Method and System for Correlating Transactions and Messages

A computer program product stored in a computer readable medium when executed by a processor for use in a data processing system for managing transactions, the computer program product comprising:

• instructions for processing data for correlation tokens within the data processing system in a manner such that system identifiers have unique values within a registry that stores system identifiers and such that registry identifiers have unique values within a transaction space of transaction domains which each contain a registry and systems that use a common registry;
• instructions for obtaining a first correlation token that is associated with a parent transaction;
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• instructions for obtaining a second correlation token that is associated with a child transaction of the parent transaction, wherein each correlation token comprises a local transaction identifier, a local system identifier, a root transaction identifier, a root system identifier, and a registry identifier.

A data processing system for managing transactions, the data processing system comprising:

• means for processing data for correlation tokens within the data processing system in a manner such that system identifiers have unique values within a registry that stores system identifiers and such that registry identifiers have unique values within a transaction space of transaction domains which each contain a registry and systems that use a common registry;
• means for obtaining a first correlation token that is associated with a parent transaction;
• and
• means for obtaining a second correlation token that is associated with a child transaction of the parent transaction, wherein each correlation token comprises a local transaction identifier, a local system identifier, a root transaction identifier, a root system identifier, and a registry identifier.