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Identification of stable writes in weakly consistent replicated databases while providing access to all writes in such a database

US5577240A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 1994
Grant dateNov 19, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99939
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A write log that distinguishes between write operations that are known to be in a stable write order ("committed writes") and write operations that still are in a potentially unstable write order ("tentative writes") are maintained for each instance of a weakly consistent replicated database so that the stable and the potentially unstable data in any given instance of such a database can be explicitly identified.

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