TWI764685B - Internet traffic control system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an internet traffic control method that allocates traffic flows among several parts of a target server based on a decreasing rate of license issuance for accessing purpose, optimizing the resource consumption of the target server.

Description

Network traffic control system and method

The present invention relates to a network traffic control technology, in particular to a hierarchy-based network traffic control system and method thereof.

Online shopping has become a shopping method that consumers are accustomed to, especially for certain items that may cause queues or panic buying. With the popularity of online shopping, it is more common to see a surge in Internet traffic in a short period of time. For example, limited-time or limited-time popular products on e-commerce platforms, as well as e-tickets for popular events, belong to this type of product. The servers running these shopping websites often crash due to the processing of huge amounts of data in a short period of time and cannot perform various processing normally. In particular, the transaction processing at the end of the shopping process will occupy a large amount of server resources, easily overload the server responsible for transaction processing, and affect the normal communication between the terminal device and the server.

In order to solve the problem of sudden burst of network traffic, it is known to increase the server, which of course increases the hardware cost relatively. In addition, there are also means of blocking the terminal device from logging into the server of the shopping platform through network equipment. That is, the network device before the target server can set the upper limit of the number of connections between the terminal device and the server within a time. Once the network device recognizes that the number of terminal devices connected to the target server reaches the set upper limit, the network device will not allow other terminal devices to access the target server through the network device itself. Such a blocking method has some disadvantages, for example, the terminal device may receive incomplete data from the server due to the blocking, which affects the progress of the process. It is also known to use a session, ie a specific communication protocol, to establish a connection between a terminal device and a server to exchange data. However, the limitation of the conversation mechanism is that each conversation has its own bandwidth limit and cannot handle the burst of huge data traffic. In addition, creating a large number of sessions in a short time will consume a huge amount of system resources, especially the number of database connections has its limit. If a large number of connections are allowed to be established at the same time, it will cause the system to access data very slowly, or even the situation that the resources are exhausted and the service cannot be provided.

Therefore, it is necessary to develop a method that does not limit the traffic limit of the shopping platform, which can efficiently assist users of a large number of terminal devices to smoothly access the shopping platform at various levels, such as browsing, previewing, payment and purchase transactions, etc. Exclude potential consumers from the platform.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a network traffic control method, which is executed by a traffic control server, and the traffic control server is used to control the degree of access of a plurality of terminal devices to a platform server. The method includes: based on a first distribution rate Issuing a plurality of first licenses, wherein the first issuance rate is the number of first licenses issued in a first period; and issuing a plurality of second licenses based on a second issuance rate, wherein the second issuance rate is a second The number of second licenses issued during the period. wherein each of the first permissions indicates a first-level access permission in the platform server, and each of the second permissions indicates a second-level access permission in the platform server, And the first level is different from the second level. Wherein, the second distribution rate is smaller than the first distribution rate, thereby reducing the number of terminal devices from the first layer to the second layer that are allowed to access.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a network traffic control method for controlling the degree of access of a plurality of terminal devices to a platform server, the method comprising: receiving, by each of the terminal devices from a remote end, a first a permission to allow the terminal device holding the first permission to access a first level in the platform server; any one of the terminal devices holding the first permission sends a message for redemption to the remote A redemption request for a second license, wherein the redemption request is sent to the remote end together with the first license; a redemption result is received and presented from the remote end by the terminal device that sent the redemption request, the redemption result indicating that the first license was successfully issued with the first license. A second license for redemption, or a time information indicating that the second license will be redeemed; and a second level in the platform server accessed by the terminal device holding the second license, the first The second stratum is different from the first stratum.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a network traffic control system, including: a platform server providing an online sales service, wherein the online sales service has a first level and a second level, and the first level Different from the second layer; a plurality of terminal devices, communicatively connected to the platform server to use the online sales service; and a traffic control server, communicatively connected between the terminal devices and the platform server to control the platform server The extent to which the terminal device has access to the platform server. The traffic control server is configured to issue a plurality of first licenses based on a first distribution rate, and issue a plurality of second licenses based on a second distribution rate. The first issuance rate is the number of first licenses issued in a first period, the second issuance rate is the number of second licenses issued in a second period, and the first issuance rate is smaller than the second issuance rate . Wherein, each of the first permissions indicates a first-level access permission in the platform server, and each of the second permissions indicates a second-level access permission in the platform server.

The invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, showing by way of illustration specific example embodiments. However, the claimed subject matter may be embodied in many different forms, and thus the construction of the claimed subject matter covered or claimed is not limited to any example embodiments disclosed in this specification; the example embodiments are merely illustrative. Likewise, the present invention is intended to provide a reasonably broad scope for claimed subject matter as applied for or covered.

