Method And System For Recovering Stranded Outbound Messages

• US 20080222650A1
• Filed: 05/20/2008
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Scurlock, James E. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 8,255,925 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/314
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1443 Transmit or communication errors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1482 by means of middleware or OS functionality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues

Abstract

A method for recovering and requeueing lost messages is disclosed. The lost messages are intended for delivery from a first computer program to a second computer program but are instead stranded in locations internal to the first program. The method extracts one or more of these stranded messages from the location internal to the first program, determines the original destination of each stranded message and delivers that message to the second program. Delivery of each message to the second program is facilitated by using message queues provided by middleware type software programs. The desired middleware program can be selected by the user of the method, and the method provides for the necessary formatting of each recovered message according to the selected middleware. Absent use of the present method, these stranded messages would not be routed to their original destinations.

Claims

1. A method for recovering at least one message from a destination internal to a first computer executable program and intended for delivery to a second computer executable program through a middleware computer executable program, the method comprising:

extracting the message from the destination internal to the first program;

selecting the middleware program to facilitate delivery of the message to the second program;

identifying a message queue within the selected middleware;

formatting the message for the selected middleware; and

placing the message in the queue.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting a plurality of messages;

creating a stranded message file; and

placing the messages in the stranded message file.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising reading each message saved in the stranded message file.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

confirming that each message is destined for a second program external to the first program; and

determining a desired destination for each message.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of extracting a plurality of messages comprises:

extracting a plurality of component messages, each component message comprising at least a portion of each message; and

assembling the component messages into the plurality of messages as required.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

connecting to the middleware program; and

opening the identified queue.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising reporting the results of the recovery method.

8. A method for recovering a plurality of messages from a destination internal to a first computer executable program and intended for delivery to a second computer executable program through a middleware computer executable program, the method comprising:

extracting a plurality of component messages from the destination internal to the first program, each component message comprising at least a portion of each message;

assembling the component messages into the plurality of messages as required;

selecting the middleware program to facilitate delivery of the messages to the second program;

identifying a message queue within the selected middleware;

reading each message;

determining a desired destination for each message;

formatting each message for the selected middleware; and

placing each message in the queue.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

connecting to the middleware program; and

opening the identified queue.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising reporting the results of the recovery method.

9. The method of 8, further comprising:

creating a stranded message file;

placing each message in the stranded message file; and

reading each message saved in the stranded message file.

12. Computer executable software code stored on a computer readable medium, the code for recovering a plurality of messages from a destination internal to a first computer executable program and intended for delivery to a second computer executable program through a middleware computer executable program, the code comprising:

code to extract a plurality of component messages from the destination location internal to the first program, each component message comprising at least a portion of each message;

code to assemble the component messages into the plurality of messages as required;

code to open the middleware program and to connect to an identified message queue within the middleware program to facilitate delivery of the messages to the second program;

code to read a portion of each message to determine a desired destination for each message;

code to format each message for the selected middleware; and

code to place each message in the queue.

13. The computer executable software code of claim 12, further comprising:

code to create a stranded message file and to save all of the messages in that file;

code to read each message saved in the stranded message file.

14. The computer executable software code of claim 12, further comprising code to report the results of the stranded message recovery.

15. A programmed computer for recovering a plurality of messages from a destination internal to a first computer executable program and intended for delivery to a second computer executable program through a middleware computer executable program, the programmed computer comprising a memory having at least one region storing computer executable program code and a processor for executing the program code stored in the memory, wherein the program code includes:

code to extract a plurality of component messages from the destination internal to the first program, each component message comprising at least a portion of each message;

code to assemble the component messages into the plurality of messages as required;

code to open the middleware program and to connect to an identified message queue within the middleware program to facilitate delivery of the messages to the second program;

code to read a portion of each message to determine a desired destination for each message;

code to format each message for the selected middleware; and

code to place each message in the queue.

16. The programmed computer of claim 15, wherein the code further comprises:

code to create a stranded message file and to save all of the messages in that file;

code to read each message saved in the stranded message file.

17. The programmed computer of claim 15, wherein the code further comprises code to report the results of the stranded message recovery