Method for controlling software modules

• US 7,818,750 B2
• Filed: 05/05/2005
• Issued: 10/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: UBS Business Solutions AG (UBS Ag)
• Original Assignee: USB AG
• Inventors: Dunki, Peter, Loacker, Hansbeat, Wietlisbach, Markus
• Primary Examiner(s): An; Meng-Ai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kawsar; Abdullah Al
• Application Number:
  US11/122,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20060174218A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,993 Days
• Field of Search: 718100-106, 705/72, 705/75, 705/1.1, 705/71, 714/100, 714/37, 714/47, 714/48, 714/52
• US Class Current: 718/106
• 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 set processing software modules wherein processing of data sets is performed in a plurality of series connected and parallel connected software modules and wherein in at least a first and second parallel connected software module information about the respective number of data sets processed by the respective software module is collected, and, as soon as the respective data sets have been processed by the respective software module, is signalized to a control system, and the control system compares the numbers of data sets signalized by the first and second parallel connected software modules, respectively and stops the subsequent processing of the data sets in a software module subsequent to the first and second software modules providently if the exceeding of a predetermined admissible maximum deviation was detected between the number of data sets signalized by the first software module and the number of data sets signalized by the second software module,

wherein in the software modules of a processing section, a key figure, in particular a sum, created by a bank is determined and signalized to the control system and that the admissible maximum deviation is related to this key figure, in particular a sum.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data to be processed by the software modules 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, wherein the software modules of a processing section are running simultaneously independently of each other.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control system generates an acoustic and/or optical alarm message for an operating person.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the processing of the data sets is permitted by the control system 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, wherein the admissible maximum deviation for the key figure created by the bank is determined as a relative deviation.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the admissible maximum deviation for the key figure created by the bank is determined as an absolute value.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the software modules 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 as a control value.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein a time required by the software modules for the processing of a number of data sets, in particular a duration between the beginning and the end of the processing, is collected as a control value and is signalized to the control system.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the software modules of the processing sections are started by a permanently running scheduler program to which the information about the respective number of data sets that have been processed is signalized by the software modules at the end of their run, and that the scheduler program starts the software modules of the subsequent processing section only if the software modules signalizes the success of the processing and if the permissible admissible maximum deviation is not exceeded.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the processing of the data sets is performed in more than ten parallel processing sections.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the processing is performed in more than five successive, independent processing sections.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data sets are stored in files, databases, or queues.

14. A computer-readable storage medium comprising a computer program comprising program code for execution on a computer for performing the method steps set forth in claim 1.

15. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14, wherein the computer program detects the exceeding of the predetermined admissible maximum deviation for a key figure created by a bank as an absolute value.

16. A computer system comprising a computer, a plurality of series-connected and parallel-connected software modules stored in storage medium accessible by the computer'"'"'s processor(s) and data sets stored in storage medium,

wherein in at least a first and second parallel connected software module information about the respective number of data sets retrieved from the storage medium and processed by the respective software module is collected, and, as soon as the respective data sets have been processed by the respective software module, the information is signalized to a control system, and

wherein the control system compares the information about the number of data sets signalized by the first and second parallel connected software modules, respectively, and stops the subsequent processing of the data sets in a software module subsequent to the first and second software modules, if the deviation between the information about the number of data sets signalized by the first software module and the information about the number of data sets signalized by the second software module exceeds a predetermined permissible maximum deviation,

wherein in the software modules of a processing section, a key figure, in particular a sum, created by a bank is determined and signalized to the control system and that the admissible maximum deviation is related to this key figure, in particular a sum.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the subsequent processing of data sets by the respective software modules for a part of the subsequent processing section is permitted by the control system if the deviation detected is insignificant for this part of the subsequent processing section.

18. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the number of data sets processed is collected and signalized to the control system as a control value.

19. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the software modules are started by a permanently running scheduler program to which the information about the number of data sets that have been processed is signalized by the software modules at the end of their run, and wherein the scheduler program starts the software modules of the subsequent processing section only if the software modules signalize the success of the processing and if the permissible admissible maximum deviation is not exceeded.