Data processing method, system and computer program

A central data processing system for processing of the customer request comprising:

• a) means for receiving the request for at least one item at a central data processing system;
• b) means for generating a plurality of sub-requests for plurality of partners where each sub-request is assigned to an internal or external system by means of the rules;
• c) means for generating a separate unique identifier for each of the sub-requests;
• d) means for storing the unique identifiers being assigned to the sub-requests, in a retrievable medium;
• e) means for sending the sub-requests with the unique identifiers to partner systems;
• f) means for receiving back sub-responses at the central data processing system, said sub-responses having unique identifiers in association with the unique identifiers of the request;
• g) means for generating a response based on association of the sub-responses with the original item;
• h) means for sending the response back to the customer data processing system.

A computer-readable storage medium holding code to:

• a) receive a request for at least one item at a central data processing system;
• b) generate a plurality of sub-requests for plurality of partners where each sub-request is assigned to an internal or external system by means of rules;
• c) generate a separate unique identifier for each of the sub-requests;
• d) store the unique identifiers being assigned to the sub-requests, in a retrievable medium;
• e) send the sub-requests with the unique identifiers to partner systems;
• f) receive back sub-responses at the central data processing system, said sub-responses having unique identifiers in association with the unique identifiers of the request;
• g) generate a response based on association of the sub-responses with the original item;
• h) send the response back to the customer data processing system.

A data processing system for processing a request, the data processing system comprising:

• means for selecting an asynchronous or a synchronous communication mode for communication with partner computer systems,
• means for splitting the request into a set of sub-requests,
• synchronous communication means being adapted to send a first one of the sub-requests of the set of sub-requests to one of the partner computer systems, wait for the respective sub-response from the one of the partner computer systems and send a second one of the sub-requests of the set of sub-requests to one of the partner computer systems after the sub-response has been received, wherein the sub-responses are stored in a random access memory,
• asynchronous communication means being adapted to send the sub-requests in parallel to the partner computer systems, store respective sub-responses of the partner computer systems in a database on a non-volatile storage device, means for combining the sub-responses to generate a response to the request,
• means for sending the response.

A method for processing a request comprising:

• selecting an asynchronous or synchronous communication mode for communication with partner computer systems,
• splitting the request into a set of sub-requests,
• if the synchronous communication mode has been selected:
• sending a first one of the sub-requests of the set to one of the partner computer systems, waiting for the respective sub-response from the one of the partner computer systems, sending a second one of the sub-requests of the set to a second one of the partner computer systems after the sub-response from the first one of the partner computer systems has been received, wherein the sub-responses are stored in a random access memory,
• if the asynchronous communication mode has been selected:
• sending a plurality of the sub-requests in parallel to partner computer systems, storing respective sub-responses of the partner computer systems in a database on a non-volatile storage device,
• combining the sub-responses to generate a response to the request,
• sending the response to the requestor.