Submitting jobs in a distributed computing environment
First Claim
1. Client for submitting computing jobs in a distributed computing environment, including an input section for receiving a job request including an instruction to execute a computing job;
- a selection section for obtaining selection information specifying a job handler for handling the computing job; and
a submission section for submitting the computing job to the selected job handler.
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Abstract
Method and system for submitting computing jobs in a distributed computing environment including receiving a job request with an instruction to execute a computing job, selecting a job handler for handling the computing job based on selection information and submitting the computing job to the selected job handler. The invention can be embodied in a client unit, thus providing a decentralized distribution of computing jobs and avoiding bottlenecks in the distribution of computing jobs for example in a computing grid.
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44 Claims
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1. Client for submitting computing jobs in a distributed computing environment, including
an input section for receiving a job request including an instruction to execute a computing job; -
a selection section for obtaining selection information specifying a job handler for handling the computing job; and
a submission section for submitting the computing job to the selected job handler. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. Method for submitting computing jobs in a distributed computing environment, including
receiving a job request including an instruction to execute a computing job; -
obtaining selection information specifying a job handler for handling the computing job; and
submitting the computing job to the selected job handler. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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