Niration Network Group, L.L.C. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090216641 | Methods and Systems for Indexing Content - Various embodiments enable a distributed processing system to index network content. In at least one embodiment, a method of indexing content comprises distributing indexing workloads to various distributed devices over a network, receiving organized indexed workloads from the various distributed devices, and creating a master summary index to receive the organized indexed workloads. In a further embodiment, a content indexing system comprises a server system, a workload database, and a master summary index. The server system can be coupled to a network which is coupled to various distributed devices. The workload database can be coupled to the server system and distributes indexing workloads to the various distributed devices. Finally, the master summary index can receive completed indexing workloads from the various distributed devices. | 08-27-2009 |
20090164533 | Method of Managing Workloads and Associated Distributed Processing System - Various embodiments enable a server system to receive a request to store data, select various distributed devices to store the data, and then send the data to the selected distributed devices. In one embodiment, a method may include: receiving a request to store back-up data on a distributed processing system from a client system, the back-up data having a storage priority, searching a database to identify one or more distributed devices with excess storage capacity, and selecting one or more of the distributed devices to store the back-up data based in part on the back-up data's storage priority. Then, sending the back-up data to one or more selected distributed devices along with retention instructions indicating conditions for retaining and/or deleting the back-up data, and updating an index with addresses for the one or more selected distributed devices that received the back-up data. | 06-25-2009 |
20090138551 | Method of Managing Workloads and Associated Distributed Processing System - Various embodiments enable a server system to consider a variety of priorities in determining how to organize, allocate, and manage client workloads in a distributed processing system. In at least one embodiment, a method may include generating a capability vector for one or more distributed devices, the capability vector defining a capability of the one or more distributed devices, determining a client priority for one or more client system, the client priority defining an order that a client system is granted access to submit one or more workloads to a distributed processing system for processing, assigning a workload priority to one or more workloads, the workload priority defining an order in which a workload is submitted to the distributed processing system for processing, and distributing one or more workloads form a client system to one or more distributed devices in response to the capability vector, the client priority, and the workload priority. | 05-28-2009 |
20090132649 | Method of Managing Workloads and Associated Distributed Processing System - Various embodiments enable a server system to convert data for client devices by identifying capabilities associated with various distributed devices, and utilizing those capabilities to select distributed devices to convert data. In one embodiment, a tangible computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising: instructions to receive a request from a requesting device to convert a data set from a first format to a second format, instructions to communicate with one or more distributed devices, wherein the one or more distributed devices are capable of converting data from the first format to the second format, instructions to access a database which stores capability vectors associated with one or more distributed devices, the capability vectors identifying a characteristic of the one or more distributed devices, and instructions to use at least one capability vector to select at least one distributed device to convert the data set from the first format to the second format. | 05-21-2009 |