POPULATING REQUESTS TO MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS USING A MASS REQUEST

• US 20080262994A1
• Filed: 04/23/2007
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: X Corp. (f/k/a Twitter, Inc.) (X Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Snavely, Amy J., Episale, James D., Korsky, Luella A., Berry, Charles F., Kogut-O'Connell, Judy J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,685,280 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for communicating requests to multiple destinations in a business transaction are disclosed. A mass request is communicated to a processing center, the mass request including an identification portion and a content portion. The identification portion is used to obtain a parent attribute common to requests to all destinations. The content portion is parsed to generate multiple content strings corresponding to the multiple destinations. The parent attribute and each content string is combined to generate an individual request to a respective destination.

Claims

1. A method for communicating requests to multiple destinations in a business transaction, the method comprising:

receiving a mass request, the mass request including an identification portion and a content portion;

parsing the content portion to generate multiple content strings, each content string corresponding to one destination;

retrieving a parent attribute based on the identification portion; and

combining the parent attribute to each content string to generate individual requests to be communicated to the respective multiple destinations.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a content string includes destination identification information to indicate a respective destination.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising retrieving message format information for the respective destination based on the destination identification information within the content string.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the message format information is used in generating a respective individual request.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content portion of the mass request is arranged in a structure including a row and a column.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising reviewing the received mass request to determine whether the mass request is qualified to be further processed.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising recording and updating a status of the mass request.

8. A system for communicating requests to multiple destinations in a business transaction, the system comprising:

means for receiving a mass request, the mass request including an identification portion and a content portion;

means for parsing the content portion to generate multiple content strings, each content string corresponding to one destination;

means for retrieving a parent attribute based on the identification portion; and

means for combining the parent attribute to each content string to generate individual requests to be communicated to the respective multiple destinations.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein a content string includes destination identification information to indicate a respective destination.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the parent attribute retrieving means further retrieves message format information for the respective destination based on the destination identification information within the content string.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the message format information is used in generating a respective individual request.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the content portion of the mass request is arranged in a structure including a row and a column.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising means for reviewing the received mass request to determine whether the mass request is qualified to be further processed.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising means for recording and updating a status of the mass request.

15. A computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code which, when executed by a computer system, is configured to;

receive a mass request, the mass request including an identification portion and a content portion;

parse the content portion to generate multiple content strings, each content string corresponding to one destination;

retrieve a parent attribute based on the identification portion; and

combine the parent attribute to each content string to generate individual requests to be communicated to the respective multiple destinations.

16. The program product of claim 15, wherein a content string includes destination identification information to indicate a respective destination.

17. The program product of claim 16, wherein the program code is further configured to retrieve message format information for the respective destination based on the destination identification information within the content string, the message format information being used in generating a respective individual request.

18. The program product of claim 15, wherein the content portion of the mass request is arranged in a structure including a row and a column.

19. The program product of claim 15, wherein the program code is further configured to review the received mass request to determine whether the mass request is qualified to be further processed.

20. The program product of claim 15, wherein the program code is further configured to record and update a status of the mass request.

21. A method for deploying a system for communicating requests to multiple destinations in a business transaction, the method comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

receive a mass request, the mass request including an identification portion and a content portion;

parse the content portion to generate multiple content strings, each content string corresponding to one destination;

retrieve a parent attribute based on the identification portion; and

combine the parent attribute to each content string to generate individual requests to be communicated to the respective multiple destinations.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein a content string includes destination identification information to indicate a respective destination.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to retrieve message format information for the respective destination based on the destination identification information within the content string, the message format information being used in generating a respective individual request.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the content portion of the mass request is arranged in a structure including a row and a column.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to review the received mass request to determine whether the mass request is qualified to be further processed.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to record and update a status of the mass request.