Netflix patents method for accurately counting global user events
The patent describes a computer method for tracking and counting user actions across a large network. It works by logging each event, adding a request to a queue, and then generating a final count value in a later time period using both the log and the queue.
In the filing’s own words
In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, from a first endpoint device, a first event during a first time period, modifying an event log to include a record associated with the first event, causing a rollup queue to include a request to count a first count value associated with the first event, and generating, in a second time period subsequent to the first time period, a counter value associated with at least the first event based on the rollup queue and the event log.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a first event; modifying an event log to include a record associated with the first event; adding, based on the first event, a request to a queue; and generating a counter value associated with at least the first event based on the queue and the event log.
Facts
- Company
- Netflix (NETFLIX, INC.)
- Official title
- Accurate global eventual counting
- Patent number
- US12748674B2
- Application number
- 19006020
- Filed
- Dec 30, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 11/3075 Physics & computingG06F 9/542 Physics & computingG06F 11/3082 Physics & computingG06F 11/3086 Physics & computingG06F 40/284 Physics & computingG06F 2201/835 Physics & computingMore from Netflix in AI & software
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