APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING RULE OWNERSHIP AMONG DEVICES IN A SYSTEM

摘要

A first device in a group of devices is assigned a role of operating as a server node for the group of devices. The server node determines that an entity is associated with one device in the group of communication devices. The server node creates a token and associates the token with the entity. The server node also identifies a resource type to which the entity belongs, assigns ownership for the token to one device based on the device being associated with the entity and further based on one or more of: at least one incident allocation criterion; at least one entity allocation criterion; and at least one node allocation criterion. One device executes at least one predefined entity rule associated with the resource type based on ownership of the token assigned to the entity.

主权项

1. A method for distributed rule ownership comprising:
assigning, to a first communication device in a group of communication devices, a role of operating as a server node for the group of communication devices; determining, by the server node, that an entity is associated with one of the first communication device and a second communication device in the group of communication devices; creating, by the server node, a token and associating the token with the entity; identifying, by the server node, a resource type to which the entity belongs; assigning ownership, by the server node, for the token to one of the first communication device and the second communication device based on one of the first communication device and the second communication device being associated with the entity and further based on one or more of:
at least one incident allocation criterion;at least one entity allocation criterion;at least one node allocation criterion; and executing, by one of the first communication device and the second communication device and based on ownership of the token assigned to the entity, at least one predefined entity rule associated with the resource type.