Patent ID: 6259700
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
An electronic commerce distributed network, comprising:a plurality of interconnected processing nodes;each processing node comprising a first sub-node and a second sub-node, where the first and second sub-nodes of each processing node are connected to communicate information and are in geographically remote locations;the first sub-node of each processing node having:an active state in which the first sub-node communicates with other processing nodes and processes electronic commerce messages communicated with originator/recipient organizations; andthe second sub-node of each processing node having:a mirror state in which the second sub-node mirrors the first sub-node; andan active state in which the second sub-node communicates with other processing nodes and processes electronic commerce messages communicated with originator/recipient organizations;the first sub-node of each processing node initially in the active state and the second sub-node initially in the mirror state, and the second sub-node operable to switch to the active state if the first sub-node fails;such that each processing node in the electronic commerce distributed network can maintain operation in the event the first sub-node experiences failure.