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System and method for managing transaction record delivery using an acknowledgement-monitoring process and a failure-recovery process with modifying the predefined fault condition

US6950867B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 2000
Grant dateSep 27, 2005
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2463/102
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides systems and methods for conducting electronic transactions in a distributed computing environment. A communications protocol is provided that enables reliable transactional state synchronization for peers participating in a distributed transaction. A transaction processing application is deployed on a local computer system to manage transactions thereon. The local computer system contacts a remote computer system to obtain authorization to execute a transaction. The local computer system initiates a failure-recovery job that is operable to automatically resend status signals and other information to the remote system if the communication with the remote system exhibits certain predefined fault conditions. The remote system is able to dynamically adjust the definition of the predefined fault conditions. If the transaction concludes without triggering the predefined fault conditions, the failure-recovery job is cancelled. The transaction processing application may also allow deferred transactions between remote parties. The transaction processing application maintains a record of the transactions performed by the consumer on the consumer's local system.…

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