Patent ID: 8200746
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for processing information, the system comprising: a plurality of networked hive engines, a plurality of the hive engines being grouped into a plurality of territories; wherein at least one of the hive engines is configured to receive a service request for a processing job, the processing job comprising a plurality of processing tasks for execution by a plurality of hive engines within at least one territory; wherein a plurality of the hive engines within the at least one territory are configured to perform the processing job in a distributed manner such that the processing tasks of the processing job are distributed to a plurality of hive engines within the at least one territory for execution thereby; and wherein the plurality of hive engines within the at least one territory that execute the processing tasks are further configured to return state information corresponding to the processing tasks for delivery of a processing result in response to the service request.