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

Claim 7:
8. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:
distributing a plurality of sub-counter groups associated with an event counter across a plurality of nodes, wherein a plurality of sub-counters for respective ones of the sub-counter groups are located on different nodes of the plurality of nodes;
in response to an occurrence of an event associated with the event counter, updating a sub-counter value of a selected one of the plurality of sub-counter groups, wherein the updating includes sending concurrent update requests to at least two sub-counters of the selected sub-counter group wherein the at least two sub-counters are located on different nodes; and
reading a current count value of the event counter using a sum of sub-counter values for the plurality of sub-counter groups as the current count value.