Chaperones in a distributed system
US7613774B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1093
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for approving a response or a decision of an observed node in a distributed system that includes generating at least one selected from the group consisting of the response and the decision by the observed node, forwarding the at least one selected from the group consisting of the response and the decision to at least one of the plurality of chaperones associated with the observed node based on a chaperone scheme, and approving the least one selected from the group consisting of the response and the decision by the plurality of chaperones using a chaperone voting policy and a chaperone approval policy to obtain at least one selected from the group consisting of a approved response and a approved decision, wherein the distributed system implements an overlay network for message delivery, and wherein the observed node and the plurality of chaperones communicate using the overlay network.
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