Decentralized database, method for maintaining same, and conferencing application based thereon

A decentralized database (DB) distributed among a plurality of subscriber terminals, said database comprises:

• a plurality of individual subscriber databases containing respective data records (1, 2, 3, . . . ), said data records (1, 2, 3, . . . ) are synchronized with one another, or able to be synchronized with one another, via data channels, in which the subscribers (T1-T6) are grouped together to form a dynamically changeable cluster;
• one of the subscribers (T1-T6) in the cluster is selected, or selectable, as decision-maker (C);
• each of the subscribers (T1-T6) is configured to locally produce entries in a subscriber data collection structure (RT) and to transmit said entries at least to the decision-maker (C) for clearance;
• the decision-maker (C) is configured to successively arrange and clear its own entries and the entries received from the other subscribers in the decision maker's subscriber database (OT) forming cleared entries;
• and
• the other subscribers (T1-T6) are designed to copy the cleared entries, in accordance with an arrangement of the cleared entries in the subscriber database (OT) of the decision-maker (C), to respective own subscriber databases of the other subscribers after the clearance has taken place.