Daniel P Huskey

US Patent:

7962378, Jun 14, 2011

Filed:

Jul 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/773480

Inventors:

Charles S. Atkinson - Apex NC, US
Hima K. Goverdhana - Cary NC, US
Daniel P. Huskey - Raleigh NC, US
Shrish Javalkar - Cary NC, US
Anandakrishnan Narayanan - Morrisville NC, US
William J. Reilly - Cary NC, US
Derdre A. Wessel - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 2681, 705 261, 705 268, 705 271

Abstract:

A process and methodology are disclosed to maintain consistency across disparate systems. An interface is provided comprised of a fulfillment client in which to place orders, a middleware to pass data, manufacturing and shipment systems to process orders, and a shipping and packing information repository system to house data. The methodology implements, inter alia, remote function calls to the asynchronously/synchronously interfaced systems during defined points of order processing to establish the status of the systems availability and the status of the order at the exact time of a predetermined activity. Also, information regarding the order status is posted as both a displayed on-line message to a user and in distinct status fields for future review. Furthermore, this method dynamically reacts to failed communication through the resetting of orders to a previous state to ensure data integrity across the distributed computing environment.

US Patent:

20080212602, Sep 4, 2008

Filed:

Mar 1, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/680661

Inventors:

Alphana B. Hobbs - Durham NC, US
Daniel P. Huskey - Raleigh NC, US
Shirish S. Javalkar - Cary NC, US
Tuan A. Pham - Cary NC, US
William J. Reilly - Cary NC, US
Allen J. Scribner - Fuquay-Varina NC, US
Deirdre A. Wessel - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H04L 12/54

US Classification:

370428

Abstract:

A method, system and program product for optimizing communication and processing functions between disparate applications. The method includes sending, from a contemporary application to a routing application, a condensed request message having a reduced data size for optimizing communication. Further, the method includes reformatting, by the routing application, the condensed request message received into a reformatted request message having an expanded format, the reformatted request message being forwarded to a legacy application. The method includes sending by the legacy application a response message having a legacy format, which response message is received and reformatted by the routing application into a contemporary format that is sent to a messaging application. Furthermore, the method includes passing from the messaging application to the contemporary application a grouping of response messages, the contemporary application further grouping and discarding any duplicate messages received, such that processing of the messages is optimized therein.