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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2017
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Glenn Scott, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael R. Gabriel, Mountain View, CA (US);
INTUIT INC., Mountain View, GA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for managing a series of blocks in a distributed system. One embodiment presented herein includes a computer-implemented method, which includes dividing the series of blocks into a plurality of groups. The method further includes distributing the plurality of groups to a plurality of processors. The plurality of processors may apply one or more functions to each group of the plurality of groups in parallel. The method further includes receiving, from the plurality of processors, results of the one or more functions. The method further includes merging the results to generate combined results. The combined results may be used in processing data.