Presenting application performance monitoring data in distributed computer systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016308745-A1
Application number	US-201514687352-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 15, 2015
Priority date	Apr 15, 2015
Publication date	Oct 20, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods for presenting application performance monitoring data in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a processing device, one or more application performance monitoring (APM) rules, each APM rule determining an application operational status based on one or more APM parameters; receiving APM data comprising a plurality of APM data items representing values of the APM parameters of a software application; determining an operational status of the software application by applying the APM rules to the APM data; and causing the operational status to be visually represented via a graphical user interface (GUI).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving, by a processing device, one or more application performance monitoring (APM) rules, each APM rule determining an application operational status based on one or more APM parameters; receiving APM data comprising a plurality of APM data items representing values of the APM parameters of a software application; determining an operational status of the software application by applying the APM rules to the APM data; and causing the operational status to be visually represented via a graphical user interface (GUI).

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one APM data item is received from an APM agent configured to perform active application testing.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one APM data item is received from a device configured to intercept network traffic.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one APM data item comprises an application response message associated with a client request message originated by a client computer system.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one APM data item reflects performance of a certain functional point of the software application.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the operational status comprises characterizing the operational status as “normal” responsive to determining that an average application response time does not exceed a first threshold value.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the operational status comprises characterizing the operational status as “slow performing” responsive to determining that an average application response time exceeds a second threshold value.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the operational status comprises characterizing the operational status as “application error” responsive to detecting a certain byte pattern within at least one APM data item.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the operational status comprises characterizing the operational status as “critical error” responsive to detecting at least a certain number of errors associated with a certain application functional point within a certain period of time.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the operational status comprises characterizing the operational status as “no data available” responsive to determining that no APM data items have been received for the application within a certain period of time.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the operational status comprises characterizing the operational status as “service not available” responsive to determining that one or more APM data items indicate at least a certain number of failed attempts to perform a certain application function.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing a plurality of values of the operational status corresponding to a plurality of periods of time to be visually represented in a visual relationship to a timeline.

13 . A system comprising:
a memory; and a processing device, coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is configured to:
receive one or more application performance monitoring (APM) rules, each APM rule determining an application operational status based on one or more APM parameters;
receive APM data comprising a plurality of APM data items representing values of the APM parameters of a software application;
determine an operational status of the software application by applying the APM rules to the APM data; and
cause the operational status to be visually represented via a graphical user interface (GUI).

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein determining the operational status comprises characterizing the operational status as “normal” responsive to determining that an average application response time does not exceed a first threshold value.

15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein determining the operational status comprises characterizing the operational status as “slow performing” responsive to determining that an average application response time exceeds a second threshold value.

16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein determining the operational status comprises characterizing the operational status as “application error” responsive to detecting a certain byte pattern within at least one APM data item.

17 . The system of claim 13 , wherein determining the operational status comprises characterizing the operational status as “critical error” responsive to detecting at least a certain number of errors associated with a certain application functional point within a certain period of time.

18 . The system of claim 13 , wherein determining the operational status comprises characterizing the operational status as “no data available” responsive to determining that no APM data items have been received for the application within a certain period of time.

19 . The system of claim 13 , wherein determining the operational status comprises characterizing the operational status as “service not available” responsive to determining that one or more APM data items indicate at least a certain number of failed attempts to perform a certain application function.

20 . A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a first computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
receiving one or more application performance monitoring (APM) rules, each APM rule determining an application operational status based on one or more APM parameters; receiving APM data comprising a plurality of APM data items representing values of the APM parameters of a software application; determining an operational status of the software application by applying the APM rules to the APM data; and causing the operational status to be visually represented via a graphical user interface (GUI).

Assignees

• Teachers Insurance And Annuity Ass Of America

Inventors

• Couture Gary Robert
• Pickering Mathew Wade
• Michaud Ethan Luke
• Whitehead Latrisha Devon
• Kettering Andrew Eugene
• Blandford Scott Matthew
• Olaso Rafael Pedro
• Flanagan Leeann Marie
• Macdonald Elizabeth Anne
• Arneth Iii William V
• Wiesman Ryan Matthew
• Danesi Scott James
• Joyce Thomas Steven
• Jeffress Jennifer D'Awn
• Finch Jr Eddie Gordon
• Bechard Matthew M
• Bates Nathaniel J
• Prout Edmund Martin
• Patel Devesh
• Murty Jakkinpali
• Krug Kristopher C
• Healy Jr Daniel Joseph
• Saxton Omar C
• Mcgill Kevin M

Classifications

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• H04L43/10 Primary

  Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route · CPC title

• H04L67/01

  Protocols · CPC title

• H04L43/0817

  by checking functioning · CPC title

• H04L43/045

  for graphical visualisation of monitoring data · CPC title