The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for allocating and reclaiming resources within a rendezvous federation. Embodiments of the invention include formulating and routing messages in accordance with cached two-way agreements between adjacent nodes on a ring...http://www.google.ca/patents/US7958262?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7958262 - Allocating and reclaiming resources within a rendezvous federation
