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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2001
Francis Hsieh, Powell, OH (US);
Brad Manring, Dublin, OH (US);
Francis Hsieh, Powell, OH (US);
Brad Manring, Dublin, OH (US);
Sterling Commerce, Inc., Dublin, OH (US);
Abstract
An electronic commerce distributed network is disclosed that includes a plurality of interconnected processing nodes. Each processing node () includes a first sub-node () and a second sub-node () that are connected to communicate information and are in geographically remote locations. The first sub-node () of each processing node () has an active state in which the first sub-node () communicates with other processing nodes and processes electronic commerce messages communicated with originator/recipient organizations. The second sub-node () of each processing node () has a mirror state in which the second sub-node () mirrors the first sub-node () as well as an active state in which the second sub-node () communicates with other processing nodes and processes electronic commerce messages communicated with originator/recipient organizations. The first sub-node () of each processing node () is initially in the active state, and the second sub-node () is initially in the mirror state. The second sub-node () is operable to switch to the active state if the first sub-node () fails, such that each processing node in the electronic commerce distributed network can maintain operation in the event the first sub-node of that processing node experiences failure.