System, method and computer program product for discovery in a distributed computing environment
US6549932B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 3, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A large distributed enterprise includes computing resources including a management server servicing a plurality of endpoint machines. A management infrastructure include a runtime engine is deployed on given endpoint machines. In response to a task deployment request at an administrative server, discovery agents may be launched into the computer network. When a software agent arrives at a given machine that supports the runtime engine, the agent is executed to determine whether the endpoint is a candidate for a particular task deployment.
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