Patent ID: 11899684
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. The non-transitory, computer readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the program instructions, when executed by the one or more computing devices, further cause the one or more computing devices to cause the replica of the replica group to, subsequent to a pre-determined heartbeat period expiring and prior to the lease period expiring:
generate one or more additional leases representing renewal of the authorization of the replica to act as the master replica for the replica group for respective lease periods; and
send messages indicating the additional leases to the other replicas of the replica group as replicated write operations in response to subsequent expirations of the pre-determined heartbeat period until another replica assumes the role of master replica for the replica group.