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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Yunfeng Zhu, Hangzhou, CN;

Yijun Lu, Hangzhou, CN;

Yanchao Li, Hangzhou, CN;

Jibin Lei, Hangzhou, CN;

Yunfeng Tao, Hangzhou, CN;

Zhiyang Tang, Hangzhou, CN;

Jun Yu, Hangzhou, CN;

Jia Feng, Hangzhou, CN;

DongBai Guo, Hangzhou, CN;

Assignee:

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED, Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/1073 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); H04L 65/1076 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); H04L 61/2503 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, apparatus, and method for maintaining the consistency of global information is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving current version information associated with the global information from a global information server; retrieving global information from the global information server based on the current version information; updating a period of validity of the current version information based on a status of communication with the global information server; and suspending a network service for the global information when detecting that the period of validity of the current version information has expired.


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