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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2020
Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen, CN;
Rui Guo, Shenzhen, CN;
Maocai Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Zongyou Wang, Shenzhen, CN;
Haitao Tu, Shenzhen, CN;
Li Kong, Shenzhen, CN;
Kaiban Zhou, Shenzhen, CN;
Changqing Yang, Shenzhen, CN;
Nan Wang, Shenzhen, CN;
Yong Ding, Shenzhen, CN;
Yifang Shi, Shenzhen, CN;
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A method for electing a representative node device for a blockchain system includes: receiving IP address information of a first node device, the first node device being in a candidate state for a representative node device; receiving, from the first node device, an IP address obtaining request for requesting IP address information of a representative node device; when the first node device is determined to be a representative node device of the blockchain system elected in a current election process, transmitting, to the first node device, an IP address list comprising IP address information of representative node devices elected in the current election process; and when the first node device is determined not to be a representative node device of the blockchain system elected in the current election process, skipping the IP address obtaining request.