Patent ID: 7779109

Claim:
A computer program product for providing a coordinated timing network, the computer program product comprising: a storage medium readable by a processor and storing instructions for execution by the processor for performing a method comprising: obtaining, by a server of a timing network, timing clock information for the server, said server obtaining the timing clock information from a single primary active server of the timing network and not from an external clock source, said single primary active server being the primary reference time to the server and said single primary active server obtaining the timing clock information from an external time source; obtaining by the server timing network data including configuration information of the timing network, primary reference time information, time zone information, and leap second change scheduling; using by the server at least a portion of the timing network data and the timing clock information to ensure the server of the timing network is adhering to the configuration and is synchronized to a coordinated server time (CST) timing network specified synchronization threshold that meets high-speed computing requirements; and recognizing by the server that it is out of synchronization and may not have valid configuration information, wherein the server that is out of synchronization is not a part of the timing network.