QUERYING FOR BUSINESS SERVICE PROCESSING STATUS INFORMATION

• US 20170161812A1
• Filed: 12/15/2016
• Published: 06/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Min
• Granted Patent: US 9,911,148 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation

Abstract

Querying for business service processing status information is disclosed, including: receiving a query reference message from a server, wherein the query reference message includes information associated with a set of processing nodes associated with a business service, a sequence associated with the set of processing nodes, and a set of predicted measures of time corresponding to the set of processing nodes; determining a next information query time associated with a current processing node of the set of processing nodes based at least in part on a predicted measure of time of the set of predicted measures of time corresponding to the current processing node; in response to occurrence of the next information query time, sending an information query request to the server; and receiving an information query response from the server, wherein the information query response includes a current business service processing status information associated with the business service.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A method, comprising:

receiving a query reference message from a server, wherein the query reference message includes information associated with a set of processing nodes associated with a business service, a sequence associated with the set of processing nodes that indicates an order in which the set of processing nodes is to be processed, and a set of predicted measures of time corresponding to the set of processing nodes;

determining a next information query time associated with a current processing node of the set of processing nodes based at least in part on a predicted measure of time of the set of predicted measures of time, the predicted measure of time corresponding to the current processing node;

in response to an occurrence of the next information query time, sending an information query request to the server;

receiving an information query response from the server, wherein the information query response includes a current business service processing status information associated with the business service; and

determining whether the current business service processing status information indicates that the current processing node has completed.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the next information query time is determined based at least in part on the predicted measure of time corresponding to the current processing node and a current time associated with a client.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the current business service processing status information indicates one or more of the following:

which processing node has completed, which processing node is currently still being processed, and whether processing of the business service has completed.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in the event the current business service processing status information indicates that the current processing node has not completed, determining the next information query time based at least in part on the predicted measure of time corresponding to the current processing node and a time associated with a determination that the current processing node has not completed.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in the event the current business service processing status information indicates that the current processing node has completed;

setting the current processing node to be a subsequent processing node in the set of processing nodes based at least in part on the sequence associated with the set of processing nodes; and

determining the next information query time based at least in part on a predicted measure of time of the set of predicted measures of time corresponding to the subsequent processing node.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the predicted measure of time corresponding to the current processing node is determined based at least in part on historical data associated with the current processing node.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the query reference message further includes a set of preset time increments corresponding to the set of processing nodes and a set of preset increment count threshold values corresponding to the set of processing nodes.

9. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

sending an information query request including an identifier associated with the business service; and

wherein the set of predicted measures of time corresponding to the set of processing nodes is determined based at least in part on historical data corresponding to the identifier associated with the business service.

10. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining that the current business service processing status information indicates that the current processing node has completed; and

in response to the determination that the current processing node has completed, presenting the current business service processing status information.

11. A computer product program, the computer product program being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving a query reference message from a server, wherein the query reference message includes information associated with a set of processing nodes associated with a business service, a sequence associated with the set of processing nodes that indicates an order in which the set of processing nodes is to be processed, and a set of predicted measures of time corresponding to the set of processing nodes;

determining a next information query time associated with a current processing node of the set of processing nodes based at least in part on a predicted measure of time of the set of predicted measures of time, the predicted measure of time corresponding to the current processing node;

in response to an occurrence of the next information query time, sending an information query request to the server;

receiving an information query response from the server, wherein the information query response includes a current business service processing status information associated with the business service; and

determining whether the current business service processing status information indicates that the current processing node has completed.

12. The computer product program of claim 11, wherein the next information query time is determined based at least in part on the predicted measure of time corresponding to the current processing node and a current time associated with a client.

13. The computer product program of claim 11, wherein the current business service processing status information indicates one or more of the following:

which processing node has completed, which processing node is currently still being processed, and whether processing of the business service has completed.

14. The computer product program of claim 11, further comprising:

in the event the current business service processing status information indicates that the current processing node has not completed, determining the next information query time based at least in part on the predicted measure of time corresponding to the current processing node and a time associated with a determination that the current processing node has not completed.

15. The computer product program of claim 11, further comprising:

in the event the current business service processing status information indicates that the current processing node has completed;

setting the current processing node to be a subsequent processing node in the set of processing nodes based at least in part on the sequence associated with the set of processing nodes; and

determining the next information query time based at least in part on a predicted measure of time of the set of predicted measures of time corresponding to the subsequent processing node.

16. The computer product program of claim 11, wherein the predicted measure of time corresponding to the current processing node is determined based at least in part on historical data associated with the current processing node.

17. The computer product program of claim 11, wherein the query reference message further includes a set of preset time increments corresponding to the set of processing nodes and a set of preset increment count threshold values corresponding to the set of processing nodes.

18. The computer product program of claim 11, further comprising:

sending an information query request including an identifier associated with the business service; and

wherein the set of predicted measures of time corresponding to the set of processing nodes is determined based at least in part on historical data corresponding to the identifier associated with the business service.

19. The computer product program of claim 11, further comprising:

determining that the current business service processing status information indicates that the current processing node has completed; and

in response to the determination that the current processing node has completed, presenting the current business service processing status information.

20. A system, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive a query reference message from a server, wherein the query reference message includes information associated with a set of processing nodes associated with a business service, a sequence associated with the set of processing nodes that indicates an order in which the set of processing nodes is to be processed, and a set of predicted measures of time corresponding to the set of processing nodes;

determine a next information query time associated with a current processing node of the set of processing nodes based at least in part on a predicted measure of time of the set of predicted measures of time, the predicted measure of time corresponding to the current processing node;

in response to an occurrence of the next information query time, send an information query request to the server;

receive an information query response from the server, wherein the information query response includes a current business service processing status information associated with the business service; and

determine whether the current business service processing status information indicates that the current processing node has completed; and

one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors and configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions.