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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Akamai Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventor:
Kai C. Wong, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Akamai Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30386 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a distributed computing system, the allocation of workers to tasks can be challenging. In embodiments described herein, nodes in such a system can execute takeover algorithms that provide efficient, automated, and stable allocation of workers to tasks.