US Patent 11366810 Index contention under high concurrency in a database system

A database query message may be received at a database system via a network. The database query message may include one or more parameters for retrieving data from a database based on a designated database record insertion timestamp. A database query may be executed against the database system to retrieve one or more database records based on a database record insertion timestamp range determined based on the designated database record insertion timestamp and including a plurality of database record insertion timestamp values.