The phrase "in one embodiment" used in this specification does not necessarily refer to the same specific embodiment, and the use of "in other (some/some) embodiments" in this specification does not necessarily refer to a different specific embodiment. It is intended, for example, that the claimed subject matter includes combinations of all or part of the exemplary embodiments.

The first figure is a block diagram of the network traffic control system of the present invention. The network traffic control system of the present invention comprises a plurality of terminal devices (100), a traffic control server (102) and a platform server (104). The terminal device (100) is held by a user and has a processing unit for executing a plurality of application programs. The terminal device (100) also has an input interface for the user to operate the device to achieve a specific purpose. The terminal device (100) also has a display interface for displaying information and multimedia content. The terminal device (100) is also configured to have a network connection capability, so that the terminal device (100) can be connected to the Internet to access and exchange data in the network. For example, the terminal device (100) is a portable device, such as a smart phone and a computer.

The traffic control server (102) exists in a network and is configured to communicate with the platform server (104) for controlling the connection between the terminal device (100) and the platform server (104). More specifically, any device or specific user that wants to access the platform server (104), such as a member of the platform, must first visit the traffic control server (102) and according to the traffic control server (102) allocated Further access to the corresponding part in the platform server (104) is permitted.

In the embodiment shown in the figure, the traffic control server (102) includes a browsing control module (1020), a preview control module (1022), a payment control module (1024), and a purchase control module (1026). ) and a licensed distribution module (1028). It should be understood that the browsing, previewing, payment and purchase described in this embodiment refer to various levels (stages) in a general online shopping process, but the present invention is not limited to this.

The browsing control module (1020) is configured to provide a first traffic control mechanism for the browsing hierarchy of one or more web pages. The browsing of the webpage refers to that a user browses one or more webpage contents, such as a shopping platform, a ticket purchasing platform, etc., through the terminal device (100) held by the user, and the browsing refers to the general information of the webpage. Browsing does not include pages that require complex operations or interactions, such as the homepage content of a platform website, but the present invention is not limited to this.

The preview control module (1022) is configured to provide a second traffic control mechanism for the browsing level of the specific content. The difference between the preview and the aforementioned browsing is that the data load of the previewed content itself is larger than that of the browsed content. Alternatively, the previewed content is the content presented in response to the needs of different users, and is not shared by all users. For example, the content of the homepage of a website is the same for all users, but the product details or the list of shopping carts are different due to the user's operation results during the browsing process. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the preview control module (1022) may be omitted or integrated with the browsing control module (1020).

The payment policing module (1024) is configured to provide a third traffic policing mechanism for a payment hierarchy in the platform. The payment is generated after the product is selected, at which time the user of the terminal device (100) can be directed to a payment page, which asks the user to enter the relevant information required for payment, such as payment method, contact information and Shipping method.

The purchase control module (1026) is configured to provide a fourth traffic management mechanism for transaction processing at the purchase level. The purchase refers to the result that the user confirms that all payment information is correct, and the purchase may include verification processing of various information, so that the purchase of the product is established. For example, in order to prevent the robot from operating the purchase of goods, the platform may require the user of the terminal device (100) to perform a specific authentication operation during the purchase process to authenticate the identity of the user. In other embodiments, the purchase control module (1026) and the payment control module (1026) may be integrated.

The license issuing module (1028) is configured to issue a license to users of each hierarchy, allowing users who hold the license to access the hierarchy corresponding to the license. For example, when a user holds the permission of the browsing hierarchy, the user allows browsing of general information in one or more websites corresponding to the permission, but the user cannot access the next preview based on the permission of the browsing hierarchy class or later. The traffic control server (102) may provide the issued license to the terminal device (100) and display it to the user via the terminal device (100). The form of the license is not limited, it can be a string of numbers, or content that can be read by the user. In addition, the traffic control server (102) determines the level of the user accessing the website according to the feature code or other identifiable content on the license held by the user accessing the website.

The license issuing module (1028) may issue licenses of a plurality of licensed browsing levels according to the first traffic control mechanism provided by the browsing control module (1020). In one embodiment, the amount of license issuance decreases with the end of the hierarchy. For example, the license issuing module (1028) provides each browsing license to the access platform server (104) at the issuing rate of 100,000 licenses per minute based on the first traffic control mechanism of the browsing control module (1020) and Users who stay in the browsing hierarchy. Similarly, the license issuance module (1028) provides each preview license to the access platform server (104) at the issuance rate of 10,000 licenses per minute based on the second traffic policing mechanism of the preview control module (1022) and stops Users in the preview hierarchy. Next, the license issuance module (1028) provides each payment license to the access platform server (104) at the issuance rate of 1000 licenses per minute based on the third traffic control mechanism of the payment control module (1024) and stays at the Users at the payment level. Finally, the license issuance module (1028) provides each purchased license to the access platform server (104) at the issuance rate of 100 licenses per minute based on the fourth traffic control mechanism of the purchase control module (1026) and stays on Users who purchase tiers. Such decremented issuance is related to the probability of users staying at various levels, that is, not every user who accesses the platform server (104) will enter the payment and purchase levels. Of course, the present invention is not limited to this.

