MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY OF A GLOBAL RESOURCE IN A DISTRIBUTED PEER PROCESS ENVIRONMENT
Patent №
US 6,950,820
Granted
2005-09-27
Filed 2001
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
evo
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09791281
In a distributed peer-to-peer data processing system, consistency and access to a global resource maintained on one of the nodes is provided through the use of global incarnation numbers, local incarnation numbers, and proposed incarnation numbers. Internode traffic is kept to a minimum while still maintaining consistency. The system and method of the present invention are particularly useful at start-up and data change processing points in time.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 115890841
Assignors
BAE, MYUNG M.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.