Patent ID: 11882011
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
receiving a first access request for target data stored by a storage system, wherein the first access request is associated with a first generation identifier;
locking the target data in association with the first generation identifier;
receiving a second access request for the target data, wherein the second access request is associated with a second generation identifier;
determining whether the second generation identifier is associated with a higher priority than the first generation identifier;
in response to a determination that the second generation identifier is not associated with a higher priority than the first generation identifier, denying the second access request for the target data; and
in response to a determination that the second generation identifier is associated with a higher priority than the first generation identifier:
determining whether the second access request is associated with a permissive flag;
in response to a determination that the second access request is associated with the permissive flag, denying the second access request for the target data; and
in response to a determination that the second access request is not associated with the permissive flag, locking the target data in association with the second generation identifier.