Patent ID: 7627626
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of restricting operations of a computing grid performed on a grid computer of the computing grid, comprising: presenting a user of the grid computer with an option governing use of the grid computer by computing grid operations performed on the grid computer; accepting from the user a setting of the option governing use of the grid computer; applying the setting of the option governing use of the grid computer to the computing grid operations performed on the grid computer; and submitting, by the grid computer, a grid job to the computing grid for execution of the grid job by another grid computer, such that the grid computer is also a client computer of the computing grid, wherein presenting the option governing use includes presenting the user with a policy filter option governing use of the grid computer by grid jobs submitted to the grid computer for computing grid operations, wherein the policy filter option comprises a restriction on subject matter of a content of grid jobs that may be performed on the grid computer.