Patent ID: 8789072
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: multiple digital information devices arranged on a network and having respective memories; a first subset of the multiple digital information devices being non-monitoring devices and having respective memories not being assigned to manage any other device of the multiple digital information devices; a second subset of the multiple digital information devices being monitoring devices each including respective memories each having a respective memory region assigned to manage a respective subgroup of the multiple digital information devices including respective digital information devices in the first subset by updating a distributed database including management metadata and state data, the second subset and the subgroup each having a cardinality of at least two; and a separate processor coupled to each of the respective memories and configured to manage the multiple digital information devices by exchanging information stored in the respective memory regions among the digital information devices over the network, wherein: