Patent ID: 7562035
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for automatically responding to a virtual job request from a grid client, comprising: receiving, from a client system, a job request for processing a job within a grid environment of a grid provider at a grid service via a network, wherein said job request specifies at least one criteria required for said grid provider to handle a particular grid job; processing, at said grid service executing within said grid environment, said at least one criteria of said job request to determine whether said grid environment comprises a hardware platform class, a software platform class, and a network bandwidth required by said job request; responsive to determining that said grid environment comprises said hardware platform class, said software platform class, and said network bandwidth required by said job request, calculating a total required workload for said job request; calculating a total cost for said total required workload for said job request by determining whether said job request describes a type of job request pre-approved for a discount price based on said client system agreeing to submit said type of job request solely to at least one grid provider specified in a grid alliance; and automatically returning, to said client system, a response to said job request comprising an identifier for said grid provider and said total cost for said job request, such that said client system is enabled to determine whether to submit said particular grid job to said grid provider.