Methods of operating computer system with data availability management software

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018329764-A1
Application number	US-201816042136-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 23, 2018
Priority date	Dec 2, 2005
Publication date	Nov 15, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method includes receiving, from one or more first applications, multiple indications that multiple first data items are available for processing. For each of the first data items, the method also includes (a) determining, using one or more of multiple data dependency rules, that a second data item is dependent for processing by a second application upon an availability of the first data item; (b) in response to the determination, changing a status of the first data item from unavailable to available for processing and/or changing a status of the second data item from unavailable to ready for processing; and (c) providing the status of the first data and/or the status of the second data item to the second application to enable the second application to process the second data item. Different data dependency rules are associated with different first data items and different second items.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed cause one or more processors to:
receive, from one or more first applications, multiple indications that multiple first data items are available for processing; and for each of the first data items:
determine, using one or more of multiple data dependency rules, that a second data item is dependent for processing by a second application upon an availability of the first data item;
in response to the determination, at least one of: (i) change a status of the first data item from unavailable to available for processing or (ii) change a status of the second data item from unavailable to ready for processing; and
provide at least one of the status of the first data or the status of the second data item to the second application to enable the second application to process the second data item;
wherein different data dependency rules are associated with different first data items and different second items.

2 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to receive the multiple indications comprise:
instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to receive the multiple indications that the multiple first data items are available for processing from multiple first applications.

3 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the data dependency rules indicate that different ones of the second data items are processed by different second applications and are dependent on different ones of the first data items.

4 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the medium contains instructions that when executed cause the one or processors, for each of at least one of the first data items, to both (i) change the status of the first data item from unavailable to available for processing and (ii) change the status of the second data item from unavailable to ready for processing.

5 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the medium contains instructions that when executed cause the one or processors, for each of at least one of the first data items, to:
determine that the second data item is dependent for processing by the second application upon the availability of the first data item and an availability of a third data item; and in response to receiving indications that both the first and third data items are available for processing, at least one of (i) change both the status of the first data item and a status of the third data item from unavailable to available for processing or (ii) change the status of the second data item from unavailable to ready for processing.

6 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the medium contains instructions that when executed cause the one or processors, for each of at least one of the first data items, to:
in response to expiration of a time deadline, at least one of (i) change at least one of the status of the first data item from unavailable to available for processing or (ii) change the status of the second data item from unavailable to ready for processing.

7 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the medium contains instructions that when executed cause the one or processors, for each of at least one of the first data items, to:
in response to the second application processing the second data item, at least one of: (i) change the status of the first data item from available for processing to unavailable or (ii) change the status of the second data item from ready for processing to unavailable; receive an additional indication that the first data item is available for processing; again at least one of: (i) change the status of the first data item from unavailable to available for processing or (ii) change the status of the second data item from unavailable to ready for processing; and again provide at least one of the status of the first data or the status of the second data item to the second application to enable the second application to again process the second data item.

8 . An apparatus comprising:
at least one memory configured to store multiple data dependency rules; and at least one processor configured to:
receive, from one or more first applications, multiple indications that multiple first data items are available for processing; and
for each of the first data items:
determine, using one or more of the data dependency rules, that a second data item is dependent for processing by a second application upon an availability of the first data item;
in response to the determination, at least one of: (i) change a status of the first data item from unavailable to available for processing or (ii) change a status of the second data item from unavailable to ready for processing; and
provide at least one of the status of the first data or the status of the second data item to the second application to enable the second application to process the second data item;

wherein different data dependency rules are associated with different first data items and different second items.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive the multiple indications that the multiple first data items are available for processing from multiple first applications.

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the data dependency rules indicate that different ones of the second data items are processed by different second applications and are dependent on different ones of the first data items.

11 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured, for each of at least one of the first data items, to both (i) change the status of the first data item from unavailable to available for processing and (ii) change the status of the second data item from unavailable to ready for processing.

12 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured, for each of at least one of the first data items, to:
determine that the second data item is dependent for processing by the second application upon the availability of the first data item and an availability of a third data item; and in response to receiving indications that both the first and third data items are available for processing, at least one of (i) change both the status of the first data item and a status of the third data item from unavailable to available for processing or (ii) change the status of the second data item from unavailable to ready for processing.

13 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured, for each of at least one of the first data items, to:
in response to expiration of a time deadline, at least one of (i) change at least one of the status of the first data item from unavailable to available for processing or (ii) change the status of the second data item from unavailable to ready for processing.

14 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured, for each of at least one of the first data items, to:
in response to the second application processing the second data item, at least one of: (i) change the status of the first data item from available for processing to unavailable or (ii) change the status of the second data item from ready for processing to unavailable; receive an additional indication that the first data item is available for processing; again at least one of: (i) change the stat

Assignees

• Goldman Sachs & Co Llc

Inventors

• Lunev Julian
• Orelowitz David
• Mendelow Robert

Classifications

• G06F9/4843

  by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system · CPC title

• G06F9/542 Primary

  Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications · CPC title

• G06F9/5033

  considering data affinity · CPC title

• G06Q10/06

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• G06F2209/482

  Application · CPC title