Patent ID: 8914439
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for fallback ordering for an on-line environment, comprising: serving a web page from a web server to a client browser, the web page served to collect a customer order entered via the served web page; collecting order data, wherein the order data comprises the customer order entered via the served web page; and providing a mechanism in the served web page, wherein the mechanism in the served web page activates when the mechanism detects a failure of the web server hosting the served web page, wherein the mechanism in the served web page, in response to the failure of the web server, identifies an alternate method of submitting the order data using an alternate communications protocol, wherein the mechanism contains code necessary to detect a transmission failure, to retry using the alternative method, and to send the order data, wherein the mechanism provides validation of the order data prior to submitting the order data using the alternate method of submitting the order data, wherein the mechanism allows the customer order to be completed off-line and submitted via the alternate method, wherein the mechanism collects queue data when an ordered sequence in which a plurality of customer orders are placed impacts whether the customer order will be fulfilled, and wherein the mechanism in the served web page submits the order data, to complete the customer order, from the client browser to a backend application using the alternate communications protocol.