Sterling Commerce, Inc.

Edward A Hafner

Robert C Humphrey

Jay S Steinberger

Charles J Batka

Elizabeth P Mellott

David Gracon

A transaction processing system for processing business transactions between a supplier and retailer is provided. The transaction processing system may comprise a retailer processor, a replenishment processor, and a supplier processor. The retailer processor transmits business data from the retailer. The replenishment processor receives the business data and generates suggested business transactions that are communicated to the supplier processor. The supplier processor is operable to selectively modify the suggested business transaction and communicate them to the replenishment processor. The replenishment processor generates actual business transactions.

Supplier driven commerce transaction processing system and methodology

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a transaction processing system is provided comprising at least one server and a mainframe. Recovery process for restarting a batch is also provided comprising failure detection process for indicating a batch failure, and a startup means responsive to the failure detection process for starting failed batch on the mainframe. In a particular embodiment of the present invention, a batch failure may be indicated by a server's failure to respond to a request or by a step within a batch requiring longer than a predetermined length of time to complete. Further, in alternative embodiments of the present invention, recovery process may run on the mainframe, the server processing the batch, or a secondary server.

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Dublin, OH, United States of America

Edward A Hafner