The license issuance module (1028) is also configured to issue the license based on a redemption request. The redemption request is generated in response to a user accessing the platform server (104) advancing from one level to the next level (but not yet entering the next level). Specifically, when a user wants to advance from one level to the next level in the platform server (104), a jump request (or a guide request) is triggered, which instructs a webpage to jump or guide to another Web page. The traffic control server (102) recognizes that the user has a need to advance the hierarchy based on the redirection request, and generates the exchange request based on the redirection request. At this point, the license issuance module (1028) will issue the appropriate license based on the redemption request and the traffic policing mechanism. For example, when a user enters the browsing layer of the platform server (104), the license issuing module (1028) issues a browsing license to the user's terminal using the first traffic control mechanism provided by the browsing control module (1020). Device (100). When the user wants to advance from the browsing level to the preview level, the license issuing module (1028) determines whether to issue a preview license to the user's terminal based on a redemption request sent from the user's terminal device (100). Device (100).

The redemption request must at least contain the permission of the tier the user is currently staying in. If the redemption request does not include the license currently held by the user, the license issuing module (1028) decides not to issue the next-level license to the user's terminal device (100). When the redemption request includes the license of the current level of the user, the license issuing module (1028) issues the license of the next layer to the user's terminal device (100) based on the license in the redemption request. For example, when a user sends a jump request to advance from the preview level to the payment level, the user of the terminal device (100) is required to provide a preview permission held by the user, and the preview permission is included in the sending In a redemption request to the traffic control server (102). The license issuing module (1028) issues a payment license to the user's terminal device (100) based on the preview license in the received redemption request and the traffic control mechanism provided by the payment control module. At this point, the user holds the payment permission, and the traffic control server (102) allows the user to access the payment hierarchy in the platform server (104).

The above example exemplifies the jump between adjacent layers, but the present invention is not limited to this. In a possible situation, a user may also progress from the browsing level to the purchasing level, because the platform server (104) has pre-stored the payment information for the user. In a relationship between upper and lower layers, the user can return to the upper layer with the existing permission, that is, the user does not need to obtain a new permission to return to the upper layer. Although the license issuing module (1028) is shown as being independent of other modules, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the license issuing module (1028) can be integrated with other modules respectively. The traffic control server (102) is not necessarily independent of the platform server (104), and the two can also be integrated into the same server.

The platform server (104) is configured to host a website or provide a platform for services. This embodiment takes an online shopping platform as an example. The platform server (104) includes a shopping platform server (1040), a payment server (1042) and a purchase transaction server (1044). The shopping platform server (1040) is responsible for running a shopping platform, allowing a user to log in to the shopping platform through a web browser or an application program of a terminal device (100). The shopping platform server (1040) can provide the browsing level and the preview level in the general online shopping process, such as the general information presented by the browsing platform and the preview of the selected product content. The payment server (1042) is configured to be responsible for running a payment service. Users who log in to the shopping platform can be redirected or directed to the payment server (1042) for payment-related operations. The payment server (1042) is responsible for the payment layer in the general online shopping process, where the user mainly provides the payment server (1042) with requested payment information. The purchase transaction server (1044) is configured to process purchase transaction data, such as payment information confirmation, goods status assessment and purchaser identity authentication, etc., which are relatively heavy processing parts. The purchase transaction server (1044) is responsible for the shopping level of the general online shopping process, including the processing, management and notification of instant transactions. For example, the purchase transaction server (1044) may notify the user's terminal device (100) and the merchant running the shopping platform server (1040) of the transaction result in a specific manner. It should be understood that the composition of the platform server (104) of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The second figure is a schematic diagram of the relationship between all levels and network traffic in an online shopping process. These layers include browse, preview, payment and purchase, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The lengths of the blocks at each level in the figure are analogous to the level of network traffic. According to the aforementioned traffic management mechanism, that is, the issuance rate of the license decreases toward the end of the stratum. It can be seen that the instantaneous network traffic of the browsing stratum in the figure is the highest, and decreases toward the purchasing stratum. This is the result of the license issuance and exchange mechanism of the present invention, which is also in line with the user's habit of browsing shopping websites. Some users who log in to the online shopping website may just browse the product content, while other users may select the product before deciding whether to buy it. In order to avoid the network traffic for payment and purchase being overcrowded in a short period of time and causing the server to be overloaded, this mechanism distributes and transfers the network traffic to a smoother state in terms of quantity and time.

Consider another example of rushing to buy limited-edition merchandise, such as concert tickets, a consumption pattern that usually generates huge amounts of internet traffic in a short period of time. The traffic control model in Figure 2 prevents a large number of users from rapidly advancing from the browsing layer to the payment or purchase layer, and avoids a sudden surge in the processing burden of the server. When a user wishes to advance to the next level, the user must first obtain the permission of the level he is in, and exchange the permission held by the user for the permission to advance to the next level. In other words, the opening of the next level is only given to users who hold the permission of the previous level. Although this will force a large number of users to stay at the browsing level, since the processing burden on the server to provide browsing content is relatively small, the probability of system crash is relatively low. When the number of licenses issued by a layer at a time is less than the number of users of the layer, some users cannot obtain the license of the layer. However, the traffic control server (102) will issue the license again at the next time based on a distribution rate, so that the users who did not receive the license at the previous time still have the opportunity to obtain the license of this level and obtain the license to go to the next time through the exchange mechanism. Class permission. In one embodiment, the license is time-limited, such as one minute from the point in time when the license was issued. Within the validity period of the permission, the user can stay at the level corresponding to the permission; otherwise, the user will be jumped or directed to the previous level or the original level.

The third figure illustrates a flow chart of a user jumping from a payment server to a purchase server with a terminal device. First, it is assumed that the user already holds a payment permission, which means that the user stays in the payment level, that is, the user performs payment-related operations through the terminal device (100).

In step S31, the terminal device (100) sends a jump request to the traffic management server (102), which instructs the user of the terminal device (100) to advance from the payment level to the purchase level. For example, the jump request may be generated when the user clicks a button interface of checkout and payment in the payment page through the terminal device (100), and the jump request further includes a redemption request, which indicates that the The payment license held by the user is exchanged for a purchase license.

In step S32, the traffic control server (102) receives the redirection request, and the traffic control server (102) is based on a traffic control mechanism (such as the fourth traffic control mechanism provided by the purchase control module in the second figure). The license issuance rate returns a message to the terminal device (100), indicating that the inventory of purchase licenses at this time is zero and the traffic control server (102) will issue the next time of purchase licenses. At this time, the terminal device (102) may display the time to wait, eg, 10 seconds.

Therefore, in step S33, the user of the terminal device (102) stays at the payment level for a period of time, for example, 10 seconds, until the traffic control server opens to issue a new purchase license. For example, during this time, the terminal device (100) can remove the button interface of checkout and purchase in the displayed payment page, and present a countdown interface.

In step S34, the terminal device (100) sends the redirection request to the traffic control server (102) again. For example, the terminal device (100) presents a checkout purchase button interface on the payment page after a waiting time for the user to click to generate the jump request to the purchase level.

In step S35, the traffic control server (102) returns a purchase license to the terminal device (100) based on a license issuance rate of a traffic control mechanism (such as the fourth traffic control mechanism provided by the purchase control module in the second figure). . The traffic control server (102) associates the received payment license with one of the issued purchase licenses based on a redemption mechanism to complete the redemption. In one embodiment, the traffic policing server (102) may randomly associate a purchase license from the unclaimed distribution purchase license. Alternatively, the traffic policing server (102) may associate a purchase license from an unclaimed distribution purchase license by mapping. Of course, the exchange mechanism described in the present invention is not limited to this. In a feasible means, the exchange mechanism is implemented by the traffic control server (102) based on at least a user ID, a commodity identification and a tier composition key received. The purchase permission is stored in the terminal device (100) and presented to its user. In one embodiment, the purchased license is user-identifiable content.

In step S36, the terminal device (100) transmits the purchase license to the traffic control server (102), and the traffic control server (102) verifies the correctness of the purchase license.

In step S37 , the traffic control server ( 102 ) switches the connection of the terminal device ( 100 ) from the payment server ( 1042 ) to the purchase transaction server ( 1044 ) based on the correctness of the verification of the purchase license. At the same time, the payment information input by the user when accessing the payment server (1042) is sent to the purchase transaction server (1044) for transaction and verification.

