Transaction Network Segmentation for Lower Traffic and Latency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Transaction infrastructures are often overburdened with network traffic due to multiple servers transmitting transaction messages, leading to significant latency and resource utilization issues.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that dynamically select a subset of computers based on transaction protocols, establishing connections beforehand, and transmitting messages to these subsets based on predefined rules to optimize network traffic and resource usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple servers transmit transaction messages through the same transaction infrastructure, then transaction processing capability is improved, but network traffic and processing load on individual computers increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the transaction infrastructure into multiple subsets of computers, where each subset is associated with a different transaction protocol. By dividing the infrastructure in this way, the system distributes network traffic across multiple segments rather than concentrating all traffic through a single infrastructure, thereby reducing the processing load on individual computers while maintaining overall transaction processing capability.
2Productivity
If multiple servers transmit transaction messages through the same transaction infrastructure, then transaction processing capability is improved, but latency in processing individual transactions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic selection of transaction protocols and subsets of computers based on current system conditions and transaction characteristics. This dynamic approach allows the system to adaptively route transactions through optimal paths, reducing latency by selecting the most efficient protocol and computer subset for each transaction rather than using a static infrastructure.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the same transaction infrastructure is used by multiple servers, then infrastructure utilization is improved, but processing resources of individual computers become overburdened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent assigns different transaction protocols to different subsets of computers, creating local specialization within the infrastructure. Each subset is optimized for specific protocol types, allowing the system to utilize the entire infrastructure while distributing processing loads according to the specific requirements of different transaction protocols, thereby preventing any single computer from becoming overburdened.
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AI summary
A method comprises receiving a transaction request comprising an identification of a sending account, an identification of a recipient account, and a value; comparing the value to a threshold identified in one or more rules; identifying a transaction protocol based on the comparing; selecting a first subset of computers of a plurality of subsets of computers based on the identified transaction protocol, each of the plurality of subsets of computers corresponding to a different transaction protocol; and transmitting a message to each computer of the first subset of computers indicating the transaction request, receipt of the message causing each computer of the first subset of computers to complete a transaction corresponding to the transaction request between the sending account and the recipient account.