Business event processing

• US 8,261,289 B2
• Filed: 05/03/2010
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Kasravi, Kam, Geshel, Vadim, Pereshyvaylo, Sergiy, Ruan, Angie, Yao, Yitao, Drobintsev, Maxim
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Qing
• Application Number:
  US12/772,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20100211952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 855 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/466 Transaction processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0633 Workflow analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

Techniques for business event processing are presented. Producer services produce events that are managed and distributed by a transport service. Consumer services acquire events from the transport service and perform actions in response to the events. The production, distribution, and processing of the events and actions may be asynchronously and concurrently performed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system comprising:

memory to store event information;

a producer interface to generate a plurality of events responsive to a specified directive or action being identified, each event of the plurality of events defining one or more actions to be performed subsequent to the specified directive or action and being assigned with an event type out of a plurality of event types, each event type of the plurality of event types indicating that the one or more actions are defined by a corresponding event; and

a transport interface to distribute at least one batch of two or more events of the plurality of events to two or more consumers simultaneously, the at least one batch being formed based on determining that each event of the two or more events has a same event type indicating that one or more same actions are to be performed.

2. The computer-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the two or more consumers comprise a first consumer and a second consumer, wherein the first and second consumers perform on the at least one batch different actions from each other.

3. The computer-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the first and second consumers perform the different actions in parallel with each other.

4. The computer-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the first and second consumers perform the different actions asynchronously with each other.

5. The computer-implemented system of claim 2, wherein each of the two or more events in the at least one batch comprises a first portion and a second portion different from the first portion, wherein the first and second consumers use the first and second portions, respectively.

6. The computer-implemented system of claim 5, wherein the first and second portions comprise at least two of the event types, an event identifier or one or more name-value pairs associated with a corresponding event.

7. The computer-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the different actions comprise a detection of a login fraud and an authentication of a request resource for a corresponding one of the events.

8. The computer-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the two or more consumers comprise a first consumer and a second consumer, wherein one of the first and second consumers performs, on the at least one batch, same actions as the other.

9. The computer-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises one or more queue tables, wherein at least one of the one or more queue tables is to store events having a same event type.

10. The computer-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the event type comprises information describing a perimeter associated with the one or more actions defined by the corresponding event.

11. The computer-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the event type comprises non-prioritization information associated with the one or more actions defined by the corresponding event.

12. The computer-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the event type comprise information indicating that the one or more actions defined by the corresponding event are related to at least one of good, a service, a user, an account, a listing or a business transaction.

22. The computer-implemented system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the two or more consumers is configured to perform one or more actions for an event received from the transport interface, wherein the one or more actions are assigned to the event based on the event type of the event.

23. The computer-implemented system of claim 22, wherein the event comprises at least two different actions associated with the same event type.

24. The computer-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the two or more consumers comprise a first consumer and a second consumer, wherein each of the first and second consumers is configured to perform a different action from each other on a same event having the same event type.

13. A computer-implemented method comprising:

generating a plurality of events responsive to a specified directive or action being identified, each event of the plurality of events defining one or more actions to be performed subsequent to the specified directive or action, the generating including assigning each event with an event type out of a plurality of event types, each event type of the plurality of event types indicating that the one or more actions are defined by a corresponding event; and

distributing, using one or more processors, at least one batch of two or more events of the plurality of events to two or more consumers simultaneously, the at least one batch being formed based on determining that each event of the two or more events has a same event type indicating that one or more same actions are to be performed.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the two or more consumers comprise a first consumer and a second consumers wherein the first and second consumers perform on the at least one batch different actions from each other.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the first and second consumers perform the different actions in parallel with each other.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the first and second consumers perform the different actions asynchronously with each other.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein each of the two or more events in the at least one batch comprises a first portion and a second portion different from the first portion, wherein the first and second consumers use the first and second portions, respectively.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the first and second portions comprise at least two of the event type, an event identifier or one or more name-value pairs associated with a corresponding event.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the different actions comprise a detection of a login fraud and an authentication of a request resource for a corresponding one of the events.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the two or more consumers comprise a first consumer and a second consumers, wherein the first and second consumers perform on the at least one batch same actions as each other.

21. A computer-readable storage device storing instruction that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

generating a plurality of events responsive to a specified directive or action being identified, each event of the plurality of events defining one or more actions to be performed subsequent to the specified directive or action, the generating including assigning each event with an event type out of a plurality of event types, each event type of the plurality of event types indicating that the one or more actions are defined by a corresponding event; and

distributing, using one or more processors, at least one batch of two or more events of the plurality of events to two or more consumers simultaneously, the at least one batch being formed based on determining that each event of the two or more events has a same event type indicating that one or more same actions are to be performed.