Long running transaction integration with selective dehydration and selective compensation

US7774219B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Gregory Meredith · Howell, US
• Amit Mital · Bellevue, US
• Anthony D. Andrews · Redmond, US
• Arunchallam S. Sivakumar · Issaquah, US
• Donald J. McCrady · Redmond, US
• Patrick James Helland · Bellevue, US
• Bimal Mehta · Sammamish, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 10, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0633
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for executing a schedule in a workflow application is provided. The method includes selectively storing a schedule state to a storage medium based on a latency attribute associated with the schedule. Also provided is a method of executing a workflow application comprising long running transactions. This method includes selectively storing a schedule state to a storage medium based on a latency attribute associated with the schedule, and selectively compensating certain actions within the schedule according to a compensation parameter associated with an action, based on failure or abortion of another action within the schedule. In addition, there is provided a method of executing a schedule comprising selectively compensating certain actions or transactions within the schedule according to a compensation parameter associated with an action or transaction, based on failure or abortion of another action or transaction within the schedule.