Hitachi, Ltd.

Nobuyoshi Andou

Masayuki Orimo

Shigeki Hirasawa

Hisashi Hashimoto

Kinji Mori

Katsumi Kawano

Takeiki Aizono

Atsushi Kobayashi

Koki Nakashiro

Hiroshi Fujise

Yusuke Hino

In a distributed processing system including a plurality of programs distributed in a plurality of processing units and in which a program on reception side performs processing using a message transmitted from a program on transmission side, a management table for managing start of programs on reception side is provided in a processing unit in which the program on reception side is provided. A program utilizing the message transmitted from the transmission side is recognized and the recognized program is started at the start timing indicated in the management table. The start timing of the program set in the management table may be registered previously or the message may include information indicating the start timing.

Execution management method of program on reception side of message in distributed processing system

An information processing system and a communication method performed in the information processing system for performing data transmission effectively. The information processing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses and a communication line for interconnecting the plurality of information processing apparatuses. A sending information processing apparatus, when sending information to the plurality of information processing apparatuses, sends transmission information to one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses. The one information processing apparatus sends the received transmission information to the other information processing apparatuses of the plurality of information processing apparatuses.

Method and apparatus for providing communication between grouped

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Sagamihara, Japan

Nobuyoshi Andou