Randomization of heartbeat communications among multiple partition groups
US12160474B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In some examples, a first computing device of a plurality of computing devices may be a member of a first partition group. For example, the first partition group may correspond to a first partition of multiple partitions of a metadata database. The first partition group may include at least one other computing device. Furthermore, each of the plurality of computing devices may maintain at least one partition of the metadata database so that the metadata database is partitioned into multiple partitions distributed across the computing devices. The first computing device may determine a first time threshold for a heartbeat communication to be sent to the other computing device(s) in the first partition group, and may select a random time before the first time threshold. The first computing device may send, based on the selected random time, the heartbeat communication to the other computing device(s) in the first partition group.
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