In step S38, the purchase transaction server (1044) returns a purchase completion message to the terminal device (100) based on the result of the transaction and verification processing. In one embodiment, the message returned by the purchase transaction server (1044) passes through the traffic control server (102) to notify the traffic control server (102) that the user has completed the purchase and is about to leave the purchase level. In another embodiment, the traffic control server (102) interrupts the connection between the terminal device (100) and the purchase transaction server (1044) based on the notification returned by the purchase transaction server (1044), so as to reduce the purchase level Internet traffic. In other embodiments, the purchase transaction server (1044) may send the return message via other network paths, and before the terminal device (100) receives the return message, the user of the terminal device (100) Still remain in the buying class of web traffic. Of course, the present invention is not limited to these examples.

Figure 4 shows a flow chart of the network traffic control method of the present invention. The method may be performed according to the system configuration as shown in the first figure. More specifically, the method is used to build a traffic policing model. The method starts at step S400, where a user accesses a website or a platform for providing services via a terminal device (100). For example, the user can access a server (the platform server 104 in the first figure) running the website or platform through the browser or application of the terminal device (100), wherein the web server provided by the server The road shopping service can be divided into multiple processing levels such as browsing, previewing, payment, and shopping according to the consumption degree of processing resources, but the present invention is not limited to this.

At step 402, a plurality of browsing licenses are issued by a traffic control server (102) to users accessing the platform server (104). Specifically, the traffic control server (102) issues a plurality of browsing licenses to visiting users based on a first issuance rate, wherein the first issuance rate is defined as issuing a plurality of browsing licenses within a time. In this embodiment, the first issuance rate issues 100,000 browsing licenses per minute. In other words, for a plurality of terminal devices (100), the traffic control server (102) will release 100,000 browsing licenses every minute for these terminal devices (100) to redeem and obtain. Browsing licenses that have not been acquired within the time period will be incorporated into the issuance at the next moment or will be invalidated, and the first issuance rate will not change in principle. The browsing permission enables the traffic control server (102) to allow the user who holds the permission to enjoy the processing of the browsing level, so that the user can perform basic browsing behavior on the shopping website.

At step 404, a plurality of browsing licenses are issued by the traffic policing server (102) to users accessing the platform server (104). Specifically, the traffic control server (102) issues a plurality of preview licenses to accessing users based on a second distribution rate, wherein the second distribution rate is defined as issuing a plurality of preview licenses within a time, and The second distribution rate is smaller than the first distribution rate. In this embodiment, the second distribution rate issues 10,000 preview licenses per minute. In other words, for a plurality of terminal devices (100), the traffic control server (102) will release 10,000 preview licenses every minute for the terminal devices (100) holding browsing licenses to redeem and obtain. The preview permission enables the traffic control server (102) to allow the user who holds the permission to enjoy the processing of the preview level, so that the user can preview the specific product information on the shopping website, such as the product information stored in the virtual shopping basket.

At step 406, a plurality of payment licenses are issued by the traffic policing server (102) to users accessing the platform server (104). Specifically, the traffic policing server (102) issues a plurality of payment licenses to the accessing users based on a third issuance rate, wherein the third issuance rate is defined as issuing a plurality of payment licenses within a time, and The third issuance rate is smaller than the second issuance rate. In this embodiment, the second distribution rate issues 1000 preview licenses per minute. In other words, for a plurality of terminal devices (100), the traffic control server (102) will release 1000 payment licenses per minute for terminal devices (100) holding preview licenses (or browsing licenses) to redeem and redeem. The payment permission enables the traffic control server (102) to allow the user who holds the permission to enjoy the processing of the payment level, so that the user can perform various operations of payment on the shopping website, such as providing payment method, contact information and shipping method .

At step 408, a plurality of purchase licenses are issued by the traffic policing server (102) to users accessing the platform server (104). Specifically, the traffic control server (102) issues a plurality of purchase licenses to visiting users based on a fourth distribution rate, wherein the fourth distribution rate is defined as issuing a plurality of purchase licenses within a time, and The fourth issuance rate is smaller than the third issuance rate. In this embodiment, the third distribution rate issues 100 preview licenses per minute. In other words, for a plurality of terminal devices (100), the traffic control server (102) will release 100 purchase licenses per minute for terminal devices (100) holding payment licenses (or browsing/preview licenses) to redeem and redeem. The purchase permission enables the traffic control server (102) to allow the user who holds the license to enjoy the processing of the purchase level, so that the payment information provided by the user can be checked and authenticated at the remote end, for example, by the purchase transaction server. The processor (1044) processes the transaction. In a possible situation, when the platform server (104) has pre-stored payment information associated with the user, the user does not need to exchange for a payment permission to repeat the payment operation, preventing server resources for payment processing from being occupied. At this time, the user can stay at the browsing or preview level and wait for the exchange to receive the shopping permission. For example, a user may click a button interface to check out a purchase in a browsed web page.

