US 12,363,024 B2
Switching optimization
Nicola Mariella, Oranmore (IE); and Stephen Patrick Flinter, Terenure (IE)
Assigned to MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US)
Appl. No. 18/265,954
Filed by MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/062398
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/125658, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2019373 (GB), filed on Dec. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039830 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 45/12 (2022.01); G06N 10/60 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/12 (2013.01) [G06N 10/60 (2022.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for allocating a plurality of transactions to a plurality of networks, the method comprising:
receiving from a router at a classical computer a plurality of first information associated with a respective one of the plurality of transactions;
receiving from the router at the classical computer a plurality of second information associated with a respective one of the plurality of networks;
determining in the classical computer a switching characteristic to be optimized by the allocation of the plurality of transactions to the plurality of networks;
expressing by the classical computer in at least one expression to a quantum computer, the plurality of first information, the plurality of second information and the switching characteristic;
providing to the quantum computer the at least one expression to determine the allocation of the plurality of transactions to the plurality of networks;
receiving from the quantum computer the allocation; and
providing the allocation to the router.