System and Method for Dynamic Throttling During Bulk Message Delivery

• US 20120254331A1
• Filed: 03/28/2012
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sybase 365 Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Sybase 365 Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Chuan, Tan Chuan, Wah, Clarence Ng Ching
• Granted Patent: US 8,751,593 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]

Abstract

An flexible, extensible, and dynamically configurable intelligent throttling capability that among other things can support the bulk processing of a wide range of information (including inter alia Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, IP Multimedia Subsystem, etc. messages; E-Mail messages; Instant Messaging communications; Session Initiation Protocol-addressed artifacts; signaling, command-and-control, application, etc. data; etc.) that may result following for example service interruptions, system outages, bursts of traffic (for example in response to a tele-voting initiative, from a mass broadcast of alert or information messages in response to a news item or an emergency situation, etc.), equipment failures, etc.

Claims

1. A server-based method for dynamic message throttling, the server-based method comprising:

identifying a message pool to be processed, the message pool comprising a plurality of messages;

partitioning the message pool into a plurality of subdivisions; and

performing a plurality of processing steps while a delivery window is open, including at least;

(a) opening a subdivision for processing, yielding an open subdivision,

(b) selecting a message from the open subdivision, yielding a selected message,

(c) performing one or more processing steps on the selected message,

(d) dispatching through a gateway aspects of the selected message for subsequent delivery to a message recipient, and

(e) pausing zero or more units of time.

2. The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the message is one of (a) a Short Message Service message, (b) a Multimedia Message Service message, (c) an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem message, or (d) an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data-based message.

3. The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the partitioning step employs one of (a) a uniform means, (b) a random means, or (c) an algorithmic means.

4. The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the delivery window is open based on one or more of (a) a day of week, (b) a time of day, and (c) one or more quiet periods.

5. The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the unit of time is seconds.

6. The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the gateway employs one or both of (a) an Internet Protocol-based communication protocol or (b) Signaling System 7.

7. A processor-based system on a server configured for dynamic message throttling, the processor-based system comprising:

workflow modules configured to perform a plurality of processing steps including at least;

(a) identifying a message pool to be processed, the message pool comprising a plurality of messages,

(b) partitioning the message pool into a plurality of subdivisions, and

(c) performing one or more processing steps while a delivery window is open, including at least;

(i) opening a subdivision for processing, yielding an open subdivision,

(ii) selecting a message from the open subdivision, yielding a selected message,

(iii) performing a plurality of processing steps on the selected message, and

(iv) pausing zero or more units of time;

a gateway configured to dispatch aspects of the selected message for subsequent delivery to a message recipient;

a repository configured to preserve aspects of the results of the plurality of processing steps; and

an administrator.

8. The processor-based system of claim 7 wherein the message is one of (a) a Short Message Service message, (b) a Multimedia Message Service message, (c) an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem message, or (d) an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data-based message.

9. The processor-based system of claim 7 wherein the partitioning step employs one of (a) a uniform means, (b) a random means, or (c) an algorithmic means.

10. The processor-based system of claim 7 wherein the delivery window is open based on one or more of (a) a day of week, (b) a time of day, and (c) one or more quiet periods.

11. The processor-based system of claim 7 wherein the unit of time is seconds.

12. The processor-based system of claim 7 wherein the gateway employs one or both of (a) an Internet Protocol-based communication protocol or (b) Signaling System 7.