Patent Number 10,657,123
Method and system for reducing time-out incidence by scoping date time stamp value ranges of succeeding record update requests in view of previous responses
United States Patent 10,657,123 provides additional techniques to query very large datasets of SaaS data without failure due to timeouts or governors in the SaaS system.
A system and method to reduce the incidence of communications network time outs by tailoring the time length specified by an initial date time stamp and an ending date time stamp ranges of a new record update query request to be less likely to direct a responding system(s) to responsively communicate a count of individual record updates and/or a combined information volume that overburdens a communications channel, protocol or mode to cause a time-out. The number of record updates received in response to previous update queries are observed. In view of these observed query responses, the date time stamp ranges of the new update requests specified by the initial date time stamp and the ending date time of a new potential query are limited in magnitude to be unlikely to cause responding messages to contain a higher quantity of record updates than a preselected quantity of record updates and/or data volume.
United States Patent 10,657,123 describes a method and system for reducing time-out incidence by scoping date and time stamp value ranges of succeeding record update requests in view of previous responses. The invention improves how systems handle incremental update requests by adjusting the range of data requested based on what was previously returned. This approach reduces the likelihood of timeouts and improves reliability when downloading updates from remote systems. It is especially relevant for large-scale SaaS replication and database synchronization where update requests can become too large and fail repeatedly. Organizations benefit from more stable incremental replication, improved performance, and reduced downtime in automated integration workflows.
This patent matters because timeouts are one of the most common causes of failed replication jobs in enterprise environments. By dynamically scoping date and timestamp ranges for update requests based on prior responses, the invention improves reliability, reduces retries, and enables stable incremental synchronization at scale.
Method and System for Timestamp-Scoped Update Requests
Awarded May 5, 2019