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

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising performing, by a gateway server:
receiving, from a resource provider computer, an authorization request for accessing a resource, the authorization request comprising a resource provider identifier corresponding to a resource provider;
determining, based on the resource provider identifier, a set of transport computers;
for each transport computer of the set of transport computers:
retrieving status information of the transport computer by transmitting one or more messages to the transport computer and recording one or more respective response times or connection failures, wherein the status information retrieved from the transport computer comprises one or more of: an error code, a response code, or a response time;
determining a measure of network availability of the transport computer over a network based on the status information retrieved from the transport computer; wherein determining the measure of network availability of the transport computer comprises computing a score based on the one or more respective response times or connection failures, and
identifying an expected volume of authorization requests for the transport computer;

based at least upon a stored plurality of rules, the expected volume of authorization requests for each transport computer, of the set of transport computers, and the measure of network availability of each transport computer, of the set of transport computers:
selecting a particular transport computer for processing the authorization request; and
transmitting, over the network, the authorization request to the particular transport computer.