Patent ID: 11888729
Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method comprising performing, by a resource provider computer:
transmitting, to a gateway server, an authorization request for accessing a resource, the authorization request comprising a resource provider identifier corresponding to a resource provider associated with the resource provider computer;
thereby causing the gateway server to:
determine, based on the resource provider identifier, a set of transport computers;
retrieve status information of a particular transport computer of the set of transport computers by transmitting one or more messages to the particular transport computer and recording one or more respective response times or connection failures, wherein the status information retrieved from the particular transport computer comprises one or more of: an error code, a response code, or a response time,
determine a measure of network availability of the particular transport computer, wherein determining the measure of network availability of the particular transport computer comprises computing a score based on the one or more respective response times or connection failures, and
transmit the authorization request to the particular transport computer, wherein the particular transport computer is selected based on an expected volume of authorization requests for the particular transport computer, the measure of network availability of the transport computer, and a stored plurality of rules for transport computer selection; and

receiving, by the resource provider computer, an authorization response via the particular transport computer.