# US 8,751,593 B2 · System and method for dynamic throttling during bulk message delivery > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,751,593 B2 - Document ID: US8751593B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/432,269 - Filed: 2012-03-28 - Published: 2012-10-04 - Granted: 2014-06-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-03-30 - Assignees: Sybase 365, Inc. - Applicants: Tan Chuan Chuan; Clarence Ng Ching Wah - Inventors: Tan Chuan Chuan; Clarence Ng Ching Wah - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8751593B2 ## CPC - H04L 65/1016: IP multimedia subsystem [IMS] - H04L 51/58: Message adaptation for wireless communication - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract An flexible, extensible, and dynamically configurable intelligent throttling capability that among other things can support the bulk processing of a wide range of information (including inter alia Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, IP Multimedia Subsystem, etc. messages; E-Mail messages; Instant Messaging communications; Session Initiation Protocol-addressed artifacts; signaling, command-and-control, application, etc. data; etc.) that may result following for example service interruptions, system outages, bursts of traffic (for example in response to a tele-voting initiative, from a mass broadcast of alert or information messages in response to a news item or an emergency situation, etc.), equipment failures, etc. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A server-based method for dynamic message throttling, the server-based method comprising: identifying, using a processor in communication with a memory, a message pool to be processed, the message pool comprising a plurality of messages stored in the memory; partitioning the message pool into a plurality of subdivisions; and performing a plurality of processing steps while a delivery window is open, including at least: (a) opening a first subdivision for processing, yielding an open subdivision, (b) selecting a message from the open subdivision, yielding a selected message, (c) performing one or more processing steps on the selected message, (d) dispatching through a gateway aspects of the selected message for subsequent delivery to a message recipient, and (e) pausing zero or more units of time, wherein the steps of (b) selecting a message from the open subdivision and (c) performing one or more processing steps on the selected message are based on whether a predetermined number of messages from the open subdivision have been sent, and when the predetermined number of messages from the open subdivision have been sent, opening a second subdivision and performing steps (b)-(d) on messages in the second subdivision. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the message is one of (a) a Short Message Service message, (b) a Multimedia Message Service message, (c) an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem message, or (d) an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data-based message. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the partitioning step employs one of (a) a uniform means, (b) a random means, or (c) an algorithmic means. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the delivery window is open based on one or more of (a) a day of week, (b) a time of day, and (c) one or more quiet periods. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the unit of time is seconds. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the gateway employs one or both of (a) an Internet Protocol-based communication protocol or (b) Signaling System 7. ### Claim 7 A processor-based system on a server configured for dynamic message throttling, the processor-based system comprising: a memory; a processor communicatively coupled to the memory; workflow modules, in the form of computer control logic stored in the memory, configured to perform, in combination with the processor communicatively coupled to the memory, a plurality of processing steps including at least: (a) identifying a message pool to be processed, the message pool comprising a plurality of messages, (b) partitioning the message pool into a plurality of subdivisions, and (c) performing one or more processing steps while a delivery window is open, including at least: (i) opening a first subdivision for processing, yielding an open subdivision, (ii) selecting a message from the open subdivision, yielding a selected message, (iii) performing a plurality of processing steps on the selected message, and (iv) pausing zero or more units of time; wherein the steps of (ii) selecting a message from the open subdivision and (iii) performing a plurality of processing steps on the selected message are based on whether a predetermined number of messages from the open subdivision have been sent, and when the predetermined number of messages from the open subdivision have been sent, opening a second subdivision and performing steps (ii)-(iii) on messages in the second subdivision; an interface configured to dispatch aspects of the selected message for subsequent delivery to a message recipient; a repository configured to preserve aspects of the results of the plurality of processing steps; and an administrator. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The processor-based system of claim 7 wherein the message is one of (a) a Short Message Service message, (b) a Multimedia Message Service message, (c) an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem message, or (d) an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data-based message. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The processor-based system of claim 7 wherein the partitioning step employs one of (a) a uniform means, (b) a random means, or (c) an algorithmic means. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The processor-based system of claim 7 wherein the delivery window is open based on one or more of (a) a day of week, (b) a time of day, and (c) one or more quiet periods. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The processor-based system of claim 7 wherein the unit of time is seconds. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The processor-based system of claim 7 wherein the interface employs one or both of (a) an Internet Protocol-based communication protocol or (b) Signaling System 7.