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Micro and macro trust in a decentralized environment

  • US 8,578,445 B2
  • Filed: 08/16/2012
  • Issued: 11/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • interfacing, by a first local component of a local computing device entity, with an external computing device entity;

    receiving, by the first local component, a list of components from the external computing device entity, the list of components comprising one or more components of the external computing device entity;

    calculating, by the first local component, a first trust level between the local computing device entity and the external computing device entity;

    setting, by the first local component, a second trust level for each of the components of the external computing device entity equal to the first trust level;

    determining, by a second local component of the local computing device entity, a third trust level between the second local component of the local computing device entity and a component of the external computing device entity as a function of the second trust level set for the component of the external computing device entity;

    determining, by the second local component of the local computing device entity, a fourth trust level between the second local component of the local computing device entity and another component of the external computing device entity as a function of the second trust level set for the another component of the external computing device entity; and

    determining, by the second local component, whether to communicate with the component of the external computing device entity or the another component of the external computing device entity as a function of the third and fourth trust levels.

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