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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2007
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);
Allen J. Scribner, Iii, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Derdre A. Wessel, Raleigh, NC (US);
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);
Allen J. Scribner, III, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Derdre A. Wessel, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
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.