System and method of site traffic control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10205669-B2
Application number	US-201715587070-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 4, 2017
Priority date	May 11, 2015
Publication date	Feb 12, 2019
Grant date	Feb 12, 2019

Abstract

Systems and methods of site traffic control are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a first request for an online service to perform an operation is received from a first user on a first client device, and at least one overload condition for the online service is detected, or otherwise determined, with the overload condition(s) corresponding to a first request time of the first request. A first token and a first return time parameter for the first user are determined based on the determination of the overload condition. The first token and the first return time parameter are transmitted to the first client device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
at least one hardware processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform a set of operations comprising:
receiving, from a first user on a first client device, a first request for an online service to perform an operation;
detecting at least one overload condition for the online service, the at least one overload condition corresponding to a first request time of the first request;
determining a first token and a first return time parameter for the first user based on the determination of the overload condition;
receiving, from the first user, a second request for the online service to perform the operation, the second request having a corresponding time and comprising the first token;
identifying the first return time parameter based on the first token; and
determining that the corresponding time of the second request satisfies the first return time parameter.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of operations farther comprises storing the first token in association with the first return time parameter.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of operations further comprises transmitting the first token and the first return time parameter to the first client device.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of operations further comprises performing the operation of the online service in response to the determining that the corresponding time of the second request satisfies the first return time parameter.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operation of the first request comprises enabling the first user to access a page of the online service.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one overload condition comprises at least one of a traffic level of the online service satisfying one or more predetermined traffic level criteria, a network connection speed of the online service satisfying one or more predetermined network connection speed criteria, and a server speed of the online service satisfying one or more predetermined server speed criteria.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first return time parameter comprises a specified time or a specified window of time.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of operations further comprises:
estimating a load level of the online service for a future time, the future time being subsequent to the first request time;
determining that the estimated load level satisfies one or more return time criteria; and
defining the first return time parameter to include the future time based on the determining that the estimated load level satisfies the one or more return time criteria.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of operations further comprises transmitting a cookie to the first client device, the cookie comprising the first token.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of operations further comprises:
determining that a current time is within a predetermined amount of time of the first return time parameter; and
transmitting a return time notification to the first user based on the determining that the current time is within the predetermined amount of time of the first return time parameter, the return time notification configured to indicate to the first user to request the operation again.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of operations further comprises:
selecting an overload level from a plurality of overload levels based on the at least one overload condition; and
generating an overload notification based on the selected overload level, the overload notification comprising an indication of the overload level, and to cause the overload notification to be displayed on the first client device.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of operations further comprises:
selecting a standard of restriction from a plurality of standards of restriction based on the at least one overload condition; and
denying the first user access to the operation of the online service based on the selected standard of restriction, and to allow a second user access to the operation of the online service based on the selected standard of restriction.

13. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, from a first user on a first client device, a first request for an online service to perform an operation;
detecting at least one overload condition for the online service, the at least one overload condition corresponding to a first request time of the first request;
determining a first token and a first return time parameter for the first user based on the determination of the overload condition;
receiving, from the first user, a second request for the online service to perform the operation, the second request having a corresponding time and comprising the first token;
identifying the first return time parameter based on the first token; and
determining that the corresponding time of the second request satisfies the first return time parameter.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , further comprising performing the operation of the online service in response to the determining that the corresponding time of the second request satisfies the first return time parameter.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the operation comprises enabling the first user to access a page of the online service.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one overload condition comprises at least one of a traffic level of the online service satisfying one or more predetermined traffic level criteria, a network connection speed of the online service satisfying one or more predetermined network connection speed criteria, and a server speed of the online service satisfying one or more predetermined server speed criteria.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the first return time parameter comprises a specified time or a specified window of time.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , further comprising:
estimating a load level of the online service for a future time, the future time being subsequent to the first request time;
determining that the estimated load level satisfies one or more return time criteria; and
defining the first return time parameter to include the future time based on the determining that the estimated load level satisfies the one or more return time criteria.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein further comprising:
determining that a current time is within a predetermined amount of time of the first return time parameter; and
transmitting a return time notification to the first user based on the determining that the current time is within the predetermined amount of time of the first return time parameter, the return time notification configured to indicate to the first user to request the operation again.

20. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a first user on a first client device, a first request for an online service to perform an operation;
detecting at least one overload condition for the online service, the at least one overload condition corresponding to a first request time of the first request;
determining a first token and a first return time parameter for the first us

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Tang Yu
• Luk Bryant Genepang
• Brenner Jennifer T
• He Robert
• O'Toole Christopher Diebold
• Ziaja Jason
• Das Ananya
• Cho Jun Ho
• Ahn Zi Won

Classifications

• H04L47/28 Primary

  in relation to timing considerations · CPC title

• H04L47/11

  Identifying congestion · CPC title

• H04L47/127

  by using congestion prediction · CPC title

• H04L43/0894

  Packet rate · CPC title

• H04L67/146

  Markers for unambiguous identification of a particular session, e.g. session cookie or URL-encoding · CPC title