System and method of efficiently evaluating different messages by a

Abstract

The present invention effects optimal handling of validation requests from a telecommunications or data communications network by focusing on the process that needs to be done instead of estimating how long the processing will take based on the frequency of incoming validation requests. This is achieved by enabling the front end processor of a server, which receives the requests from a client, to look at each of the incoming messages to determine its message type. Once a message type is assigned to an incoming message, that message is routed to a queue assigned to that particular type of message. Processing is performed sequentially on each of the message waiting in the queue. And by adjusting the number of process modules available to each particular queue, the required end-to-end response time for that particular type of message requests is controlled. The number of queues is determined by the perceived number of message type requests forwarded to the server. Respective types of process modules are provided for processing the different types of messages. Respective response are sent by the different types of process modules to the client who requests the responses. A gateway for converting the different types of protocols associated with the incoming messages and outgoing responses is interposed between the server and the network.