US 12,381,804 B2
Apparatus, computer program and method
Michael Alan Dewar, Richmond (GB)
Assigned to IPCO 2012 Limited, London (GB)
Filed by IPCO 2012 LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/889,943.
Application 17/889,943 is a continuation of application No. 16/584,496, filed on Sep. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,456,939.
Claims priority of application No. 18197516 (EP), filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006910 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 43/10 (2022.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04L 69/28 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/10 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/4016 (2013.01); G06Q 30/018 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04L 69/28 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of tracing messages through a network of nodes, the method comprising:
receiving message information corresponding to a first outbound message, the message information comprising a first source identifier and a first destination identifier;
in response to receiving the message information, looking up the first source identifier in a storage unit;
determining, based on looking up the first source identifier, that the first source identifier is associated with a first set of messages in the storage unit, the first set of messages being associated with a first dispersion tree identifier;
producing a first trace request, the first trace request comprising the first destination identifier and the first dispersion tree identifier;
receiving a second trace request, the second trace request comprising a first account identifier and a second dispersion tree identifier, the second dispersion tree identifier identifying a second set of messages; and
storing an association between the first account identifier and the second dispersion tree identifier identifying the second set of messages in the storage unit.