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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kotaro Endo, Fuchu Tokyo, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kawasaki-Shi, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, an ordering device determines a processing order of pieces of data in each computer in a multiplex system. The device includes a preliminary elector and a confidence elector. The preliminary elector is configured to generate, when a vote having the current order number, the current round number, and a nominated state is acquired from a primary computer, a vote that includes data included in the acquired vote, the current order number, a round number following the current round number, and a winning-assured state. The confidence elector is configured to determine, when a vote having the current order number, the current round number, and the winning-assured state is acquired for identical data from each of a threshold or more of the computers, data included in the acquired vote to be data to be processed at the current order number.