Patent ID: 6873994
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for detecting and resolving conflicts in association with a data allocation, the method performed using a computer system comprising one or more processing units and one or more memory units, the method comprising: determining a relationship between each of a plurality of positions in a hierarchical organization of data; selecting a position i; determining a total weight of position i; if a total weight of position i is effectively non-zero, removing an influence of position i from the other positions in the hierarchical organization of data and adding position i to a set of conflict-free positions; alternatively, if the total weight of position i is effectively zero: successively repeating the method for each position, with each successive position becoming position i, to determine the set of conflict-free positions for use in detecting and resolving conflicts in an allocation of data between a plurality of the positions in the hierarchical organization of data.