Patent ID: 7096259
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: G06F,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling and coordinating activities among entities in an information and process environment comprising: a) a communications pathway for transmitting and receiving communications of said entities; and b) a shared memory connected to said communications pathway for maintaining a tuple space on which said entities post and receive messages, said tuple space synchronized with a clock that defines discrete time intervals as reference points for operations on said tuple space, wherein said entities include at least one entity that asserts a tuple on said tuple space signaling its intention to perform an action and asserts and anti-tuple on said tuple space for evaluating outcomes of said intention; and at least at one further entity which asserts an anti-tuple for detecting said intentions; said system further comprises a process in communication with at least one entity for monitoring said action and, in the event that said entity overrides the evaluated responses, reporting said action to an authority.