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Patent No.:

US 11106489 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2020

Efficient, time-based leader node election in a distributed computing system

Applicant:

Ant Financial (Hang Zhou) Network Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, CN;

Inventors:

Zhenkun Yang, Hangzhou, CN;

Jinliang Xiao, Hangzhou, CN;

Assignee:

ANT FINANCIAL (HANG ZHOU) NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Hangzhou, CN;

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Jude Jean Gilles

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 11/18 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 1/12 (2006.01); G06F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4806 (2013.01); G06F 11/1425 (2013.01); G06F 11/187 (2013.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01);
Abstract

A same voting time, a same vote counting time, and a same leader node tenure is configured by a host for all nodes. Time configuration information including the same configured voting time, the same vote counting time, and the same leader node tenure, is sent to all the nodes. The nodes are operable to vote during the same voting time, count the number of votes during the same vote counting time, and elect a leader node according to a vote counting result. The nodes are enabled to perform periodic node election according to the same leader node tenure.

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