Patent ID: 7668955

Claim:
A method of processing a transaction in a system wherein a plurality of information processing devices are linked to perform transaction processings and utilize standard identifiers (IDs) for identifying related transaction processings, the method comprising steps of: generating a standard ID for processing of the transaction at an information processing device which makes a transaction processing request; storing in a mapping table in each respective information processing device to be involved in the processing of the transaction, a local ID for processing the transaction in the respective information processing device, in correlation with the standard ID for processing of the transaction; sending an inquiry, from a first information processing device, to a second information processing device in which a failure in the processing of the transaction has occurred, the inquiry using the standard ID to identify the processing of the transaction; receiving, by the first information processing device, from the second information processing device in which the failure occurred, the local ID for processing the transaction of the information processing device in which the failure occurred; and relating, by the first information processing device, the received local ID for processing the transaction of the information processing device in which the failure occurred with a respective local ID for processing the transaction of the first information processing device which has sent the inquiry, wherein the mapping table in the second information processing device in which the failure occurred holds a record for the processing of the transaction for a predetermined period of time upon occurrence of the failure.