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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2018
Splunk Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Denis Gladkikh, Redmond, WA (US);
Mitchell Blank, Jr., San Francisco, CA (US);
Splunk Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method to assist with processing distributed jobs by retrieving and/or synchronizing supplemental job data. The method includes receiving a request to perform a job and opening a first connection (e.g., persistent connection) between a primary machine and a secondary machine, and transmitting by the primary machine a request pertaining to the job to the secondary machine using a second connection, the job to be performed by the secondary machine. The method also includes receiving by the primary machine using the second connection a task request for supplemental information pertaining to the job, transmitting by the primary machine a task response including the supplemental information to the secondary machine, and receiving a job result for the job using the second connection.