Enhancing processing efficiency of blockchain technologies using parallel service data processing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10785231-B2
Application number	US-201916358614-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2019
Priority date	May 31, 2017
Publication date	Sep 22, 2020
Grant date	Sep 22, 2020

Abstract

A validation-ready preprocessing block in a current consensus round is obtained by a blockchain node and in a service consensus stage. The validation-ready preprocessing block is validated. If it is determined that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated, validation is started on a next validation-ready preprocessing block and parallel data processing is performed on service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: obtaining, by a blockchain node and in a service consensus stage, a validation-ready preprocessing block in a current consensus round; validating the validation-ready preprocessing block; subsequent to a determination that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated: determining a consensus parameter corresponding to the validation-ready preprocessing block; obtaining, based on the consensus parameter corresponding to the validation-ready preprocessing block, a consensus parameter corresponding to a next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block, wherein the consensus parameter corresponding to the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block is used to instruct the blockchain node to validate the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block; starting validation on the next validation-ready preprocessing block; and performing parallel data processing on service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the validation-ready preprocessing block includes the blockchain node generating the validation-ready preprocessing block based on service data stored by the blockchain node or obtaining the validation-ready preprocessing block from another blockchain node.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein performing the parallel data processing on the service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block uses a predetermined processor.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein performing the parallel data processing using the predetermined processor further comprises, for the validated validation-ready preprocessing block:
invoking a processor to obtain a storage parameter comprising a storage location;
determining, based on the storage parameter, a process-ready preprocessing block corresponding to the storage parameter; and
storing, in the storage location, service data of the process-ready preprocessing block.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising, after the determination that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated:
determining, based on the storage parameter of the validation-ready preprocessing block, a storage parameter of a next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block; and
storing the storage parameter of the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein storing the storage parameter of the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block includes implementing a first in first out (FIFO) queue.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , comprising starting validation on the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block when the consensus parameter corresponding to the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block is obtained.

8. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising: obtaining, by a blockchain node and in a service consensus stage, a validation-ready preprocessing block in a current consensus round; validating the validation-ready preprocessing block; subsequent to a determination that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated: determining a consensus parameter corresponding to the validation-ready preprocessing block; obtaining, based on the consensus parameter corresponding to the validation-ready preprocessing block, a consensus parameter corresponding to a next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block, wherein the consensus parameter corresponding to the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block is used to instruct the blockchain node to validate the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block; starting validation on the next validation-ready preprocessing block; and performing parallel data processing on service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein obtaining the validation-ready preprocessing block includes the blockchain node generating the validation-ready preprocessing block based on service data stored by the blockchain node or obtaining the validation-ready preprocessing block from another blockchain node.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein performing the parallel data processing on the service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block uses a predetermined processor.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein performing the parallel data processing using the predetermined processor further comprises, for the validated validation-ready preprocessing block:
invoking a processor to obtain a storage parameter comprising a storage location;
determining, based on the storage parameter, a process-ready preprocessing block corresponding to the storage parameter; and
storing, in the storage location, service data of the process-ready preprocessing block.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise, after the determination that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated:
determining, based on the storage parameter of the validation-ready preprocessing block, a storage parameter of a next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block; and
storing the storage parameter of the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein storing the storage parameter of the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block includes implementing a first in first out (FIFO) queue.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , further comprising starting validation on the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block when the consensus parameter corresponding to the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block is obtained.

15. A computer-implemented system, comprising: one or more computers; and one or more computer memory devices interoperably coupled with the one or more computers and having tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, perform one or more operations comprising: obtaining, by a blockchain node and in a service consensus stage, a validation- ready preprocessing block in a current consensus round; validating the validation-ready preprocessing block; subsequent to a determination that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated: determining a consensus parameter corresponding to the validation-ready preprocessing block; obtaining, based on the consensus parameter corresponding to the validation-ready preprocessing block, a consensus parameter corresponding to a next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block, wherein the consensus parameter corresponding to the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block is used to instruct the blockchain node to validate the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block; starting validation on the next validation-ready preprocessing block; and performing parallel data processing on service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 15 , wherein obtaining the validation-ready preprocessing block includes the blockchain node generating the validation-ready preprocessing block based on service data stored by the blockchain node or obtaining the validation-ready pr

Assignees

• Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Shifeng

Classifications

• H04L2209/125

  Parallelization or pipelining, e.g. for accelerating processing of cryptographic operations · CPC title

• H04L9/0637 Primary

  Modes of operation, e.g. cipher block chaining [CBC], electronic codebook [ECB] or Galois/counter mode [GCM] · CPC title

• G06F16/1805

  Append-only file systems, e.g. using logs or journals to store data · CPC title

• G06F3/064

  Management of blocks · CPC title

• G06Q20/02 Primary

  involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP] · CPC title