Patent ID: 6038585
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An autonomous distributed instruction book control device in a system having a plurality of processors, in which an instruction book is transmitted from one of the plurality of processors to another, said instruction book containing a definition for a processing procedure by which a processor receiving the instruction book processes data stored in the receiving processor, each processor comprising:an input unit to input a creation request of the instruction book and a processing request corresponding to the instruction book;an instruction book creating unit to create the instruction book from the creation request;a selecting unit to select a processor, from the plurality of processors, which meets an environment condition of the instruction book which is created by the instruction creating unit or which corresponds to the processing request;a first transmitting unit to transmit the created instruction book to the selected processor;a processing unit to execute a process in accordance with the definition for the processing procedure contained in the instruction book received from the first transmitting unit of another processor, said processing unit updating the processing procedure contained in the received instruction book; anda second transmitting unit to transmit the updated instruction book to another processor selected by the selecting unit.