Through the above steps S400 to S408, the traffic control server (102) can establish the traffic control model as shown in the second figure, which adopts the license issuance rate control and exchange mechanism to make the network traffic decrease gradually with the progress of the hierarchy. It should be understood that, unlike the prior art, this model does not block the user from the platform server (104), but keeps the user in the website, indirectly increasing the user's shopping intention.

The fifth figure is the online shopping process according to the traffic control model. The method starts at step S500, a user accesses a platform server (104) as an identity via a terminal device (100), wherein the terminal device (100) is communicatively connected to the platform server via a traffic control server (102) (104). The platform server (104) may operate an online shopping platform. The traffic control server (102) of the present invention allocates the available resources of the platform server (104) to a plurality of terminal devices accessed according to the traffic control model established in the preceding steps.

In step S502, the terminal device (100) held by the user obtains a browsing permission from the traffic control server (102) in response to the user's initial access to the platform server. As mentioned above, the traffic control server (102) releases a plurality of browsing licenses based on a first issuance rate, and the released amount is usually sufficient to cope with the huge number of visits. In one embodiment, the browsing permission is presented to the user by the terminal device (100) in an identifiable manner. For example, the license is composed of a user identification, a commodity (ticket, concert seat, limited commodity, etc.) identification, and a key value consisting of a hierarchy. Users who hold browsing permission can enjoy browsing services provided by the platform server (104), such as basic product information, preferential information, and frequently asked questions.

In step S504, the terminal device (100) held by the user exchanges the browsing license with the traffic control server (102) to obtain a preview license. As mentioned above, the traffic control server (102) releases a plurality of preview licenses based on a second distribution rate, and the second distribution rate is smaller than the first distribution rate. If the released preview license has been redeemed and received, the user must wait for the next release time to redeem the preview license. Similarly, the preview permission is presented to the user by the terminal device (100) in an identifiable manner, but is different from the aforementioned browsing permission. The user who holds the preview permission can enjoy the preview service provided by the platform server (104), such as the selected product content, for confirmation before payment. It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to this, and the order of the preview hierarchy and the payment hierarchy can be exchanged.

In step S506, the terminal device (100) held by the user exchanges the preview license with the traffic control server (102) to obtain a payment license. As mentioned above, the traffic control server (102) releases a plurality of payment licenses based on a third issuance rate, and the third issuance rate is smaller than the second issuance rate. If the released payment license has been redeemed and received, the user must wait for the next issuance time to redeem the payment license. Similarly, the payment permission is presented to the user by the terminal device (100) in an identifiable manner, but is different from the aforementioned browsing and preview permission. Users with payment permission can enjoy payment operations provided by the platform server (104), such as filling in basic consumer information, credit card information and shipping address.

In step S506, the terminal device (100) held by the user exchanges the preview license with the traffic control server (102) to obtain a payment license. As mentioned above, the traffic control server (102) releases a plurality of payment licenses based on a third issuance rate, and the third issuance rate is smaller than the second issuance rate. If the released payment license has been redeemed and received, the user must wait for the next issuance time to redeem the payment license. Similarly, the payment permission is presented to the user by the terminal device (100) in an identifiable manner, but is different from the aforementioned browsing and preview permission. Users who hold payment permission can enjoy the payment operations provided by the platform server (104), such as receiving basic consumer information, credit card information and shipping address from the first picture payment server (1042) and checking whether the information is filled in compliance with regulations Wait.

In step S508, the terminal device (100) held by the user exchanges the payment permission with the traffic control server (102) to obtain a purchase permission. As mentioned above, the traffic control server (102) releases a plurality of purchase licenses based on a fourth distribution rate, and the fourth distribution rate is smaller than the third distribution rate. If the released purchase license has been redeemed and received, the user must wait for the next release time to redeem the purchase license. Similarly, the purchase license is presented to the user by the terminal device (100) in an identifiable manner, but is different from the aforementioned browse, preview and payment licenses. Users with purchase permission can enjoy transaction processing provided by the platform server (104), such as various checks and verifications in one or more transactions processed by the first-picture purchase transaction server (1044).

In step S510, the terminal device (100) held by the user receives a purchase completion message from the platform server (104) in response to the success of the transaction processing. At this point, the end device (100) may be redirected or directed away from the purchase transaction server (1044) to ensure that the purchase hierarchy is maintained at a low traffic level.

It should be understood that the above steps are not the only limitation of the present invention, that is, the definition and quantity of the layers may have other combinations, and the license issuance rate may be adjusted according to the type of platform commodity to obtain a more suitable traffic control model.

