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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2006
Bradley Rupp, Riverton, UT (US);
Ryan Okelberry, Provo, UT (US);
Robert Wipful, Draper, UT (US);
Richard Jones, Elk Ridge, UT (US);
Bradley Rupp, Riverton, UT (US);
Ryan Okelberry, Provo, UT (US);
Robert Wipful, Draper, UT (US);
Richard Jones, Elk Ridge, UT (US);
Novell, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
A method for consensus decision making in a distributed system. Upon the detection of a system parameter change, the method specifies the communication of decision premises from one node to another node in the system. Consensus decision premises are determined by evaluating the various node premises. Each node then executes a choice function, allowing the system as a whole to respond to the system parameter change in either a centralized, decentralized, or independently coordinated fashion.