Patent ID: 6931430
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A symbiotic computing system comprising: a plurality of symbiotic partners communicatively coupled with one another, each of the plurality of symbiotic partners having a respective instance of a managed resource that includes a data file; at least two symbiotic partners of the plurality of symbiotic partners receiving input from a local user affecting a respective instance of the managed resource; the at least two symbiotic partners producing respective actions based upon the input and storing the respective actions; each of the at least two symbiotic partners awaiting availability of communication paths to each other of the plurality of symbiotic partners; the each of the at least two symbiotic partners transmitting respective actions to the each other of the plurality of symbiotic partners; the each other of the plurality of symbiotic partners receiving the respective actions from the each of the at least two symbiotic partners; the each other of the plurality of symbiotic partners using all outstanding respective actions to execute operations upon respective instances of the managed resource so that all of the managed resources are affected in the same fashion, the operations including at least compilation, messaging, video editing, and display; and wherein when the each other of the plurality of symbiotic partners have used all outstanding respective actions to operate their respective instances of the managed resources, all instances of the managed resource are identical.