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Distributed on-line data communications system and method

  • US 5,964,831 A
  • Filed: 10/29/1996
  • Issued: 10/12/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A distributed on-line data communication system, comprising:

  • more than one system site each having a plurality of entities operable to communicate with one another and with outside devices, said entities including a plurality of processes;

    a configuration database accessible by said plurality of entities for storing logical names and physical addresses for said plurality of entities and outside devices, each entity in a system site has at least one predetermined backup entity located on another system site defined in said system configuration database; and

    a system library coupled to said plurality of entities and having a plurality of messaging routines that may be called by said entities and processes for queuing, transmitting, routing, and receiving messages to and from one another, said configuration database being further accessible to said system library.

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