@misc{BasaniEtAl:patent06,
  author	= {Basani, Vijay and Mangipudi, Krishna and Murach, Lynne and Karge, Leroy and Revsin, Vitaly and Bestavros, Azer and Crovella, Mark and LaRosa, Domenic},
  title		= {Method and Apparatus for Election of Group Leaders in a Distributed Network},
  URL		= {http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6993587},
  year		= {2006},
  howpublished	= {US Patent Number 6,993,587, issued January 31, 2006}
}