System for high reliability and high performance application message delivery

A system for high reliability and high performance application message delivery, the system comprising:

• a plurality of log servers each including:
• a first processor;
• and
• a first memory coupled with the first processor, the first memory including instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to:
• receive asynchronously, by at least some of the plurality of log servers, a plurality of application messages containing application information and a plurality of control messages associated with the plurality of application messages over a predetermined interval, wherein each of the plurality of control messages is received by one or more log servers among the plurality of log servers;
• and
• store, at each of the plurality of log servers, the received application messages in a plurality of application data files and the received control messages in a plurality of control files;
• and
• a server coupled to the plurality of log servers, the server including:
• a second processor;
• and
• a second memory coupled with the second processor, the second memory including instructions that when executed by the second processor, cause the second processor to:
• compare, for each of the plurality of log servers, a quantity of the application messages asynchronously received by each of the plurality of log servers and an application message number from the control messages stored in the control files at each of the plurality of log servers in order to evaluate a quantity of application messages stored in each application data file of the plurality of log servers;
• based on the comparison, specify one of the application data files at one of the plurality of log servers as a best-candidate file;
• and
• forward the best-candidate file for post-processing,
• wherein each control message includes a control message number used for identifying a sequential order for the plurality of control messages and an identifier of an application server that originated the control message, and the best-candidate file includes a quantity of stored application messages that is greatest in comparison with to the application data files having fewer stored application messages.

A system for high reliability and high performance billing message delivery, the system comprising:

• a plurality of log servers each including:
• a first processor;
• and
• a first memory coupled with the first processor, the first memory including instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to:
• receive asynchronously, by at least some of the plurality of log servers, a plurality of billing messages each containing information for a billing transaction and a plurality of control messages associated with the plurality of billing messages over a predetermined interval;
• and
• store, at each of the plurality of log servers, the received billing messages in a plurality of billing data files and the received control messages in a plurality of control files, and
• a server coupled to the plurality of log servers the server including:
• a second processor;
• and
• a second memory coupled with the second processor, the second memory including instructions that, when executed by the second processor, cause the second processor to:
• compare, for each of the plurality of log servers, a quantity of the plurality of billing messages and an application message number from the control messages stored in the control files at each of the plurality of log servers to evaluate a quantity of billing messages stored in each billing data file;
• based on the comparison, specify, by the server, one of the billing data files as a best-candidate file;
• and
• forward, from the server, the best-candidate file for post-processing,
• wherein each control message includes a control message number used for identifying a sequential order for the plurality of control messages and an identifier of an application server that originated the control message, and the best-candidate file includes the quantity of stored application messages that is greatest in comparison with the application data files having fewer stored application messages.