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Using state information in a distributed environment

  • US 7,062,539 B2
  • Filed: 10/19/2004
  • Issued: 06/13/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer program product for use in a computer network environment that includes a requesting computing system configured to dispatch a request, a responding computing system configured to generate a response to the request, and a processing computing system configured to process a response to the request, wherein each of the requesting computing system and the responding computing system have independent processors, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for implementing a method for processing the response to the request without the processing computing system beforehand having all of the state information relevant to process the request, the method comprising the following:

  • the requesting computing system generating a request that includes a portion that is to be transferred with a request and returned in a response to the request and without affecting the processing of the request, the portion including state information relevant for the processing computing entity to process a response to the request;

    the requesting computing system dispatching the request to the responding computer entity and without storing the state information;

    the processing computer system receiving a response to the request, the response including the portion that was transferred from the request without affecting the processing of the request; and

    processing the response using the state information included in the response.

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