International Business Machines Corporation

Crossworlds Software, Inc.

Other

Crossroads Software, Inc.

Prashant Gupta

Katrina A Mellen-Garnett

Srinivasan Suresh

Dipayan James Gangopadhyay

Robert B Hagmann

Glen Bentley

David S Rubin

James E Van Riper

Haleh Mahbod

Charles Dan Phillips

Michael Harold Stoner

Anant Vasant Prabhudesai

Susan George Orban

William Wei Man Wong

Suresh Bhat

Katrina Garnett

An interchange server for coupling with a plurality of connectors comprises an application collaboration module for defining the generic portion of the inter-operability function. The application collaboration module comprises a transaction service responsive to a trigger for initiating the inter-operability function and being activated upon receipt of data from one or more connectors. The trigger and the transaction deliver data to one or more connectors for transfer to an associated application whereby the inter-operability function is realized while each application is executing independently in an unmodified state. The connectors are configured for communicating with a like plurality of applications.

Modular application collaborator for providing inter-operability between applications and monitoring errors to trigger execution of required compensating actions to undo interrupted transaction

A process modeling tool for graphically representing a process which includes transactions and events, and for generating computer code representing the process. A graphical tool creates a graphical representation of the transactions and events with graphical symbols, where one or more of such transactions and events may be of an asynchronous nature. A code generator generates computer code in response to information contained in the graphical representation. The computer code is executable on a computer system to cause the computer system to perform one or more operations which emulate the process shown in the graphical representation.

Execution of extended activity diagrams by code generation

Methods, apparatus and system programs are provided for holistic monitoring and troubleshooting an application where the application functionally depends upon a plurality of components on a network system and at least one of the plurality of components being selected from a group consisting of a network component, a hardware component, and a software component. The method includes collecting data from the components and analyzing data collected from the components to discover one or more issues in the components. The analyzing step includes considering domain knowledge of the components and considering the interrelationships and correlations between components working within the application. The method function includes diagnosing the issues in the components to determine an action plan.

System, method and model for autonomic management of enterprise applications

An expanded business object model including one or more business objects including an inheritance property such that each business object includes a plurality of subtypes and roles for defining a functional aspect of the business object in a collaboration.

Expanded object model including roles

In general, in one aspect, the invention provides a modular application collaborator for providing inter-operability between applications including a plurality of connectors for communicating with a like plurality of applications and an interchange server. The interchange server includes an application collaboration module and service module. The service module transfers messages between connectors and the application collaboration module. The application collaboration defines the inter-operability between two or more applications. The interchange server service module includes a transaction service and an error service. Transactions are executed in the application collaboration module and the transaction service records each action and a compensating action for undoing an associated action. An error service monitors for errors in the interchange server, and, upon detection of an error, stops the execution of a transaction and initiates the execution of any required compensating actions to undo the interrupted transaction. The compensating transactions may be executed at the connectors and are not required to be overseen by the interchange server.

Modular application collaboration including filtering at the source and proxy execution of compensating transactions to conserve server resources

A transaction system implemented on a server machine for maintaining consistency in an information system supporting asynchronous transactions. The information system includes a database shared among a plurality of users and implemented on a client machine. The transaction system is invoked at run-time for a transaction where the transaction includes one or more subtransaction steps. The transaction system includes a graphical user interface for receiving a user defined isolation level selection for executing a transaction between the server machine and the database or application, a persistent service for storing object state information for each object affected in the execution of each subtransaction step and a state verification service for verifying the state of each object affected by a subtransaction step to verify the state of the object is the same as a last time the object was seen in the transaction.

Isolation levels and compensating transactions in an information system

Modular application collaboration including filtering at the source and

A modular application collaborator for providing inter-operability between applications including a plurality of connectors for communicating with a like plurality of applications and an interchange server. The interchange server includes an application collaboration module and a service module. The service module transfers messages between connectors and the application collaboration module. The application collaboration module defining the inter-operability between two or more applications and includes a trigger and a transaction responsive to the trigger. The trigger is activated upon receipt of data from one or more connectors resulting in the transaction delivering data to one or more connectors for transfer to an associated application.

Modular application collaboration

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Monterey, CA, United States of America

Prashant Gupta