Patent ID: 7257582
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of effecting on a preexisting input file a computer-executable process comprised of a plurality of subtasks, the method comprising the steps of: (a) automatically determining file allocation and logically subdividing records of said input file into a plurality of partitions; (b) distributing descriptions of all of said partitions to each of a plurality of subtask processors c) simultaneously executing at least a respective one of the subtasks of the computer-executable process in each of at least some of said processors on a respective one of the partitions with each subtask reading and processing the respective partition so as to process the respective partition and produce respective subtask output and; d) thereafter repeating step (c) in at least some of the subtask processors each with another unprocessed partition on a first-come/first-served basis; and (e) generating at least one output combining all of the subtask outputs and reflecting the processing of all of said subtasks.