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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2023
Twilio Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Shayra Kamal, New York, NY (US);
Eliot Flannery, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter Janovsky, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Sergio Leottau, Cartagena, CO;
Jaime Soto, Doral, FL (US);
Twilio Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An example method of dynamic allocation of messaging resources in a software as a service (SaaS) messaging platform includes: generating a hierarchical data structure comprising a plurality of levels, wherein a first level of the plurality of levels comprises a first plurality of nodes, each node of the first plurality of nodes associated with a respective sub-account of a specified parent account of the messaging platform, and wherein a second level of the plurality of levels comprises a second plurality of nodes, each node of the second plurality of nodes associated with a respective level of service supported by the messaging platform; traversing the hierarchical data structure, by identifying, for each node of the hierarchical data structure, a respective plurality of child nodes; allocating, to each node of the plurality of child nodes, a respective share of a messaging resource quota associated with its parent node; associating, with each terminal node of a plurality of terminal nodes of the hierarchical data structure, a respective message queue of a plurality of message queues; allocating, to each message queue of the plurality of message queues, a respective messaging resource quota associated with a corresponding terminal node; receiving, from a user associated with a specified sub-account, a request to forward, to a specified destination, a message associated with a specified level of service; identifying, among the plurality of message queues, a message queue associated with the specified level of service and the specified sub-account; and queuing the message into the identified message queue.