Patent ID: 7668899
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method in a routing network, comprising the steps of: sending a request for a performance of a task from an originating node to one or more nodes having an interface connection with the originating node; upon receiving a response to the request that conforms to the performance of the task from the one or more nodes, selecting one or more of the nodes to perform the task; wherein any node included in the network comprises the originating node; and wherein the steps of sending and selecting are performed automatically; the method further comprising the step of: establishing, by the originating node, a standard for the task that corresponds to a criteria of the task provided by a source of the task; wherein the standard for acceptance of the task is dependent on a) an expected speed of performance of the response, b) a distance of the one or more nodes from the originating node, and c) a quality of performance for a previous task; and wherein a preferential order of the one or more nodes is dynamically generated based on the standard, and wherein the originating node changes the standard for the preferential order of the one or more nodes upon a review of the performance of the one or more nodes and a determination of which of the one or more nodes are no longer available in the network, and wherein underperforming nodes are assigned a less preferential position in the preferential order.