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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2020
Grass Valley Canada, Montreal, CA;
Charles S. Meyer, Crystal Bay, NV (US);
James Westland Cain, Newbury, GB;
GRASS VALLEY CANADA, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
A system is provided for determining equivalence to execute a task. The system includes an identity module that obtains a unique identity for each of a plurality of resources, and a metadata collection module that collects metadata information relating to the plurality of resources based on the obtained unique identifier for each resource, and that stores the collected metadata information in a metadata database, with the metadata information relating to capabilities of the respective resource for executing the task. Moreover, the system includes an equivalence processor that determines a set of resources of the plurality of resources that are configured to execute the task defined by a requesting client device in an equivalent manner based on the collected metadata information of the at least one set of resources.