Patent ID: 7882398
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in a grid computing environment, comprising computer instructions for configuring a ghost software object associated with a host software object operating within said grid environment, said ghost software object comprising: a ghost log configured to record activities of said host software object; a ghost identifier configured to identify said ghost software object to components within said grid environment; and, a ghost controller for determining a statistically relevant number of ghost agents in said grid environment, modeling delays associated with the statistically relevant number of ghost agents executing ghost software objects consuming limited computing resources in the grid environment, and managing interactions between said ghost software object that consume the limited computing resources inducing the delays and components external to said ghost software object by triggering either a transfer of the ghost software object or a cloning of the ghost software object in view of passive and active interactions consuming the limited computing resources, wherein said ghost software object can automatically move within said grid environment responsive to predetermined conditions relating to said host software object.