Patent ID: 8285825
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for dynamically determining a quorum having one or more members based on their involvements in using at least one network resource in a computer network, the method comprising: identifying one or more stakeholders having a primary interest in the network resource; periodically conducting rounds of evaluation to determine for each stakeholder an amount that the stakeholder has participated in use of the network resource since an immediately preceding evaluation round; for each evaluation round, a computer updating a weight by an incremental amount for each stakeholder, wherein the incremental amount is based on the determined amount of participation in use of the network resource for the stakeholder and a predetermined configuration parameter; and after each evaluation round, modifying a membership of the quorum based on the updated weights of the stakeholders, wherein for each of the stakeholders, the stakeholder is included in the quorum membership if the updated weight of the stakeholder has a first relationship to a threshold weight and the stakeholder is excluded from the quorum membership if the updated weight of the stakeholder has a second relationship to the threshold weight, wherein changing the value of the predetermined configuration parameter controls the rate of a progress of the weight between different rounds.