Patent ID: 6282519
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
A method of processing a plurality of discrete events, each discrete event comprising a plurality of independent sub-events, said method comprising the steps of:distributing each discrete event into one of a plurality of segments, each segment comprising a sequence of at least one discrete event to be processed;initiating each of said plurality of segments to execute concurrently on said at least one processor;for each segment, processing each discrete event contained within said segment sequentially;for each discrete event, processing each independent sub-event of said discrete event sequentially and then storing the results of said processing;monitoring each of said segments to detect failures;deactivating each segment for which a failure is detected;re-initializing each failed segment; andre-initiating each failed segment;wherein said discrete event is a customer account, wherein said step of processing each discrete event comprises determining billing information and wherein billing information for each customer account is stored immediately after each customer account is processed.