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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
Brad A. Davis, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Henry J. Divincenzo, Happy Valley, OR (US);
Richard A. Lary, Tualatin, OR (US);
Thomas E. Malone, Tigard, OR (US);
Patrick D. Mason, Olympia, WA (US);
Lee G. Rosenbaum, Portland, OR (US);
Manoj R. Sastry, Portland, OR (US);
Patrick W. White, Aloha, OR (US);
Brad A. Davis, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Henry J. DiVincenzo, Happy Valley, OR (US);
Richard A. Lary, Tualatin, OR (US);
Thomas E. Malone, Tigard, OR (US);
Patrick D. Mason, Olympia, WA (US);
Lee G. Rosenbaum, Portland, OR (US);
Manoj R. Sastry, Portland, OR (US);
Patrick W. White, Aloha, OR (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The self-clustering of entities within a system is disclosed. The system can also include a host. Each entity self-discovers all the other entities, such that the entities are aggregated as a cluster. The host communicates with the cluster of entities, where the entities are self-clustered or otherwise, such as through a memory shared by all the entities. The host therefore need not be aware which of the entities performs a given function.