Network site content indexing method and associated system
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1. A method of indexing content of network sites coupled to a network, comprising:
- providing a server system;
coupling the server system to a network, the network being configured to be coupled to distributed devices;
utilizing the server system to schedule and distribute site indexing workloads for a plurality of the distributed devices to index content delivered by network sites; and
transferring an agent to the distributed devices, the agent being capable of managing the indexing workload.
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Abstract
A method for indexing network site content and associated distributed parallel processing system are disclosed that identifies the capabilities of distributed devices connected together through a wide variety of communication systems and networks and utilizes those capabilities to provide incentives to the distributed devices and to organize, manage and distribute project workloads to the distributed devices.
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1. A method of indexing content of network sites coupled to a network, comprising:
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providing a server system;
coupling the server system to a network, the network being configured to be coupled to distributed devices;
utilizing the server system to schedule and distribute site indexing workloads for a plurality of the distributed devices to index content delivered by network sites; and
transferring an agent to the distributed devices, the agent being capable of managing the indexing workload. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A network site content indexing distributed processing system, comprising:
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a first system coupled to a network, the network being configured to be coupled to distributed devices;
a workload database coupled to the server system storing workloads for network site content indexing, the first system distributing the indexing workloads for the distributed devices to index content delivered by network sites; and
an agent capable of being transferred by the first system to the distributed devices, the agent being capable of managing the indexing workload. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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