Intermediate node determining method and apparatus

An intermediate node determining method comprising:

• collecting an original data flow used to acquire a target service, wherein the original data flow comprises information about nodes passed through for acquiring the target service, and the nodes comprise request nodes for requesting the target service, response nodes for providing the target service, and an intermediate node on a network and has data analyzing and processing capabilities to enable the request nodes to acquire the target service;
• determining the request and response nodes based on the information in the original data flow;
• determining a connection relationship between the nodes based on a semantic meaning of information in the original data flow, wherein determining the request and response nodes and determining the connection relationship between the nodes comprises extracting from the original data flow and based on a semantic analysis of the original data flow, the information about the determined request and response nodes, and determining the nodes and the connection relationship between the determined request and response nodes according to the information;
• clustering the determined request and response nodes by using a clustering algorithm, to identify the request and response nodes that are in the node;
• combining the determined request nodes into a first composite node and the determined response nodes into a second composite node;
• determining, based on the determined connection relationship between the nodes, a connection path between the first and second composite nodes;
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• determining, based on a selected optimization objective and from the connection paths, at least one preferred connection path to acquire an intermediate node on the at least one preferred connection path.

A network node comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a program of instructions to be executed by the processor so as to configure the processor to:

• collect an original data flow used to acquire a target service,
• wherein the original data flow comprises information about nodes passed through for acquiring the target service, and the nodes comprise (a) request nodes used to request the target service, (b) response nodes used to provide the target service, and (c) an intermediate node that is on a network and has a data analyzing and processing capability to enable the request nodes to acquire the target service;
• based on the collected original data flow, determine connection relationships between the request and response nodes in the nodes;
• combine the request nodes into a first composite node and the response nodes into a second composite node;
• determine, based on the determined connection relationships between the request and response nodes, connection paths between the first composite node and the second composite node;
• and
• determine, based on a selected optimization objective and from the determined connection paths, at least one preferred connection path, to acquire the intermediate node on the at least one preferred connection path.

A data processing method, comprising:

• collecting, by an intermediate node and from a network, related information of a request node used to request a target service, and collecting service information of multiple response nodes, wherein the multiple response nodes are all used to provide the target service;
• analyzing, by the intermediate node, the related information of the request node and the service information of the multiple response nodes, and determining, from target services provided by the multiple response nodes, a first target service matching the related information;
• and
• establishing, by the intermediate node, a connection between the request node and a first response node corresponding to the first target service, so that the request node acquires the first target service from the first response node according to the connection.

A data processing apparatus comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a program of executable instructions that when executed by the processor configures the processor to:

• collect, from a network, related information of a request node used to request a target service, and collect service information of multiple response nodes, wherein the multiple response nodes are all used to provide the target service;
• analyze the related information of the request node and the service information of the multiple response nodes that are collected by the collecting unit, and determine, from target services provided by the multiple response nodes, a first target service matching the related information;
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• establish a connection between the request node and a first response node corresponding to the first target service, so that the request node acquires the first target service from the first response node according to the connection.

A network unit establishing method, comprising:

• obtaining an original data flow used to acquire a target service, wherein the original data flow comprises information about nodes passed through for acquiring the target service, and the nodes comprise:
• request nodes used to request the target service, response nodes used to provide the target service, and an intermediate node that is on a network and has a data analyzing and processing capability to enable the request nodes to acquire the target service;
• according to the original data flow, determining the request nodes and the response nodes that are in the nodes, and determining a connection relationship between the nodes;
• combining the determined request nodes into a request node of a triangle model and the determined response nodes into a response node of the triangle model, and determining a connection path between the first composite node and the second composite node according to the determined connection relationship between the nodes, wherein the triangle model refers to a triangle connection formed by the response node acting as a service provider, the intermediate node acting as a broker, and the request node acting as a buyer;
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• determining, based on a selected optimization objective and from the connection paths, at least one preferred connection path, and determining that a network node on the at least one preferred connection path is the intermediate node of the triangle model.

A network unit establishing method comprising:

• obtaining an original data flow used to acquire a target service, wherein the original data flow comprises information about nodes passed through for acquiring the target service, and the nodes comprise request nodes for requesting the target service, response nodes for providing the target service, and an intermediate node on a network and has a data analyzing and processing capabilities to enable the request nodes to acquire the target service;
• according to a semantic meaning of the original data flow, determining the request nodes and the response nodes that are in the nodes based on information in the in the original data flow, and determining a connection relationship between the nodes, including:
• extracting the information from the original data flow and according to semantic analysis on the original data flow, and determining the nodes and the connection relationship between the nodes according to the information;
• and
• clustering the determined nodes by using a clustering algorithm, to identify the request nodes and the response nodes;
• combining the determined request nodes into a request node of a triangle model and the determined response nodes into a response node of the triangle model;
• determining a connection path between the request node of a triangle model and the response node of the triangle model according to the determined connection relationship between the nodes, wherein the triangle model refers to a triangle connection formed by the response node acting as a service provider, the intermediate node acting as a broker, and the request node acting as a buyer;
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• determining, based on a selected optimization objective and from the connection paths, at least one preferred connection path, and determining that a network node on the at least one preferred connection path is an intermediate node of the triangle model.

A network unit establishing system, comprising:

• a first processor and non-transitory, computer readable memory storing instructions that when executed by the first processor configure the first processor to obtain an original data flow used to acquire a target service, wherein the original data flow comprises information about nodes passed through for acquiring the target service, and the nodes comprise:
• request nodes used to request the target service, response nodes used to provide the target service, and an intermediate node that is on a network and has a data analyzing and processing capability to enable the request nodes to acquire the target service;
• a second processor and non-transitory, computer readable memory storing instructions that when executed by the second processor configure the second processor to:
• according to the original data flow obtained by the first processor, determine the request nodes and the response nodes that are in the nodes, and determine a connection relationship between the nodes;
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• a third processor and non-transitory, computer readable memory storing instructions that when executed by the third processor configure the third processor to combine the request nodes determined by the second processor into a request node of a triangle model and the response nodes determined by the second processor into a response node of the triangle model, and determine, according to the determined connection relationship between the nodes, a connection path between the request node of the triangle model and the response node of the triangle model;
• determine, based on a selected optimization objective and from the connection paths, at least one preferred connection path, and determine that a network node on the at least one preferred connection path is an intermediate node of the triangle model, wherein the triangle model refers to a triangle connection formed by the response node acting as a service provider, the intermediate node acting as a broker, and the request node acting as a buyer.