US 12,125,005 B2
Third-party settlement control method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium
Xin Li, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/483,618.
Application 17/483,618 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/117293, filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201911017021.3 (CN), filed on Oct. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0012702 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/08 (2012.01); G06Q 20/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/0855 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/02 (2013.01); G06Q 20/407 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A third-party settlement control method performed by a third-party settlement node that is communicatively connected to multiple transaction participant nodes, the method comprising:
responding, by the third-party settlement node, to a settlement request requesting a transaction from a first one of the transaction participant nodes, and transmitting the settlement request to the transaction participant nodes associated with the settlement request including the first one of the transaction participant nodes;
periodically initiating, by the third-party settlement node and for any transaction participant node, a query to the transaction participant node when the third-party settlement node does not receive, within a first preset duration, an acceptance opinion transmitted by the transaction participant node, until the acceptance opinion transmitted by the transaction participant node is received or a quantity of queries reaches a first preset threshold;
receiving, by the third-party settlement node, acceptance opinions transmitted by the transaction participant nodes including the first one of the transaction participant nodes, the acceptance opinions being used for indicating a processing result of the settlement request by each of the transaction participant nodes;
determining, by the third-party settlement node, transaction consensus information according to the received acceptance opinions, the transaction consensus information being used for indicating whether the transaction participant nodes including the first one of the transaction participant nodes reach a complete consensus on the settlement request; and
in response to a determination that the transaction consensus information indicates that the acceptance opinion of each of the transaction participant nodes allows the transaction, determining that the transaction participant nodes including the first one of the transaction participant nodes reach a complete consensus on the settlement request and performing the transaction requested by the settlement request.