Figure 6 shows a flow chart of a method executed by the traffic policing server (102) based on the traffic policing model. The method starts at step S600, wherein a traffic control server (102) issues a plurality of browsing licenses to a plurality of users accessing the platform server (104) according to a first issuance rate. In one embodiment, the visiting user may actively request the browsing permission from the traffic policing server (102). Alternatively, the traffic control server (102) can automatically identify the visiting users and issue a browsing permission to each user, ensuring that as many users as possible stay in the browsing hierarchy.

Similarly, in step S602, a plurality of preview licenses are issued by the traffic control server (102) according to a second distribution rate, wherein the second distribution rate is smaller than the first distribution rate, and the preview license indicates that the accessing user enjoys the platform The rights to preview services provided by the server (104). In step S604, a plurality of payment licenses are issued by the traffic control server (102) according to a third issuance rate, wherein the third issuance rate is smaller than the second issuance rate, and the payment license indicates that the accessing user enjoys the platform server ( 104) The right to provide payment operations. In step S606, a plurality of purchase licenses are issued by the traffic control server (102) according to a fourth distribution rate, wherein the fourth distribution rate is smaller than the third distribution rate, and the purchase license indicates that the accessing user enjoys the platform server ( 104) Provides the right to purchase transaction processing. The first to fourth distribution rates decrease toward the end of the hierarchy, eg, from 100,000 to 100 per minute, but the invention is not limited thereto.

In step S608, the traffic control server (102) determines whether there are one or more exchange requests from the visiting user, wherein the exchange requests are generated in response to a jump or a guide request between different levels. For example, the visiting user requests to jump from the browse level to the preview level or the payment level. Alternatively, the redemption request is initiated by the user of the visit prior to issuing the jump or guide. If it is determined that there is a redemption request, proceed to step S610; otherwise, continue to release the permission for accessing each level according to the issuance rate.

In step S610, the traffic control server (102) determines whether the received redemption request includes one of the licenses, such as a browsing license, a preview license, a payment license or a purchase license. If yes, go to step S612; otherwise, send a message of redemption failure to the visiting user.

In step S612, a license included in the received redemption request is identified by the traffic policing server (102), and the license is associated with another license according to the redirection request or the redirection request. For example, when the traffic policing server (102) identifies that the permission in a redemption request is a browsing permission, wherein the redemption request is in response to a jump request from the browsing hierarchy to the preview hierarchy, the traffic policing server (102) A preview permission is associated with the browsing permission and/or the jump request, and provided to the visiting user to complete the redemption.

In step S614, the traffic control server (102) allows the access user who holds one or more licenses to stay at the level to which the license belongs, so that the user can enjoy part of the resources provided by the platform server (104).

It should be understood that the above steps S600 to S614 are not necessarily performed in the order shown. In practice, the traffic policing server (102) may perform these steps almost simultaneously or in a different order.

100: Terminal device 102: Traffic Control Server 1020: Browse Control Modules 1022: Preview Control Module 1024: Payment Control Module 1026: Purchase Control Mods 1028: License Distribution Modules 104: Platform Server 1040: Shopping platform server 1042: Payment server 1044: Purchase transaction server S31 to S38: Steps S400 to S408: Steps S500 to S510: Steps S600 to S614: Steps

The present invention may be further understood with reference to the following drawings and descriptions. Non-limiting and non-exhaustive examples are described with reference to the following figures. The components in the drawings are not necessarily to actual size; the emphasis is on illustrating the structure and principles.

The first figure is a block diagram of the network traffic control system of the present invention.

The second diagram shows that network traffic decreases according to a hierarchical relationship.

The third figure is a swim-lane diagram illustrating a license redemption process in the present invention.

The fourth figure is a flow chart of the traffic control method of the present invention.

The fifth figure is a flow chart of online shopping according to the traffic control model of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of the method executed by the traffic control server of the present invention.

Claims (23)

