Patent ID: 8775476

Claim:
A computer-based network system comprising: a plurality of graph database nodes so that any subset of information contained in any of the plurality of graph database nodes is shareable with any other graph database node in the network system using a merge operation, wherein the plurality of graph database nodes comprises at least two data nodes and at least one edge linking the at least two data nodes, the subset of information also comprises at least one data node, the at least one data node contains immutable data so that the at least one data node is evolvable through the addition of at least one new edge that is also a data node, and the at least one new edge links at least one data node to at least one other data node so that the integrity of the at least one data node, the at least one other data node, and the at least one edge is maintainable during sharing and merging of the subset of information throughout the plurality of graph database nodes, whereby the any of the plurality of graph database nodes data nodes and the any other graph database node is at least partially synchronizable; and at least one computer processor for performing at least the merge operation.