Patent ID: 8195758

Claim:
A method for transmitting message information from a first computer platform to a second computer platform, said first platform having a first server and a second server, said second platform having a first receiver and a second receiver that correspond to said first and second servers, each of said servers having a respective server port and each of said receivers having a respective receiver port, said each respective server port corresponding to said each respective receiver port, said method comprising: designating one of the first and second servers as an assigned server, and its other as a backup server; sending the message information to the first and second servers; forwarding the message information to the respective server port that corresponds to said assigned server; transmitting the message information from the respective server port to the respective receiver port that corresponds to said assigned server; forwarding the message information from the respective receiver port to the corresponding receiver; sending an assigned verification signal and a backup verification signal to corresponding receiver ports; transmitting said verification signals to corresponding server ports; forwarding said verification signals to a transmission assigner; switching from said one of the first and second servers as said backup server and said other as said assigned server in response to absence of said assigned verification signal, otherwise maintaining said one as said assigned server; and terminating transmission of the message information in response to absence of both said assigned and backup verification signals.