Patent ID: 7117213
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method on a member of a computing system group for substituting members, the method comprising: replacing an old member with a new member, wherein the old member is assigned to a subgroup and controls at least one resource; determining if the new member is within the subgroup and is thereby able to control the at least one resource; configuring, in response to determining the new member is within the subgroup and is thereby able to control the at least one resource, the new member to control the at least one resource that was controlled by the old member; replacing, in response to determining the new member is not in the subgroup and is thereby not able to control the at least one resource, the at least one resource with resources controlled by the new member; producing a computing group communications configuration to accommodate replacement of the old member by the new member, and configuring a computing group communication system with the computing group communications configuration.