Patent ID: 9667649
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A distributed computing system to determine whether errors have occurred with respect to work to be performed by the system, the distributed computing system comprising: an originator stored in memory that when executed by one or more processors of the distributed computing system causes the distributed computing system to: a plurality of recipients, some of the plurality of recipients being functionally connected to a first intermediary of the plurality of intermediaries, and other of the plurality of recipients being functionally connected to a second intermediary of the plurality of intermediaries, each of the plurality of recipients stored in memory and when executed by the one or more processors of the distributed computing system, cause the distributed computing system to: an assignment logger, functionally connected to the plurality of recipients and to the originator through one or more communication channels other than the respective first communication channels or the respective second communication channels, the assignment logger stored in memory and when executed by the one or more processors of the distributed computing system cause the distributed computing system to: wherein the originator, when executed by one or more processors of the distributed computing system, receives the work assignment report from the assignment logger, analyzes information in the work assignment report in view of the plurality of work assignments sent by the originator to determine whether an error occurred with respect to the plurality of work assignments sent by the originator, and records an indication upon determining that an error occurred for the plurality of work assignments determined to have an error.