Patent ID: 11876713
Assignee: INTUIT INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A system comprising:
a processor;
a data repository in communication with the processor, the data repository storing:
a backoff data packet comprising first information and second information,
wherein the first information comprises a backoff command to cease transmitting at least some requests to a service executing on a server, and
wherein the second information comprises metadata,

cached data,
a request data packet comprising a request by a client for the service,
request information associated with the request data packet,
a match between the request information and the cached data;

a cache in communication with the processor, wherein the cache stores the cached data; and
a proxy service in communication with the processor, wherein the proxy service is programmed, when executed by the processor to:
receive the backoff data packet,
add the backoff data packet to the cached data,
receive the request data packet,
compare the request information to the cached data, including at least comparing the request information to the metadata, and
block, responsive to the match, the request data packet from being transmitted to the service.