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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2023
Stripe, Llc, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Ilya Ganelin, Berkeley, CA (US);
Joseph Pereira, Squamish, CA;
Sharjeel Sohail, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter Bakkum, San Francisco, CA (US);
STRIPE, LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for modeling a software system of a distributed services system. The method includes receiving a stream of ledger transaction messages generated by a software system, which are then stored in a data store. A ledger system accesses a data model representing a state machine of the proper functioning of the software system. A ledger clearance operation is performed using the state machine and the data stored within the stream of ledger transaction messages in the data store to generate balances within states of the state machine. The ledger system detects an operational characteristic, such as proper function or improper function, of the software system based on a balance of a state in the state machine. Such detection is performed without knowledge of the underlying implementation of the software system.