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Distributed processing system and method

  • US 9,455,844 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2006
  • Issued: 09/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a first processor configured to execute at least a portion of a server application having at least a first data object for managing portions of application content, the first processor capable of communicating application content to at least a first remote client; and

    a network interface device comprising a second processor, different from the first processor and different from the first remote client, the network interface device located in a communications path between the first processor and the first remote client, the network interface device configured to;

    maintain state data associated with at least the first data object;

    monitor communications directed between the server application and the first remote client;

    determine whether a first communication from the first remote client is a request to update the state data of the first data object and whether the request can be processed by the network interface device;

    intercept the first communication from the first remote client; and

    update the state data of the first data object on behalf of the server application in response to a determination that the first communication is the request to update the state data and that the request can be processed by the network interface device.

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