Process Configuration in a Network
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1. A method of configuring a network for a process, in which the network comprises a plurality of nodes for providing services and in which the process comprises a plurality of the services, the steps including:
- starting from a first node, searching the network for nodes suitable for providing a first one of the required services;
starting from the node or nodes identified as a result of the search as suitable for providing the first service, searching for nodes suitable for providing a second one of the required services;
repeating the search for each remaining required service, starting each time from the identified node or nodes suitable for providing the previous required service until nodes suitable for providing all the required services are located.
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Abstract
A method for configuring a network and a network configurable to provide a process exploiting services distributed amongst the nodes of the network by means of a step-by-step search, the search for one service starting at a node providing the previous service.
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1. A method of configuring a network for a process, in which the network comprises a plurality of nodes for providing services and in which the process comprises a plurality of the services, the steps including:
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starting from a first node, searching the network for nodes suitable for providing a first one of the required services;
starting from the node or nodes identified as a result of the search as suitable for providing the first service, searching for nodes suitable for providing a second one of the required services;repeating the search for each remaining required service, starting each time from the identified node or nodes suitable for providing the previous required service until nodes suitable for providing all the required services are located. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 39, 40)
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20. A network for providing a process requiring a plurality of services, in which the network comprises a plurality of nodes, for providing the services;
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means for searching the network starting from a first node for nodes suitable for providing a first one of the required services; means for searching the network starting from the node or nodes suitable for providing the first service identified as a result of the search, for nodes suitable for providing a second one of the required services, means for searching the network for each remaining required service, starting each time from the node or nodes suitable for providing the previous required service identified as a result of the search. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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