DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING TRANSPORTATION FEES AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160092856A1
• Filed: 09/30/2014
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG CNS Company Limited (LBHunet Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: LG CNS Company Limited (LBHunet Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LEE, YONGKYU
• Granted Patent: US 10,395,225 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/145 Payments according to the detected use or quantity
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/34 using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/352 Contactless payments by cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

An operating method of a distributed server includes downloading operating information from a central server, the operating information including information related to card transactions and terminal information on one or more card terminals, receiving a payment request for a card tagged on a card terminal from the card terminal, and performing an operation related to a payment requested by the card terminal based on the operating information. The operating method may further include receiving status information from the central server, the status information indicating whether or not the central server is overloaded, processing the payment requested by the card terminal if the status information indicates that the central server is overloaded, and transmitting a result of processing the payment to the card terminal.

Claims

1. An operating method of a distributed server, the operating method comprising:

downloading operating information from a central server, the operating information including information related to card transactions and terminal information on one or more card terminals;

receiving a payment request for a card tagged on a card terminal from the card terminal; and

performing an operation related to a payment requested by the card terminal based on the operating information.

2. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving status information from the central server, the status information indicating whether or not the central server is overloaded;

processing the payment requested by the card terminal if the status information indicates that the central server is overloaded; and

transmitting a result of processing the payment to the card terminal.

3. The operating method of claim 2, wherein the status information is pushed to the distributed server from the central server when the central server is in an overloaded state in which traffic for card payments exceeds a processing limit of the central server or after the overload of the central server is resolved.

4. The operating method of claim 3, wherein the processing limit comprises a preset limit for at least one of the number of transactions being simultaneously processed, a processing time for each transaction, and available resources of the central server.

5. The operating method of claim 2, wherein the status information is first status information, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving second status information from the central server, the second status information indicating whether or not the overload of the central server was resolved; and

requesting the central server to process the payment requested by the card terminal if the second status information indicates that the overload of the central server was resolved.

6. The operating method of claim 2, wherein receiving the status information comprises receiving the status information through a communication channel that is separate from a communication channel through which the operating information is received.

7. The operating method of claim 1, wherein performing the operation related to the payment comprises processing the payment if the card tagged on the card terminal is determined to be a commutation ticket based on the operating information.

8. The operating method of claim 1, wherein performing the operation related to the payment comprises:

determining whether or not the card is tagged on the card terminal more than one time within a predetermined time based on the operating information;

informing the card terminal that a transportation fee for the card has been paid if it is determined that the card is tagged more than one time within the predetermined time; and

requesting the central server to process the payment for the card if it is determined that the card is tagged only one time.

9. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

searching for another distributed server capable of communicating with the central server if communication between the central server and the distributed server is disconnected; and

communicating with the central server through a found distributed server.

10. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the operating information to another distributed server that is unable to communicate with the central server.

11. An operating method of a central server, the operating method comprising:

determining whether traffic for card payments, received from one or more of one or more distributed servers and one or more card terminals, exceeds a processing limit of the central server; and

transmitting status information to the one or more distributed servers based on the determination result, the status information indicating whether or not the central server is overloaded.

12. The operating method of claim 11, wherein the status information is first status information and wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether or not the overload has been resolved; and

transmitting second status information to the one or more distributed servers, the second status information indicating that the overload of the central server has been resolved.

13. The operating method of claim 11, wherein the status information is pushed to the one or more distributed servers from the central server when the central server is in an overloaded state in which the traffic exceeds the processing limit or after the overload of the central server is resolved.

14. The operating method of claim 11, wherein the processing limit of the central server comprises a preset limit for at least one of the number of transactions being simultaneously processed, a processing time for each transaction, and available resources of the central server.

15. The operating method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting operating information to the one or more distributed servers, the operating information including information related to transactions of cards and terminal information on one or more card terminals.

16. The operating method of claim 15, wherein transmitting the status information comprises transmitting the status information through a communication channel that is separate from a communication channel through which the operating information is transmitted.

17. A distributed server comprising:

a memory configured to store a program for controlling operations of the distributed server; and

one or more processors configured to execute the program,

wherein the processor performs a method, the method comprising;

downloading operating information including information related to card transactions and information on one or more card terminals from a central server;

receiving a payment request for a card tagged on a card terminal from the card terminal; and

performing an operation related to a payment requested by the card terminal based on the operating information.

18. The distributed server of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving status information from the central server, the status information indicating whether or not the central server is overloaded;

processing the payment requested by the card terminal if the status information indicates that the central server is overloaded; and

transmitting a result of processing the payment to the card terminal.

19. A distributed processing system comprising:

one or more card terminals each of which is configured to request a payment for a card tagged thereon;

one or more distributed servers configured to receive operating information, which includes information related to transactions of the card and terminal information on the one or more card terminals, and status information, which indicates whether or not a central server is overloaded, from the central server, and perform an operation related to the payment for the card based on the operating information and the status information; and

the central server configured to determine whether or not traffic for payments of cards, received from one or more of the one or more card terminals and the one or more distributed servers, exceeds a processing limit thereof, and transmit the status information to the one or more distributed servers based on the determination result.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by a processor in a distributed server, performs a method, the method comprising:

downloading operating information from a central server, the operating information including information related to card transactions and terminal information on one or more card terminals;

receiving a payment request for a card tagged on a card terminal from the card terminal;

processing a payment requested by the card terminal based on the operating information if first status information is received from the central server, the first status information indicating that the central server is overloaded, and transmitting a result of the payment processed by the distributed server to the card terminal; and

requesting the central server to process the payment requested by the card terminal if second status information is received from the central server, the second status information indicating that the overload of the central server was resolved.