Patent ID: 11909601
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. The one or more non-transitory computer-accessible storage media as recited in claim 18, wherein the instructions when executed on or across the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
receive, by the particular node from the new node, a request to transfer authority of the entities located within the portion of the volume of space to the particular node; and
in response to the reception of the request to transfer authority:
obtain, by the particular node from the new node, one or more most recent updates for the authoritative state of the entities located within the portion of the volume of space;
update, by the particular node, the copy of the authoritative state of the entities located within the portion of the volume of space based on the most recent updates to generate a most recent copy of the authoritative state of the entities; and
assume, by the particular node, authority of the entities located within the portion of the volume of space based at least on the most recent copy of the authoritative state of the entities.