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(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: Us 7,565,419 Bi
Kwiatkowski et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 21,2009
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An apparatus comprises a plurality of nodes interconnected as peers in a peer-to-peer network. At least some nodes are configured to update an object, thereby generating a plurality of versions of the object. Any of the plurality of nodes is configured to detect a conflict between a first version and a second version of the plurality of versions, and any of the plurality of nodes is configured to provide an indication of a resolution of the conflict to other ones of the plurality of nodes. Each version may be identified by a version descriptor that includes a version identifier (ID) and a parent version ID. If the version is the result of a conflict resolution, the version descriptor may also include a resolved version ID identifying the losing version. The resolved version ID may be used to prevent the raising of the same conflict after it has been resolved.
43 Claims, 11 Drawing Sheets
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