Method and apparatus for improved transaction processing in a distributed computing environment

摘要

Enhancements to on-line transaction processing (OLTP) for distributed computing environments. Improved mechanisms for implementing OLTP systems which are hardware and operating system independent and which provide flexibility in architectural design. Remote clients may transparently communicate with OLTP software through a versatile remote procedure call implementation. Network bandwidth usage is minimized through a dispatcher function which groups client transactions at a dispatcher service. Message passing is handled through flexible message object technology which is data type and operating system independent. Finally, a WORLD WIDE WEB browser interface is created for connecting various user clients to appropriately configured OLTP systems.