Queue managing system and method

A queue management method for servicing a plurality of clients, each client from the plurality of clients having a client type, the system including a controlling queue for queuing clients and a plurality of processing queues, the queue management method comprising the steps of:

• (a) transferring the clients to the controlling queue;
• and
• (b) transferring the clients from the controlling queue to the plurality of processing queues, wherein all clients queued within a particular processing queue at any one time have the same client type, including the following substep:
• (b.1) processing a first client having a first client type when no processing queue from the plurality of processing queues is currently queuing clients of the first client type by allocating an empty processing queue to queue the first client, wherein the empty processing queue most recently queued clients of a second client type.

A store-and forward messaging system comprising:

• a controlling queue means for queuing a plurality of messages for transmission to one of a number of target destinations, each message from the plurality messages having a destination code selected from a plurality of destination codes;
• a processing queue means for queuing messages, wherein at any time said processing queue means queues only messages having a single destination;
• a server means, coupled to the processing queue means, for processing messages queued by the processing queue means;
• and
• a queue manager, coupled to the controlling queue means and the processing queue means, for transferring each of the messages queued by the controlling queue means to one of the processing queue means;
• wherein the queue manager queues one or more messages having a first destination code to said processing queue means until said processing queue means is empty, and then queues at least one message having a second destination code to said processing queue means.

A queue management method for servicing a plurality of messages, each message from the plurality of messages having a destination code from a plurality of destination codes, the system including a controlling queue for queuing messages and a processing queue, the queue management method comprising the steps of:

• (a) transferring the messages to the controlling queue;
• and
• (b) transferring the messages from the controlling queue to the processing queue, wherein all messages queued in the processing queue at any time share a destination code, including the following substep:
• (b.1) processing a first message having a first destination code by allocating an empty processing queue from the plurality of processing queues to queue the first message, wherein the empty processing queue most recently queued messages having a second destination code.