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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2013
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Elmore Eugene Pope, Sammamish, WA (US);
Christopher L. Scofield, Seattle, WA (US);
Bradley E. Marshall, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Eric B. Merritt, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments involving the use of peer-to-peer teams to accomplish a goal. The specification of a joint goal for a peer-to-peer team is facilitated in a given peer, where the peer-to-peer team includes multiple peers. Also, communication is facilitated between respective pairs of the peers via a peer-to-peer network. A team control packet is maintained in each peer to indicate a performance of each peer in the peer-to-peer team. Also, the implementation of a plurality of tasks associated with respective ones of the peers is tracked, where the tasks are implemented in concert to achieve the joint goal.