Patent ID: 6665717
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
A distributed processing system for executing a series of processing operations by a plurality of computers connected to a network comprising:at least one computer among said plurality of computers comprising: means for seeking another computer when a place where said computer is set is changed and when said computer is connected to the network, said means for seeking another computer comprising means for transmitting positional information to another computer, said positional information indicating a place where said computer is set; and means for enabling said at least one computer to read necessary data from said another computer, said at least one computer changing its setting condition based upon the read data to execute a processing operation; and said another computer for receiving said positional information, said another computer comprising: means for comparing the received positional information with positional information about a place where the another computer is set; and means for sending a response in the case that said received positional information is coincident with said positional information about the place where the another computer is set.