US007991874B2 (12) Ulllted States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 7,991,874 B2 Gulledge et al. (45) Date of Patent: Aug. 2, 2011 (54) METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS 6,370,508 B2 * 4/2002 Beck et al. ...................... .. 705/1 75282121: 2/222; rrrr 322112 , , 3.11 O m € 3. (75) Inventors: Robert William Gulledge, Saint ifiludgritaiii Charles, M0 (US); Brien 0’Neel 2003/0193519 A1 * 10/2003 Hayes et al. 345/721 Bearden, Webster Groves, MO (US); 2004/0064691 A1* 4/2004 Lu et ............ .._ ........ .. 713/158 Gary Lee Dunn, Streamwoods IL (US); 2004/0218731 A1 * 11/2004 Karlimi-Cherkandi 379/32 01 - - - et a ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ N ‘ Mlchael Khahh’ Aurora’ IL (US) 2004/0230530 A1 * 11/2004 Searl et al. . 705/51 >I< (73) Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., *20_04/0249931 181 12/2004 Garg eta1' """"""""" H 709/224 Aflama’ GA (US) cited by examiner ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this _ _ patent is extended or adjusted under 35 Pr”_”ary Examliier TYVSS Dalencoifm U_g_C_ 154(1)) by 1232 dayS_ Assistant Examiner — Michael C Lai 74 Attorn , A ent, or Firm — Toler Law Grou 9)’ S P (21) Appl.No.: 11/081,819 (22) Filed: Mar. 16, 2005 (57) ABSTRACT (65) Prior Publication Data The disclosure is directed to an enterprise system including a Us 2006/0212567 A1 Sep. 21’ 2006 message topic, a. monitor defimtion, a momtoring manager, and an alert topic. The message topic includes a message (51) Int C1_ associated with performance of a distributed computing G06F 15/173 (200601) application. The momtor definition .1I1Cl11d€S performance (52) U.S. Cl. ........ .. 709/224; 705/51; 709/201; 709/203; “lies IQY evaiuétlne data a“°°1aFe‘i W1ti1_ti1e_meSSage ass?“709/207; 713/1 58 ated with the distributed computing application. The monitor (58) Field Of Classification Search ................ .. 709/224, f1efin1t1°n1S aSS°°1ated Wlth *1 role The inomtonng manéger 709/201’ 203’ 207; 705/51; 713/158 is configured to access the message topic. The alert topic is gee application file for Complete Search 1115101-y_ configured to receive an alert message from the momtoring manager. The monitoring manager provides the alert mes sage (56) References Cited in accordance with the monitor definition. The alert message
is accessible to a user associated with the role.
6,317,788 B1 * 11/2001 Richardson ................. .. 709/224
6,327,352 B1 * 12/2001 Betts et al. .................. .. 379/189 28 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets
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/ 402
PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
‘I 404
RECEIVE APPLICATION MESSAGE /
VIA APPLICATION INTERFACE
" /406
STORE APPLICATION MESSAGE
IN MESSAGE TOPIC
" 408
FILTER MESSAGE ToPIC /
" / 410
PROCESS APPLICATION MESSAGE
PROVIDEADMINISTRATION INTERFACE
H 412
PROVIDE ALERT MESSAGE /
" 414
PROVIDE STATUS MESSAGE /
" / 416
PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALERT MESSAGE
" 41
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