Request batcher in a transaction services patterns environment

• US 6,640,244 B1
• Filed: 08/31/1999
• Issued: 10/28/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture LLP (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Bowman-Amuah, Michel K.
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, VIET DUY
• Application Number:
  US09/387,575
• Time in Patent Office: 1,519 Days
• Field of Search: 709/101, 709/203, 709/204, 709/207, 709/219, 709/313, 709/329, 709/218, 707/10
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/466 Transaction processing

Abstract

A system and method are provided for batching logical requests for reducing network traffic. A group of business objects necessary for a transaction are provided and managed in a logical unit of work. Logically-related requests received from the logical unit of work are grouped into a first single network message, and update and retrieval transactions are grouped into a second single network message. The first and second messages are stored, and the first message is sent upon receiving an order to send the first message and the second message is sent upon receiving an order to send the second message.

Claims

1. A method for batching logical requests for reducing network traffic, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a group of business objects necessary for a transaction;

(b) managing the group of business objects necessary to the transaction in a logical unit of work;

(c) grouping logically-related requests received from the logical unit of work into a first single network message;

(d) grouping update and retrieval transactions into a second single network message;

(e) storing the first message and the second message;

(f) sending the first message upon receiving an order to send the first message; and

(g) sending the second message upon receiving an order to send the second message.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the steps of unpackaging the requests from the message at a point across a network and persisting data changes.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving responses to the requests and bundling the responses into a reply.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of sorting the requests in the message.

5. A method as recited in claim 4, further comprising the step of separating the requests in the messages into submessages.

6. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for batching logical requests for reducing network traffic, comprising:

(a) a code segment that provides a group of business objects necessary for a transaction;

(b) a code segment that manages the group of business objects necessary to the transaction in a logical unit of work;

(c) a code segment that groups logically-related requests received from the logical unit of work into a single network message;

(d) a code segment that groups update and retrieval transactions into a second single network message;

(e) a code segment that stores the first message and the second message;

(f) a code segment that sends the first message upon receiving an order to send the first message; and

(g) a code segment that sends the second message upon receiving an order to send the second message.

7. A computer program as recited in claim 6, further comprising a code segment that unpackages the requests from the message at a point across a network and a code segment that persists data changes.

8. A computer program as recited in claim 6, further comprising a code segment that receives responses to the requests and a code segment that bundles the responses into a reply.

9. A computer program as recited in claim 6, further comprising a code segment that sorts the requests in the message.

10. A computer program as recited in claim 9, further comprising a code segment that separates the requests in the messages into submessages.

11. A system for batching logical requests for reducing network traffic, comprising:

(a) logic that provides a group of business objects necessary for a transaction;

(b) logic that manages the group of business objects necessary to the transaction in a logical unit of work;

(c) logic that groups logically-related requests received from the logical unit of work into a single network message;

(d) logic that groups update and retrieval transactions into a second single network message;

(e) logic that stores the first message and the second message;

(f) logic that sends the first message upon receiving an order to send the first message; and

(g) logic that sends the second message upon receiving an order to send the second message.

12. A system as recited in claim 11, further comprising logic that unpackages the requests from the message at a point across a network and logic that persists data changes.

13. A system as recited in claim 11, further comprising logic that receives responses to the requests and logic that bundles the responses into a reply.

14. A system as recited in claim 11, further comprising logic that sorts the requests in the message.

15. A system as recited in claim 14, further comprising logic that separates the requests in the messages into submessages.