Committing events where transaction threads have read-only access to shared memory

• US 8,856,178 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2011
• Issued: 10/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Labuda, David S., Krishnamoorthy, Jayaprakash
• Primary Examiner(s): Perveen, Rehana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Waldron, Scott A
• Application Number:
  US13/303,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084253A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,049 Days
• Field of Search: 707/792, 455/406
• US Class Current: 707/792
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1428 Invoice generation, e.g. customization, lay-out, database processing, algorithms for calculating the bill or formatting invoices as WWW pages invoicing in general G06Q30/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/43 Billing software details
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/44 Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/59 based on real time
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/70 Administration or customization aspects; Counter-checking correct charges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/725 by the operator
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/74 Backing up

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a computer system can execute a plurality of threads in parallel. Each thread can process an event in real-time and each event can pertain to a customer transaction. Read-only data can be accessed from a shared memory of an in-memory database. The read-only data can comprise information needed to rate the customer transaction to which the event pertains. Information regarding the processed event can be sent to a commit engine. The commit engine can be configured to update the shared memory according to the processed event, log the information regarding the processed event to a storage device, and store updates to the shared memory in a memory local to the thread.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

executing, by a computer system, a plurality of threads in parallel, each thread processing an event in real-time, each event pertaining to a customer transaction related to use of a cellular phone;

accessing, by the computer system, read-only data from a database, the read-only data comprising information needed to rate the customer transaction to which the event pertains;

storing, by the computer system, the accessed read-only data from the database in a local memory of the computer system;

processing the event, by the computer system, using the stored read-only data from the database, wherein the processing comprises rating the event based on the use of the cellular phone; and

sending, by the computer system, information regarding the processed event to a commit engine, wherein the commit engine is configured to update the database according to the processed event and store updates from the processed event to the local memory of the computer system, the updates from the processed event to the local memory comprising data for determining whether the customer transaction is allowed including at least data for rating the customer transaction and data determining a customer account balance.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein sending the information regarding the processed event to the commit engine comprises accessing the information from the memory for the thread local by a rating engine.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the computer system is configured to execute the plurality of threads in the context of a business application.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of threads do not have write access to the database.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a computer system, causes the computer system to:

execute a plurality of threads in parallel, each thread processing an event in real-time, each event pertaining to a customer transaction related to use of a cellular phone;

access read-only data from a database, the read-only data comprising information needed to rate the customer transaction to which the event pertains;

store the accessed read-only data from the database in a local memory of the computer system;

process the event by a rating engine using the stored read-only data from the database, wherein the processing comprises rating the event based on the use of the cellular phone; and

send information regarding the processed event to a commit engine, wherein the commit engine is configured to update the database according to the processed and store updates from the processed event to the local memory of the computer system, the updates from the processed event to the local memory comprising data for determining whether the customer transaction is allowed including at least data for rating the customer transaction and data determining a customer account balance.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5 wherein sending the information regarding the processed event to the commit engine comprises accessing the information from the memory for the thread local to the rating engine.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5 wherein the computer system is configured to execute the plurality of threads in the context of a business application.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5 wherein the plurality of threads do not have write access to the database.

9. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to;

execute a plurality of threads in parallel, each thread processing an event in real-time, each event pertaining to a customer transaction related to use of a cellular phone;

access read-only data from a database, the read-only data comprising information needed to rate the customer transaction to which the event pertains;

store the accessed read-only data from the database in a local memory of the computer system;

process the event by a rating engine using the stored read-only data from the database, wherein the processing comprises rating the event based on the use of the cellular phone; and

send information regarding the processed event to a commit engine, wherein the commit engine is configured to update the database according to the processed event and store updates from the processed event to the local memory of the computer system, the updates from the processed event to the local memory comprising data for determining whether the customer transaction is allowed including at least data for rating the customer transaction and data determining a customer account balance.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the commit engine and the database are external to the system.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the plurality of threads do not have write access to the database.