Patent SG-11201906831Y-A (SG)
Title: Accelerating transaction deliveries in blockchain networks using acceleration nodes
Inventor: XIA NING
Filed: 2018-12-28
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 18 April 2019 (18.04.2019) WIPO I PCT 1111111111111101111111111111111011111010011111111111111111111111111111111111011110111111 (10) International Publication Number WO 2019/072307 A2 (51) International Patent Classification: Not classified (21) International Application Number: PCT/CN2018/124956 (22) International Filing Date: 28 December 2018 (28.12.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (71) Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED [—/CN]; Fourth Floor, One Capital Place, P.O. BOX 847, George Town, Grand Cayman (KY). (72) Inventor: XIA, Ning; Alibaba Group Legal Department 5/ F, Building 3, No.969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). (74) Agent: BEIJING BESTIPR INTELLECTUAL PROP- ERTY LAW CORPORATION; Room 409, Tower B, Ka With Building, No. 9 Shangdi 3rd Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100085 (CN). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, 1E, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, (54) Title: ACCELERATING TRANSACTION DELIVERIES IN BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKS USING ACCELERATION NODES 500 , Local_ Network _1 506 N \ ,/ Local_ Network_2 508 \ Transfer Node_A 514 512 Node_A 5.42 High-Speed Connection 512 Transfer Node B' 5.16 512 Node_B 5..Q1 Node_C M N M N O ON O C FIG. 5 (57) : Using a blockchain transaction acceleration system, a first transaction generated by a first node is sent to an acceleration node in a blockchain, where the first transaction is sent to the acceleration node instead of being sent directly to a second node that is the intended recipient of the first transaction, and where the first node, the second node, and the acceleration node are different nodes. The blockchain transaction acceleration system forwards the transaction from the acceleration node to the second node. The blockchain transaction acceleration system executes the transaction by the second node. [Continued on next page] WO 2019/072307 A2 111111 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 11111 ME II III 110 1 II III 111111111111111111111111111111II11011110111111 TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: upon request of the applicant, before the expiration of the time limit referred to in Article 21(2)(a) without international search report and to be republished upon receipt of that report (Rule 48.2(g))