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US 6,748,470 B2Granted
Method and system for locking multiple resources in a distributed environment
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorJonathan S. Goldick
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Abstract
A method and system that creates and maintains lock properties for a resource or object in a distributed environment. The method and system creates and/or updates lock objects to relate to multiple locks, i.e., multiple resources. The method and system creates and maintains lock properties for a resource or object in a distributed environment.
Claims16
A method of locking resources in a distributed environment, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to access two or more resources, wherein at least two of the resources do not have a parent-child relationship, wherein the request originates from a requesting client computer system;
- locking the requested resources;
- and
- providing a lock token related to the created lock to the requesting client computer system.
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A lock management system for use in a distributed network having resources, said system comprising:
- a receive module for receiving a request to lock a plurality of resources, wherein at least two of the resources do not have a parent-child relationship;
- a locking module for locking the requested resources;
- and
- an allocation module for allocating a lock token related to the requested resources.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.