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DISTRIBUTED DEVICE REVOCATION

  • US 20100031318A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Published: 02/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A distributed revocation method comprising:

  • conducting a vote amongst at least three autonomous device nodes of a distributed network regarding whether a suspect autonomous device node of the distributed network should be removed from the distributed network; and

    responsive to said vote satisfying a revocation criterion, ceasing communication between the suspect autonomous device node and the other autonomous device nodes of the distributed network by (i) constructing a revocation message by combining partial revocation information for revoking the suspect autonomous device node that is distributed amongst at least some of the autonomous device nodes of the distributed network other than the suspect autonomous device node, and (ii) intercommunicating the revocation message amongst the autonomous device nodes of the distributed network.

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