Patent №
US 5,872,970
Granted
1999-02-16
Filed 1996
Owner
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
3
ml · kr · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08672813
A system and method for automating the process of monitoring batch production jobs, being executed on a plurality of computer systems, for abnormal ends (ABENDs) and exceptions, and for integrating a plurality of tools needed to monitor and fix jobs to provide Production Operations personnel a single, integrated environment for performing these tasks. The present invention automates the monitoring process by searching for exceptions and reporting them to the user. The present invention comprises a computer workstation, operating in a client/server environment, connected to multiple logical data centers via a standard data communications link to provide the user with a single interface for multiple platforms (MVS, UNIX, OS/2, etc.) and to continuously monitor all specified jobs at each logical data center for ABENDs and exceptions. The present invention also provides a single point of access to the various tools needed on multiple logical data centers, such as IOF, ISPF, CA-7, and CA-11 to identify and fix ABENDs and exceptions.
AI classification
Ownership
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
assignment · 80720793
Assignors
PICKETT, CHRISTOPHER C., BAKER, JOHN F., HARDISTY, ROBERT, V., IV, MAIN, ANTHONY A., KINDT, GILBERT O., JR., MACKEY, ELIZABETH A.
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