Patent SG-11201907248Q-A (SG)
Title: Improving blockchain transaction speeds using global acceleration nodes
Inventor: XIA NING
Filed: 2018-12-28
Abstract: } \ Blockchain C 704c ............ >. 708 Transaction 710 \ 706 700 1708 704 -t Gie O M N O ON O C (12) 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 111111111111110111111111111111101111101001111111111111111111111111111011111011110111111 (10) International Publication Number WO 2019/072308 A2 (51) International Patent Classification: Not classified (21) International Application Number: PCT/CN2018/124975 (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: IMPROVING BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION SPEEDS USING GLOBAL ACCELERATION NODES Multiple Blockchain Acceleralion Network 20.2 FIG. 7 (57) : In a blockchain transaction acceleration system, access is provided to a multiple blockchain acceleration network ac- cessible to a plurality of blockchains, where the multiple blockchain acceleration network includes a plurality of acceleration nodes, each acceleration node accessible to at least one node in at least one blockchain of the plurality of blockchains. A transaction to be forwarded is received at a first acceleration node from a first node in a first blockchain of the plurality of blockchains. The transaction is forwarded by the first acceleration node to a second node. [Continued on next page] WO 2019/072308 A2 I IIIII I 01111I 011101011111111M0 1 001 IIIEMMOMMOINIEMIll 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))