Patent ID: 11868198
Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 3:
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
in response to two occurrences of an event associated with the event counter:
sending, by a particular computer in the computer system, a first update request to a first group of the plurality of sub-counter groups, the first group including a respective sub-counter on at least a first node and a second node;
sending, by a different computer in the computer system, a second update request to a second group of the plurality of sub-counter groups, the second group including a respective sub-counter on at least the first node and a third node;
updating, by the second node, a first sub-counter of the first group; and
updating, by the third node, a first sub-counter of the second group.