US 2024/0267246 A1Published application

Systems for capturing messaging volume and utilization metrics within a multicast messaging service

AssigneeBank of America Corporation

InventorMilan Bansilal Patel

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Abstract

A comprehensive system for capturing multicast messaging traffic volume and performance metrics across a global inventory of hosts. A single instance of the data capturing and extraction tool may be configured to be implemented across an enterprise's entire inventory of multicast messaging-configured hosts. The data capturing and extraction tool dynamically extracts multicast group addresses and corresponding metrics during the scanning of the captured traffic volume and performance data, thus eliminating the need for manual input of specified multicast group addresses. As a result, presentation of metrics on a per multicast group address basis is made possible for all multicast group addresses extracted during the scanning process. In addition, an efficient means for polling the hosts for traffic volume and performance data is realized by only polling those non-primary and workstation hosts that are currently transmitting or receiving multicast messages.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for capturing metric data within a multicast messaging service and extracting metrics, the system comprising;

a plurality of hosts each including a first memory and one or more first processing devices in communication with the first memory, wherein the first memory stores one or more multicasting daemons, each multicasting daemon executable by at least one of the one or more first processing devices and configured to send and receive multicast messages via a multicast group address;
and
a first computing platform including a second memory and one or more second processing devices in communication with the second memory, wherein the second memory stores a multicast service metric data capture and extraction tool that includes first instructions that are executable by at least one of the one or more second processing devices and configured to:
poll, a predetermined subset of hosts from amongst the plurality of hosts, for multicast message metric data,
in response to receiving multicast message metric data from one or more of the subset of hosts, scan the multicast message metric data to dynamically to at least one of:
(i) extract one or more multicast group addresses and corresponding metrics associated with each of the one or more multicast group addresses, and (ii) identify one or more secondary hosts from amongst the plurality of hosts that are not included in the first subset of hosts and are currently sending or receiving multicast messages,
construct a polling queue that includes the predetermined subset of hosts and the one or more secondary hosts, and
at selected times, poll the predetermined subset of hosts and the one or more secondary hosts included in the polling queue for multicast message metric data.

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A computer-implemented method for capturing metric data within a multicast messaging service and extracting metrics, the computer-implemented method is executed by one or more processing devices and comprising;

polling, a predetermined subset of hosts from amongst a plurality of hosts, for multicast message metric data and storing at least one multicasting daemon configured for sending and receiving multicast messages via a multicast group address;
in response to receiving multicast message metric data from one or more of the subset of hosts, scanning the multicast message metric data to dynamically to at least one of:
(i) extract one or more multicast group addresses and corresponding metrics associated with each of the one or more multicast group addresses, and (ii) identify one or more secondary hosts from amongst the plurality of hosts that are not included in the first subset of hosts and are currently sending or receiving multicast messages;
constructing a polling queue that includes the predetermined subset of hosts and the one or more secondary hosts;
and
at selected times, polling the predetermined subset of hosts and the one or more secondary hosts included in the polling queue for multicast message metric data.

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A computer program product including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

a first set of codes for causing a computer to poll, a predetermined subset of hosts from amongst a plurality of hosts, for multicast message metric data, and store at least one multicasting daemon configured for sending and receiving multicast messages via a multicast group address;
a second set of codes for causing a computer to, in response to receiving multicast message metric data from one or more of the subset of hosts, scan the multicast message metric data to dynamically to at least one of:
(i) extract one or more multicast group addresses and corresponding metrics associated with each of the one or more multicast group addresses, and (ii) identify one or more secondary hosts from amongst the plurality of hosts that are not included in the first subset of hosts and are currently sending or receiving multicast messages;
a third set of codes for causing a computer to construct a polling queue that includes the predetermined subset of hosts and the one or more secondary hosts;
and
a fourth set of codes for causing a computer to, at selected times, polling the predetermined subset of hosts and the one or more secondary hosts included in the polling queue for multicast message metric data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/636,598Filed 16 Apr 2024
Priority: 17 Dec 2021
Published: 8 Aug 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04L 12/185
For broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast: with management of multicast group membership
H04L 43/0876
Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters: network utilisation, e.g. volume of…
H04L 12/1845
For broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast: broadcast or multicast in a specific location, e.g. geocast
H04L 12/1863
For broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast: comprising mechanisms for improved reliability, e.g. status reports

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