Patent ID: 7062539
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
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.