Program product for group leader recovery in a distributed computing environment

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5696896
SERIAL NO

08640221

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

A new leader of a group of processors executing within a distributed computing environment is selected when the current group leader fails. The new group leader is selected from a membership list ordered in sequence of joins of processors to the group of processors. The selected leader is the next processor on the membership list after the failed group leader. In particular, it is the next active processor on the membership list. The group of processors is informed of the new group leader, after it is selected.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

International Classification(s)

  • [Classification Symbol]
  • [Patents Count]

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Badovinatz, Peter Richard Kingston, NY 24 919
Chandra, Tushar Deepak Elmsford, NY 49 1604
Kirby, Orvalle Theodore Pleasant Valley, NY 25 824
Pershing, Jr John Arthur Buchanan, NY 23 966

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation