IP Library Granted Patent US 10,785,231
Granted Patent B2
US 10,785,231 · App. 16/358,614 · Granted Sep 22, 2020

Enhancing processing efficiency of blockchain technologies using parallel service data processing

Inventor: Shifeng Wang (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
H04L63/12G06F3/064G06F16/1805G06Q20/065H04L9/3239G06Q2220/00H04L2209/125H04L2209/38
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Patent No.
US 10,785,231
App. No.
16/358,614
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A validation-ready preprocessing block in a current consensus round is obtained by a blockchain node and in a service consensus stage. The validation-ready preprocessing block is validated. If it is determined that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated, validation is started on a next validation-ready preprocessing block and parallel data processing is performed on service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block.

Claims (37)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: obtaining, by a blockchain node and in a service consensus stage, a validation-ready preprocessing block in a current consensus round; validating the validation-ready preprocessing block; subsequent to a determination that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated: determining a consensus parameter corresponding to the validation-ready preprocessing block; obtaining, based on the consensus parameter corresponding to the validation-ready preprocessing block, a consensus parameter corresponding to a next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block, wherein the consensus parameter corresponding to the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block is used to instruct the blockchain node to validate the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block; starting validation on the next validation-ready preprocessing block; and performing parallel data processing on service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the validation-ready preprocessing block includes the blockchain node generating the validation-ready preprocessing block based on service data stored by the blockchain node or obtaining the validation-ready preprocessing block from another blockchain node.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein performing the parallel data processing on the service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block uses a predetermined processor.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein performing the parallel data processing using the predetermined processor further comprises, for the validated validation-ready preprocessing block:

invoking a processor to obtain a storage parameter comprising a storage location;

determining, based on the storage parameter, a process-ready preprocessing block corresponding to the storage parameter; and

storing, in the storage location, service data of the process-ready preprocessing block.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising, after the determination that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated:

determining, based on the storage parameter of the validation-ready preprocessing block, a storage parameter of a next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block; and

storing the storage parameter of the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein storing the storage parameter of the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block includes implementing a first in first out (FIFO) queue.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , comprising starting validation on the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block when the consensus parameter corresponding to the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block is obtained.

8. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising: obtaining, by a blockchain node and in a service consensus stage, a validation-ready preprocessing block in a current consensus round; validating the validation-ready preprocessing block; subsequent to a determination that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated: determining a consensus parameter corresponding to the validation-ready preprocessing block; obtaining, based on the consensus parameter corresponding to the validation-ready preprocessing block, a consensus parameter corresponding to a next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block, wherein the consensus parameter corresponding to the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block is used to instruct the blockchain node to validate the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block; starting validation on the next validation-ready preprocessing block; and performing parallel data processing on service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein obtaining the validation-ready preprocessing block includes the blockchain node generating the validation-ready preprocessing block based on service data stored by the blockchain node or obtaining the validation-ready preprocessing block from another blockchain node.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein performing the parallel data processing on the service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block uses a predetermined processor.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein performing the parallel data processing using the predetermined processor further comprises, for the validated validation-ready preprocessing block:

invoking a processor to obtain a storage parameter comprising a storage location;

determining, based on the storage parameter, a process-ready preprocessing block corresponding to the storage parameter; and

storing, in the storage location, service data of the process-ready preprocessing block.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise, after the determination that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated:

determining, based on the storage parameter of the validation-ready preprocessing block, a storage parameter of a next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block; and

storing the storage parameter of the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein storing the storage parameter of the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block includes implementing a first in first out (FIFO) queue.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , further comprising starting validation on the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block when the consensus parameter corresponding to the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block is obtained.

15. A computer-implemented system, comprising: one or more computers; and one or more computer memory devices interoperably coupled with the one or more computers and having tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, perform one or more operations comprising: obtaining, by a blockchain node and in a service consensus stage, a validation- ready preprocessing block in a current consensus round; validating the validation-ready preprocessing block; subsequent to a determination that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated: determining a consensus parameter corresponding to the validation-ready preprocessing block; obtaining, based on the consensus parameter corresponding to the validation-ready preprocessing block, a consensus parameter corresponding to a next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block, wherein the consensus parameter corresponding to the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block is used to instruct the blockchain node to validate the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block; starting validation on the next validation-ready preprocessing block; and performing parallel data processing on service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 15 , wherein obtaining the validation-ready preprocessing block includes the blockchain node generating the validation-ready preprocessing block based on service data stored by the blockchain node or obtaining the validation-ready preprocessing block from another blockchain node.

17. The computer-implemented system of claim 15 , wherein parallel data processing is performed on the service data stored in the validated validation-ready preprocessing block by using a predetermined processor.

18. The computer-implemented system of claim 17 , wherein performing the parallel data processing using the predetermined processor further comprises, for the validated validation-ready preprocessing block:

invoking a processor to obtain a storage parameter comprising a storage location;

determining, based on the storage parameter, a process-ready preprocessing block corresponding to the storage parameter; and

storing, in the storage location, service data of the process-ready preprocessing block.

19. The computer-implemented system of claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise, after the determination that the validation-ready preprocessing block is validated:

determining, based on the storage parameter of the validation-ready preprocessing block, a storage parameter of a next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block; and

storing the storage parameter of the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block,

wherein storing the storage parameter of the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block includes implementing a first in first out (FIFO) queue.

20. The computer-implemented system of claim 15 , further comprising:

starting validation on the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block when the consensus parameter corresponding to the next adjacent validation-ready preprocessing block is obtained.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2020
From: ADVANTAGEOUS NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053754/0625 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2020
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: ADVANTAGEOUS NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053743/0464 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2019
From: WANG, SHIFENG
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049522/0226 →