Information processing using a server group

• US 10,491,707 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2017
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Company Limited (Ant Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Yu, Junze
• Primary Examiner(s): Keehn, Richard G
• Application Number:
  US15/833,907
• Publication Number:
  US 20180109647A1
• Time in Patent Office: 720 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2282 Tablespace storage structures; Management thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1012 based on compliance of requirements or conditions with available server resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1021 based on client or server locations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

An acquisition request, received at a server, for acquiring activity information of an activity account includes location information of a terminal, an activity identifier, and a target quantity of the activity information. The server is in a server group. Each server is located at a different location and separately stores activity information. A determination is made whether a quantity of locally stored activity information meets the target quantity of the acquisition request. The target quantity of activity information is locally acquired and sent to the terminal. A second server is selected when the quantity does not meet the target quantity. The acquisition request is sent to the second server, such that the second server repeats the process. The second server is nearest to the terminal from among other servers in the server group that did not receive the request.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at a server and from a terminal, an acquisition request for acquiring activity information of an activity account, wherein the acquisition request includes location information of the terminal, an activity identifier of the activity account, and a target quantity of the activity information to be acquired, wherein the server is one server in a server group, and wherein each server in the server group is located at a different location and separately stores activity information of the activity account;

determining, at the server, whether a quantity of locally stored activity information of the activity account corresponding to the activity identifier meets the target quantity by being greater than or equal to the target quantity of the activity information to be acquired by the acquisition request;

locally acquiring the target quantity of activity information at the server when the quantity meets the target quantity, and sending the acquired target quantity of activity information to the terminal; and

selecting, using the location information of the terminal, a second server when the quantity does not meet the target quantity, and sending the acquisition request to the second server, such that the second server repeats, according to the acquisition request, the steps of receiving the request, determining whether a local quantity meets the target quantity, and locally acquiring the target quantity or selecting a third server, wherein the second server is nearest to the terminal from among other servers in the server group that did not receive the request.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein selecting the second server comprises:

acquiring a locally stored first correspondence between a server identifier, a database identifier, a database table identifier, an activity identifier, and server location information;

acquiring, from the first correspondence, records comprising server identifiers of all the servers that did not receive the acquisition request;

acquiring records comprising the activity identifier from the records comprising server identifiers of all the servers that did not received the acquisition request;

separately acquiring server location information from each record comprising the activity identifier;

selecting location information of the server nearest to the location information of the terminal from the acquired server location information;

determining, from the first correspondence, a record comprising the location information of the server nearest to the location information of the terminal; and

using a server corresponding to a server identifier in the record comprising the location information of the server nearest to the location information of the terminal as the second server.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing the activity account, wherein the activity account comprises multiple pieces of activity information and the activity identifier of the activity account;

acquiring multiple servers for storing multiple pieces of activity information, and acquiring location information of each of the multiple servers;

allocating activity information to each of the multiple servers according to the quantity of the activity information of the activity account and the number of the multiple servers; and

storing, for each individual server of the multiple servers, the activity information allocated to the individual server into a database table of a database of the individual server; and

storing a server identifier of the individual server, a database identifier of the database, a database table identifier of the database table, the activity identifier of the activity account, and the location information of the individual server into a locally stored first correspondence between a server identifier, a database identifier, a database table identifier, an activity identifier, and server location information.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein acquiring multiple servers for storing the multiple pieces of activity information comprises:

acquiring a locally stored second correspondence between a server identifier, a database identifier, and an identifier of a database table storing no information;

acquiring all server identifiers comprised in the second correspondence;

performing a deletion operation on identical server identifiers in all the acquired server identifiers, and keeping only one of the identical server identifiers; and

using all servers corresponding to the remaining server identifiers as the servers.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein storing the activity information allocated to the individual server into a database table of a database of the server comprises:

acquiring a record comprising the individual server from the second correspondence;

using a database identifier in the record as a database identifier, and using a database table identifier in the record as a database table identifier; and

storing the activity information allocated to the individual server into a database table of a database in the individual server, wherein the database is a database corresponding to the database identifier, and the database table corresponds to the database table identifier.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising allocating greater quantities of pieces of activity information to servers that have a higher degree of activity.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein allocation quantities are determined based at least on analyzed historical information indicating per-server activity.

8. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a server and from a terminal, an acquisition request for acquiring activity information of an activity account, wherein the acquisition request includes location information of the terminal, an activity identifier of the activity account, and a target quantity of the activity information to be acquired, wherein the server is one server in a server group, and wherein each server in the server group is located at a different location and separately stores activity information of the activity account;

determining, at the server, whether a quantity of locally stored activity information of the activity account corresponding to the activity identifier meets the target quantity by being greater than or equal to the target quantity of the activity information to be acquired by the acquisition request;

locally acquiring the target quantity of activity information at the server when the quantity meets the target quantity, and sending the acquired target quantity of activity information to the terminal; and

selecting, using the location information of the terminal, a second server when the quantity does not meet the target quantity, and sending the acquisition request to the second server, such that the second server repeats, according to the acquisition request, the steps of receiving the request, determining whether a local quantity meets the target quantity, and locally acquiring the target quantity or selecting a third server, wherein the second server is nearest to the terminal from among other servers in the server group that did not receive the request.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein selecting the second server comprises:

acquiring a locally stored first correspondence between a server identifier, a database identifier, a database table identifier, an activity identifier, and server location information;

acquiring, from the first correspondence, records comprising server identifiers of all the servers that did not receive the acquisition request;

