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Method and system for distributed processing management

  • US 20040078420A1
  • Filed: 08/21/2003
  • Published: 04/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for distributed process management comprising a plurality of units of software for installation on a computing platform, and further software for controlling the operation of the plurality of units in use of the system, wherein:

  • each unit of software is provided with means for communicating with other units of software by the sending and receiving of messages;

    at least some of the units of software are further provided with means for providing one or more elements of a software process; and

    said further software is capable of defining a plurality of environments, each of said environments containing a respective set of said units of software and being resident on a single computer of the computing platform, and wherein, for each said environment, a unit of software of its respective set can request a connection to an identified unit of software, and that request will be rejected if that identified unit of software is not a current member of that respective set.

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