Patent ID: 7257611
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing an event in a system comprising a satellite and a primary data center, comprising: receiving an event at the satellite, the event corresponding to a service request from a user, the event including an indication of an account of the user; the satellite determining whether the primary data center is available for processing the event, wherein the satellite determining whether the primary data center is available for processing the event includes the satellite sending a query to the primary data center and the satellite determining whether the primary data center responds to the query within a configurable interval, and wherein when the satellite determines that the primary data center responds to the query within the configurable interval, the primary data center is available; if the primary data center is available, processing the event in connect mode by: if the primary data center is unavailable, processing the event in disconnect mode by: