Patent ID: 8433945
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of handling faults which may occur in a primary match server, the method comprising: providing a backup match server associated with the primary match server and to which a copy of a first transaction is provided, the first transaction having been transmitted to the primary match server to generate and transmit a first primary result including data representative of the time when the first transaction was processed, the transmission of the first primary result occurring subsequent thereto, the backup match server operative to derive the time that the first transaction was processed and process the copy of the first transaction subsequent to the transmission of the first primary result by the primary match server based thereon to generate a first backup result, the first backup result being transmitted as a response to the first transaction when it has been determined, subsequent to the transmission of a second transaction to the primary match server, that the primary match server is unlikely to transmit a second primary result based on the second transaction, and, based thereon, the primary match server has been prevented from completing an external operation upon which the transmission of the first and second primary results by the primary match server are dependent.