Dynamic Ownership Transfer for Distributed Data Consistency
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Solution Overview
Problem
In distributed data management systems, maintaining data consistency across multiple users and geographic regions is challenging due to the lack of effective control measures, leading to inconsistent results when multiple users modify the same file simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a data management system that identifies and transfers ownership privileges based on geographic regions and time zones, allowing write locks to be granted to users in regions where the workday is in progress, thereby ensuring that only authorized users can modify resources and maintaining data consistency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple users are allowed to modify files simultaneously in a distributed system, then productivity and collaboration are improved, but data consistency and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic ownership transfer based on geographic location and time zone. The system automatically transfers file ownership from users in one geographic region to users in another region based on their availability and local time, allowing the ownership state to change dynamically while maintaining data consistency through controlled access transitions
2Ease of operation
If ownership privileges are transferred automatically based on geographic region and time, then ease of operation for global teams is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic ownership transfer based on pre-configured geographic and time-based rules without requiring manual user intervention. The system monitors user location and time zone information, and automatically transfers ownership when conditions are met, making the complex transfer process transparent to users while maintaining simplicity of operation
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for transferring ownership privileges. In one aspect, a method includes identifying an ownership privilege in a system that permits users to acquire a write lock on one or more resources in a plurality of resources. The ownership privilege for a first plurality of users located in a first geographic region is revoked based at least partly on a determination that a current time of day in a different, second geographic region satisfies a criteria. The ownership privilege is granted to a different second plurality of users located in the second geographic location responsive to the determination.