A network traffic control method is executed by a traffic control server, the traffic control server is used to control the degree of access of a plurality of terminal devices to a platform server, and the method includes: Issuing a plurality of first licenses based on a first issuance rate, wherein the first issuance rate is the number of first licenses issued in a first period; and A plurality of second licenses are issued based on a second issuance rate, wherein the second issuance rate is the number of second licenses issued in a second period, wherein each of the first permissions indicates a first-level access permission in the platform server, and each of the second permissions indicates a second-level access permission in the platform server, and the first class is different from the second class, Wherein, the second distribution rate is smaller than the first distribution rate, thereby reducing the number of terminal devices from the first layer to the second layer that are allowed to access. The method of claim 1, wherein the platform server runs an online sales platform, the first license is a browsing license, the first level is a browsing level, and the browsing level is provided by the platform server A browse service. The method of claim 2, wherein the platform server runs an online sales platform, the second license is a preview license, the second level is a preview level, and the browse level is provided by the platform server A preview service. The method of claim 3, wherein the first distribution rate issues 100,000 browsing licenses per minute, and the second distribution rate issues 10,000 preview licenses per minute. The method of claim 1, wherein the platform server runs an online sales platform, the first license is a preview license, the first level is a preview level, and the preview level is provided by the platform server A preview service. The method of claim 5, wherein the platform server runs an online sales platform, the second license is a payment license, the second level is a payment level, and the payment level is provided by the platform server A payment operation. The method of claim 6, wherein the first distribution rate issues 10,000 preview licenses per minute, and the second distribution rate issues 1,000 paid licenses per minute. The method of claim 1, wherein the platform server runs an online sales platform, the first license is a payment license, the first level is a payment level, and the payment level is provided by the platform server A payment operation. The method of claim 8, wherein the platform server runs an online sales platform, the second license is a purchase license, the second level is a purchase level, and the purchase level is provided by the platform server 1. Purchase transaction processing. The method of claim 9, wherein the first issuance rate issues 1000 payment licenses per minute and the second issuance rate issues 100 purchase licenses per minute. A network traffic control method for controlling the degree of access of a plurality of terminal devices to a platform server, the method comprising: receiving, by each of the terminal devices, a first permission from a remote end, enabling the terminal device holding the first permission to access a first level in the platform server; sending a redemption request for redemption of a second license to the remote by any of the terminal devices holding the first license, wherein the redemption request is sent to the remote together with the first license; A redemption result is received and presented from the remote end by the terminal device that sent the redemption request, the redemption result indicating a second license successfully redeemed with the first license, or a time information indicating that the second license will be redeemed ;and A second level in the platform server is accessed by the terminal device holding the second license, and the second level is different from the first level. The method of claim 11, wherein the platform server runs an online sales platform, the first permission is a browsing permission, the first level is a browsing level, and the browsing level is a browsing level provided by the platform server Browse services. The method of claim 12, wherein the platform server runs an online sales platform, the second license is a preview license, the second level is a preview level, and the preview level is a preview level provided by the platform server Preview service. The method of claim 11, wherein the platform server runs an online sales platform, the first license is a preview license, the first level is a preview level, and the preview level is a preview level provided by the platform server Preview service. The method of claim 14, wherein the platform server runs an online sales platform, the second license is a payment license, the second level is a payment level, and the payment level is a payment level provided by the platform server payment operation. The method of claim 11, wherein the platform server runs an online sales platform, the first license is a payment license, the first level is a payment level, and the payment level is a payment level provided by the platform server payment operation. The method of claim 16, wherein the platform server runs an online sales platform, the second license is a purchase license, the second level is a purchase level, and the purchase level is a purchase level provided by the platform server Purchase transaction processing. The method of claim 11, wherein the exchange request is generated when the terminal device initiates a jump request or a guide request from the first level to the second level. A network traffic control system, comprising: a platform server providing an online sales service, wherein the online sales service has a first level and a second level, and the first level is different from the second level; A plurality of terminal devices, communicating with the platform server to use the online sales service; and a traffic control server communicating between the terminal devices and the platform server to control the extent to which the terminal devices access the platform server, wherein the traffic control server is configured to issue a plurality of first licenses based on a first distribution rate, and issue a plurality of second licenses based on a second distribution rate, The first issuance rate is the number of first licenses issued in a first period, the second issuance rate is the number of second licenses issued in a second period, and the first issuance rate is smaller than the second issuance rate , Wherein, each of the first permissions indicates a first-level access permission in the platform server, and each of the second permissions indicates a second-level access permission in the platform server. The system of claim 19, wherein the terminal devices are configured to respectively obtain the first license based on at least a first distribution rate of the traffic control server, and respectively obtain a first license based on at least a second distribution rate of the traffic control server. 2. License. The system of claim 19, wherein any of the end devices is configured to issue a redemption to the traffic control server based on a jump request or a steering request from the first level to the second level request, the exchange request instructing to exchange the first license held by the terminal device for the second license issued by the traffic control server. The system of claim 21, wherein the terminal device is configured to access a second level of online sales services provided by the platform server based on the second license obtained by the redemption. The system of claim 19, wherein the platform server comprises a first server and a second server, the first server is responsible for the first level of the online sales service, and the second server is responsible for the The second layer of the network sales service, the resources consumed by the second layer for a single terminal device are greater than the resources consumed by the first layer for a single terminal device.

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