acquiring records comprising the activity identifier from the records comprising server identifiers of all the servers that did not received the acquisition request;

separately acquiring server location information from each record comprising the activity identifier;

selecting location information of the server nearest to the location information of the terminal from the acquired server location information;

determining, from the first correspondence, a record comprising the location information of the server nearest to the location information of the terminal; and

using a server corresponding to a server identifier in the record comprising the location information of the server nearest to the location information of the terminal as the second server.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, the operations further comprising:

establishing the activity account, wherein the activity account comprises multiple pieces of activity information and the activity identifier of the activity account;

acquiring multiple servers for storing multiple pieces of activity information, and acquiring location information of each of the multiple servers;

allocating activity information to each of the multiple servers according to the quantity of the activity information of the activity account and the number of the multiple servers; and

storing, for each individual server of the multiple servers, the activity information allocated to the individual server into a database table of a database of the individual server; and

storing a server identifier of the individual server, a database identifier of the database, a database table identifier of the database table, the activity identifier of the activity account, and the location information of the individual server into a locally stored first correspondence between a server identifier, a database identifier, a database table identifier, an activity identifier, and server location information.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein acquiring multiple servers for storing the multiple pieces of activity information comprises:

acquiring a locally stored second correspondence between a server identifier, a database identifier, and an identifier of a database table storing no information;

acquiring all server identifiers comprised in the second correspondence;

performing a deletion operation on identical server identifiers in all the acquired server identifiers, and keeping only one of the identical server identifiers; and

using all servers corresponding to the remaining server identifiers as the servers.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein storing the activity information allocated to the individual server into a database table of a database of the server comprises:

acquiring a record comprising the individual server from the second correspondence;

using a database identifier in the record as a database identifier, and using a database table identifier in the record as a database table identifier; and

storing the activity information allocated to the individual server into a database table of a database in the individual server, wherein the database is a database corresponding to the database identifier, and the database table corresponds to the database table identifier.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, the operations further comprising allocating greater quantities of pieces of activity information to servers that have a higher degree of activity.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein allocation quantities are determined based at least on analyzed historical information indicating per-server activity.

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;

receiving, at a server and from a terminal, an acquisition request for acquiring activity information of an activity account, wherein the acquisition request includes location information of the terminal, an activity identifier of the activity account, and a target quantity of the activity information to be acquired, wherein the server is one server in a server group, and wherein each server in the server group is located at a different location and separately stores activity information of the activity account;

determining, at the server, whether a quantity of locally stored activity information of the activity account corresponding to the activity identifier meets the target quantity by being greater than or equal to the target quantity of the activity information to be acquired by the acquisition request;

locally acquiring the target quantity of activity information at the server when the quantity meets the target quantity, and sending the acquired target quantity of activity information to the terminal; and

selecting, using the location information of the terminal, a second server when the quantity does not meet the target quantity, and sending the acquisition request to the second server, such that the second server repeats, according to the acquisition request, the steps of receiving the request, determining whether a local quantity meets the target quantity, and locally acquiring the target quantity or selecting a third server, wherein the second server is nearest to the terminal from among other servers in the server group that did not receive the request.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, wherein selecting the second server comprises:

acquiring a locally stored first correspondence between a server identifier, a database identifier, a database table identifier, an activity identifier, and server location information;

acquiring, from the first correspondence, records comprising server identifiers of all the servers that did not receive the acquisition request;

acquiring records comprising the activity identifier from the records comprising server identifiers of all the servers that did not received the acquisition request;

separately acquiring server location information from each record comprising the activity identifier;

selecting location information of the server nearest to the location information of the terminal from the acquired server location information;

determining, from the first correspondence, a record comprising the location information of the server nearest to the location information of the terminal; and

using a server corresponding to a server identifier in the record comprising the location information of the server nearest to the location information of the terminal as the second server.

17. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

establishing the activity account, wherein the activity account comprises multiple pieces of activity information and the activity identifier of the activity account;

acquiring multiple servers for storing multiple pieces of activity information, and acquiring location information of each of the multiple servers;

allocating activity information to each of the multiple servers according to the quantity of the activity information of the activity account and the number of the multiple servers; and

storing, for each individual server of the multiple servers, the activity information allocated to the individual server into a database table of a database of the individual server; and

storing a server identifier of the individual server, a database identifier of the database, a database table identifier of the database table, the activity identifier of the activity account, and the location information of the individual server into a locally stored first correspondence between a server identifier, a database identifier, a database table identifier, an activity identifier, and server location information.

18. The computer-implemented system of claim 17, wherein acquiring multiple servers for storing the multiple pieces of activity information comprises:

acquiring a locally stored second correspondence between a server identifier, a database identifier, and an identifier of a database table storing no information;

acquiring all server identifiers comprised in the second correspondence;

performing a deletion operation on identical server identifiers in all the acquired server identifiers, and keeping only one of the identical server identifiers; and

using all servers corresponding to the remaining server identifiers as the servers.

19. The computer-implemented system of claim 18, wherein storing the activity information allocated to the individual server into a database table of a database of the server comprises:

acquiring a record comprising the individual server from the second correspondence;

using a database identifier in the record as a database identifier, and using a database table identifier in the record as a database table identifier; and

storing the activity information allocated to the individual server into a database table of a database in the individual server, wherein the database is a database corresponding to the database identifier, and the database table corresponds to the database table identifier.

20. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, the operations further comprising allocating greater quantities of pieces of activity information to servers that have a higher degree of activity.