Method and apparatus for conducting a transaction between transaction processing systems

• US 20080126473A1
• Filed: 01/08/2008
• Published: 05/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Tsumura, Masahiro, Ookura, Kouichi, Ikenaga, Eri
• Granted Patent: US 7,668,955 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/401 Transaction verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

When investigating a failure occurring in a transaction between information processing apparatuses, it is possible to reduce the time required for the failure investigation. A first local ID for identifying a transaction processing of first information processing apparatus is related with a standard ID for relating transaction processing of the first and the second information processing apparatuses with each other the related IDs and are stored in a first mapping table. The standard ID and a transaction processing request are transmitted to the second information processing apparatus to request execution of a transaction processing therefor. If a failure occurs in the requested transaction processing, a standard ID of the transaction processing concerned is specified to inquire a second local ID for identifying the transaction processing. Mapping information for relating the first local ID corresponding to the specified standard ID with the transmitted second local ID is generated.

Claims

1. A transaction processing method comprising the steps of:

relating a first identification (ID) for identifying a transaction processing of first information processing means with a second ID for relating the transaction processing of the first transaction processing means with a transaction processing of second information processing means and storing the related first and second ID'"'"'s in a first mapping table; and

transmitting the second ID and a transaction processing request to the second information processing means to request execution of a transaction processing in the second information processing means, and

if a failure occurs in the transaction processing which has been requested to execute, specifying the second ID of the transaction processing to inquire a third ID for identifying the transaction processing, thereby generating mapping information for relating the first ID corresponding with the specified second ID with the inquired third ID.

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