Patent ID: 8214493

Claim:
A flow control method, wherein the method is applied in a network architecture separated from a service processing system, wherein the method is implemented by a flow control apparatus comprising a processor, comprising: obtaining a operating status, which is currently monitored, of a service node in the service processing system; obtaining an evaluating result based on the operating status which is currently monitored and one or more flow control algorithms; and controlling new services arriving at the service processing system based on the evaluating result; wherein obtaining the evaluating result based on the operating status which is currently monitored and the one or more flow control algorithms comprises: obtaining the evaluating result by comparing the operating status, which is currently monitored, of the service node with a previously-obtained operating status of the service node; wherein, the method further comprises: generating a flow control command for decreasing a proportion of new services which are abandoned or stopping abandoning any new service, if the evaluating result indicates that the operating status currently monitored is better than the previously-obtained operating status and the performing unit has been previously required to start to abandon the new services; and generating the flow control command for increasing the proportion of the new services which are abandoned or starting to abandon the new services, if the evaluating result indicates that the operating status which is currently monitored is worse than the previously-obtained operating status; wherein controlling the new services arriving at the service processing system based on the evaluating result comprises: controlling the new services arriving at the service processing system based on the flow control command.