software stage components that blocks or disrupts the flow of the data message between two adjacent logical nodes.
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22 Claims
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1. A remote data processing system comprising:
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a data receiver for receiving a data message; a remote software module arranged to receive the data message from the data receiver, the remote software module including at least a first stage software component cascaded with a second stage software component; and a fault detector associated with the first software stage component and the second software stage component to detect a fault in the remote software module by detecting whether the data message flows entirely through at least one of the first stage software component and the second stage software component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for monitoring a remote data processing system, the method comprising:
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having a remote data processing system receive a data message from a base data processing system via a communications network that is external to the remote data processing system; cascading at least a first stage software component and a second stage software component to form an installed remote software module of the remote data processing system for accepting the received data message; detecting the data message at a group of logical nodes within the installed remote software module to determine flow of the data message between the logical nodes and, hence, flow entirely through at least one of the first stage software component and the second stage software component; and identifying a deficient software component of the installed remote software module as any of said software stage components that blocks or disrupts the flow of the data message between two adjacent logical nodes. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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