Patent ID: 7721002

Claim:
A method of synchronizing activation of scheduled update data among a plurality of web servers, wherein each of the plurality of web servers is coupled to a common data server, the method comprising: Receiving, by a web server of the plurality of web servers, a scheduled activation time from the common data server; Prior to the scheduled activation time, receiving the scheduled update data, the scheduled update data including data prospectively to be employed by the plurality of web servers in processing transactions, into the staging caches in each web server of the plurality of web servers; and At the scheduled activation time, activating the scheduled update data by causing the scheduled update data from the staging caches within each web server of the plurality of web servers to be accessible from an active cache within each web server of the plurality of web servers; Wherein each web server of the plurality of web servers is further configured to adjust a scheduled activation time on the web server by a time difference between a clock in the web server and a clock in the common data server.