US 12,073,399 B2
Systems and methods for blockchain network congestion-adaptive digital asset event handling
John Jong-Suk Lee, Waterloo (CA)
Assigned to Shopify Inc., Ontario (CA)
Filed by Shopify Inc., Ottawa (CA)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,284.
Prior Publication US 2023/0088674 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/401 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/389 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a first non-fungible token transaction request;
obtaining a network congestion metric regarding a congestion measure of a blockchain network;
determining that the network congestion metric is above a first threshold level; and
responsive to determining that the network congestion metric is above the first threshold level, queuing the first non-fungible token transaction request in a queue until detecting a queue trigger, the queue trigger including determining that the network congestion metric has fallen below a second threshold level;
in response, generating and propagating a batch blockchain transaction on the blockchain network that implements two or more queued non-fungible token transaction requests including the first non-fungible token transaction request and at least one additional non-fungible token transaction request; and
after the non-fungible token transaction requests in the queue have been processed in the batch blockchain transaction, clearing the queue and awaiting receipt of a new non-fungible token transaction request.