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Guaranteed exactly once delivery of messages

US7162512B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 2000
Grant dateJan 9, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99931
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Guaranteed, exactly once delivery of messages is disclosed. In one embodiment, there is a sender and a receiver. In a sender transaction, the sender does the following: receives a message from a sender queue; generates a substantially unique identifier and an expiration time for the message; and, saves the identifier, the expiration time, and the message in a sender database. The sender then sends the identifier, the expiration time, and the message to the receiver. In a receiver transaction, the receiver then does the following: receives the identifier, the expiration time, and the message from a receiver queue; determines whether the message has expired based on the expiration time and determines whether the message is present in a receiver database by its identifier; and, upon determining that the message has not expired and is not present in the receiver database, stores the message in the receiver database, and performs actions associated with the message.

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