Method and apparatus for ensuring data consistency amongst a plurality of disparate systems having multiple consumer channels
US7143094B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 18, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99945
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention describes a method and system for ensuring data consistency amongst a plurality of disparate computing systems that communicate in order to provide an electronic transactional service. Information or data that is common between various databases associated with each of the disparate systems can be identified and monitored during communication. Once the common data gets modified, the modified data can be converted to a format compatible with all the other databases. All the other databases can then be updated to ensure that the modified data is consistent amongst the databases of the various disparate systems. In one aspect of the invention, adapters interfacing with each disparate computing system can identifications to common data. The adapter can communicate the modification to a central data control point (DCP), which can then update all other databases with the modification. During the update, the DCP can propagate the modification to adapters communicating with the databases of other application vendor product systems.
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