US 11,689,962 B2
Reducing network resource congestion from distributed sourced items
Amy Wedmore, McLean, VA (US)
Assigned to Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed by Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/199,351.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295342 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0289 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for reducing network resource congestion from distributed sourced items, the system comprising:
a computer system that comprises one or more processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
monitoring a current amount of an item available from a network resource, the network resource being part of a plurality of network resources on a network;
identifying, based on the monitoring indicating that the current amount fails to satisfy a first threshold, a plurality of sources within a threshold proximity of the network resource from which amounts of the item are transferred to the network resource, the plurality of sources comprising first and second sources;
determining distances between the network resource and the plurality of sources, respectively;
establishing, based on the distances, time frames during which the amounts of the item are to be transferred from the plurality of sources to the network resource such that none of the time frames overlaps with one another to minimize congestion at the network resource;
generating a plurality of requests based on the time frames, the plurality of requests comprising (i) a first request for a first source to transfer a first amount of the item to the network resource during a first time frame of the time frames and (ii) a second request for a second source to transfer a second amount of the item to the network resource during a second time frame of the time frames;
transmitting the first request to the first source and the second request to the second source;
initiating transmission of a third request for a third source to transfer a third amount of the item to the network resource; and
ceasing or revoking the transmission of the third request based on the monitoring indicating that the current amount of the item satisfies a second threshold subsequent to the first and second amounts of the item being received at the network resource from the first and second sources.