Global Number Range Generation via Segmented Block Assignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current software systems face inefficiencies in generating and managing global number ranges across multiple applications and geographic regions, leading to latency and concurrency issues, especially when these ranges need to be reused and shared across different software applications and solutions.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and architecture for generating and consuming global number ranges, which allows for scalable software as a service, defining rules for number generation, splitting ranges into blocks, and using queues to manage and distribute these numbers efficiently, ensuring continuity and reducing latency by appearing to be generated locally to the application, regardless of geographical location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If global number ranges are centrally generated and shared across multiple applications and geographic regions, then consistency and uniqueness of identification data are improved, but latency and concurrency issues worsen due to network communication overhead
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the global number range into multiple blocks, with each block assigned to a specific process or application. This segmentation allows local processes to consume numbers from their assigned blocks without centralized coordination for each number generation, reducing latency while maintaining global uniqueness through the block assignment structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-generates and assigns blocks of global numbers to processes in advance. By performing the number generation and block assignment beforehand, the system eliminates the need for real-time centralized coordination during number consumption, thereby reducing operational latency while ensuring consistency through the preliminary assignment structure.
2Productivity
If global number ranges are generated locally for each application, then latency is reduced and operations appear local, but concurrency issues and potential number conflicts worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the global number space into distinct blocks assigned to different processes. Each process operates independently within its assigned block, achieving local generation speed while the segmentation structure prevents number conflicts between processes, thus maintaining global uniqueness without centralized coordination during consumption.
3Reliability
If a single centralized system generates all global numbers, then number uniqueness is ensured, but system complexity and single points of failure worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the centralized number generation function into distributed block assignments. Each process maintains its own assigned block, eliminating the need for a single complex centralized generation system while preserving uniqueness through the structured block assignment. This segmentation distributes system complexity across multiple independent processes.
Solution Approach 2:
Processes independently consume numbers from their assigned blocks without requiring centralized coordination for each operation. This self-service approach reduces the complexity of the number management system by eliminating the need for continuous centralized intervention, while the block assignment structure ensures global uniqueness is maintained.
4Adaptability or versatility
If global number ranges are frequently regenerated to meet changing application requirements, then adaptability is improved, but system stability and operational interruptions worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs number range generation and block assignment in advance, creating stable assignments that can be maintained over long periods. This preliminary action reduces the need for frequent regenerations, thereby maintaining process stability and avoiding interruptions. Adaptability is achieved through the initial configuration rather than frequent changes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent generates blocks of numbers in advance rather than individual numbers on demand. This excessive generation of number blocks provides a buffer that allows processes to operate independently for extended periods without requiring system intervention, thus maintaining stability while the block structure allows for adaptable configuration.
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AI summary
A system, a method, and a computer program product for generation and consumption of global numbers. A range of global numbers for consumption by a plurality of processes of a software application in a plurality of software applications is generated. The range of global numbers is generated in accordance with one or more requirements of the software application and includes a plurality of blocks of global numbers. The generated range of global numbers is provided to the software application for consumption by the plurality of processes. Each process is assigned a block of global numbers in the plurality of blocks of global numbers and consumes the assigned block of global numbers. A count of global numbers in the global number range consumed by each process in the plurality of processes is determined. Another range of global numbers is generated upon determination of the count being below a predefined threshold.