Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Lars Mikkelsen

Nicholas James Thomson

Robert F Blanch

Samir B Manjure

Hai Zhuang

Gregory Scott Greenaae

Srinivasan Parthasarrathy

Hans Jorgen Gron

A system is disclosed for processing billable activities. The system includes a scheduling component configured to support creation of a plurality of activity records. A sub-set of the activity records are designated as being associated with billable activity. The system also includes an accounting component for receiving information based on the sub-set of the activity records. The information is transmitted from the scheduling component to the accounting component.

Billable activity processing

A data transaction system allows performing a transaction related to a data unit, where the data unit can be independently saved and retrieved, from an upper layer to a storage layer without causing a database deadlock related to the data unit in the storage layer. The data transaction system uses a first stage for transferring the data unit from the upper layer to the storage layer, and a second stage to save the transferred data unit independent of the upper layer. The data transaction system guarantees data consistency in applications using multiple layer architecture and at the same time avoiding cost and inefficiencies related to a database deadlock scenario.

Method and apparatus for two stage transaction handling

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