System and method for the establishment and the utilization of networked idle computational processing power
US6463457B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5072
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distributed computing platform using the idle computational processing power of a plurality of provider computers is disclosed. At least one networked server collects tasks from client computers, schedules and distributes the tasks to networked provider computers, and collects and returns results to client computers. A client API forms tasks and collects results. A compute engine operates on the provider computers to communicate with the server and execute tasks using idle computational power.
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