Event management in distributed computing system

[0016]Specific embodiments of the disclosure are now described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:

[0017]FIG. 1 shows a conventional system involving multiple clients interacting with a central server;

[0018]FIG. 2 shows multiple clients interacting with a distributed computing architecture providing the same services as the central server of FIG. 1;

[0019]FIG. 3 shows an approach to counting of events in the conventional system of FIG. 1;

[0020]FIG. 4 shows an approach to counting and management of events in the arrangement of FIG. 3, this approach applying to embodiments of the disclosure;

[0021]FIG. 5 shows schematically a distributed transaction architecture using a four party model;

[0022]FIG. 6 illustrates elements of a complex distributed system adapted to implement the transaction architecture of FIG. 5;

[0023]FIG. 7 shows schematically an exemplary system for enabling digital transactions in the transaction architecture of FIGS. 5 and 6;

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