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Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2003
Applicant:

James L. Kroening, Dakota Dunes, SD (US);

Inventor:

James L. Kroening, Dakota Dunes, SD (US);

Assignee:

Spotware Technologies, Inc., Poway, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method is disclosed for assigning a job to grid computers on a computing grid that includes collecting information from the grid computers about attributes of the computer, grouping the computers into groups based upon the attributes, receiving a job from a customer, determining the attributes needed to perform the job, comparing the attributes needed to perform the job to the attributes of the groups, and submitting the job to at least one of the grid computers of the group having the needed attributes. Also disclosed is a method of reporting progress of performance of a job by a grid computer, which includes receiving a job by the grid computer, initiating performance of the job on the grid computer, periodically communicating a current status of the performance of the job on the grid computer, and returning results of the performance of the job to the grid manager.


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