Monitoring module usage in a data processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016379180-A1
Application number	US-201514750684-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 25, 2015
Priority date	Jun 25, 2015
Publication date	Dec 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention monitor node usage in a transaction processing system. Embodiments include accessing a dynamic mapping of transaction flow in the transaction processing system, the dynamic mapping including a plurality of transaction pathways interconnected by transaction nodes, wherein the transaction nodes represent an automated processing step or action taken by a manual station of the transaction processing system on transactions files that are received at the transaction nodes; wherein the transaction processing system processes a transaction file at a first node and stores information corresponding to the first node and the type of processing that occurred at the first node with the transaction file; determining that the transaction file was processed at the first node; accessing the transaction file to determine the type of processing that occurred at the first node; and performing an action related to the type of processing that occurred at the first node.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A monitoring system for monitoring node usage in a transaction processing system, the transaction processing system comprising:
a memory device with computer-readable program code stored thereon; a communication device; a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device and the communication device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the computer-readable program code to:
access a dynamic mapping of transaction flow in the transaction processing system, the dynamic mapping including a plurality of transaction pathways interconnected by transaction nodes, wherein the transaction nodes represent an automated processing step or action taken by a manual station of the transaction processing system on transactions files that are received at the transaction nodes;
wherein the transaction processing system processes a transaction file at a first node and stores information corresponding to the first node and the type of processing that occurred at the first node with the transaction file;
determine that the transaction file was processed at the first node;
access the transaction file to determine the type of processing that occurred at the first node; and
perform an action related to the type of processing that occurred at the first node.

2 . The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer-readable program code to:
determine that the transaction file was not processed at a second node as it was processed; and store information related to the transaction file bypassing the second node at a datastore comprising a plurality of entries comprising information regarding transaction file processing.

3 . The monitoring system of claim 2 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer-executable program code to:
access the datastore including the information related to the transaction file bypassing the second node; and determine, based at least in part on the information related to the transaction file bypassing the second node, that the second node is a dead node.

4 . The monitoring system of claim 3 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer-executable program code to:
in response to determining that the second node is a dead node, automatically removing code associated with the second node from a memory of the transaction processing system.

5 . The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer-executable program code to:
determine that the transaction file experienced a bottleneck within the transaction flow at the first node; and store information related to the transaction file experiencing the bottleneck at the second node at a datastore comprising a plurality of entries comprising information regarding transaction file processing.

6 . The monitoring system of claim 5 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer-executable program code to:
access the datastore including the information related to the transaction file experiencing a bottleneck within the transaction flow at the first node; and determine, based at least in part on the information related to the transaction file experiencing a bottleneck at the first node, that the first node is a bottleneck node.

7 . The monitoring system of claim 6 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer-executable program code to:
in response to determining that the first node is a bottleneck node, initiating re-routing of at least a portion of the transaction flow away from the first node.

8 . The monitoring system of claim 6 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer-executable program code to:
in response to determining that the first node is a bottleneck node, initiating re-writing of at least a portion of code associated with the first node in a memory of the transaction processing system.

9 . The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer-executable program code to:
optimize transaction node usage comprising:
determining which transaction nodes are operating at a rate below a threshold resulting in slow nodes and which transaction nodes are operating at a rate above the threshold resulting in fast nodes; and
in response, automatically re-routing at least a portion of the transaction flow to the fast nodes and away from the slow nodes.

10 . A computer program product for monitoring node usage in a transaction processing system, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code portions embodied therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
an executable portion configured for accessing a dynamic mapping of transaction flow in the transaction processing system, the dynamic mapping including a plurality of transaction pathways interconnected by transaction nodes, wherein the transaction nodes represent an automated processing step or action taken by a manual station of the transaction processing system on transactions files that are received at the transaction nodes; wherein the transaction processing system processes a transaction file at a first node and stores information corresponding to the first node and the type of processing that occurred at the first node with the transaction file; an executable portion configured for determining that the transaction file was processed at the first node; an executable portion configured for accessing the transaction file to determine the type of processing that occurred at the first node; and an executable portion configured for performing an action related to the type of processing that occurred at the first node.

11 . The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:
an executable portion configured for determine that the transaction file was not processed at a second node as it was processed; and an executable portion configured for storing information related to the transaction file bypassing the second node at a datastore comprising a plurality of entries comprising information regarding transaction file processing.

12 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:
an executable portion configured for accessing the datastore including the information related to the transaction file bypassing the second node; and an executable portion configured for determining, based at least in part on the information related to the transaction file bypassing the second node, that the second node is a dead node.

13 . The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:
an executable portion configured for, in response to determining that the second node is a dead node, automatically removing code associated with the second node from a memory of the transaction processing system.

14 . The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:
an executable portion configured for determining that the transaction file experienced a bottleneck within the transaction flow at the first node; and an executable portion configured for storing information related to the transaction file experiencing the bottleneck at the second node at a datastore comprising a plurali

Assignees

• Bank Of America

Inventors

• Smith Michael Gerald
• Beaudry Joshua Allen
• Dryer Eric
• Thompson Marshall Bright
• Gunsolley Shawn Cart
• Wisser Michael Matthew
• Bastnagel Andrew Patrick
• Barrett Ii James F

Classifications

• G06Q20/027 Primary

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• H04L43/091

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