System uses local registry and load balancing procedure for identifying processing capabilities of a remote device to perform a processing task
US6314447A · kind A · utility
Assignees
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 4, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/2849
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for determining processing capabilities of devices in an electronic network comprises a host device that creates and locally registers one or more processor FCMs that include self-describing data from corresponding remote hosted devices in the electronic network. A device application from the host device may then query the self-describing data to determine relative processing capabilities of the hosted devices in order to perform a first-level load-balancing procedure. The device application may also utilize the various processor FCMs to determine current processing-load levels for the various hosted devices to thereby perform a second-level load-balancing procedure. In addition, the device application may utilize the processor FCM to perform one or more sniplet procedures in which hosted devices may advantageously download and execute segments of software code from the device application to assist in a particular task.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.