Patent ID: 7827286

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for facilitating access to data related to tasks, the method comprising: receiving a request from a first user of a task exchange system that is related to one or more tasks available to be performed via the task exchange system; in response to the received request, automatically identifying a first partition of the task exchange system that currently stores data related to the first user, the stored data for the first user reflecting prior interactions of the first user with the task exchange system, the first partition being one of multiple alternative partitions of the task exchange system used to store data related to distinct users such that alternative partitions other than the first partition do not currently store the data related to the first user, the automatic identifying of the first partition being performed by one or more configured computing systems of the task exchange system; using the identified first partition as part of responding to the received request; after the using of the identified first partition for the received request, transferring the stored data related to the first user to a distinct second partition of the task exchange system; after the transferring of the stored data to the second partition, receiving another request from the first user that is related to one or more tasks available to be performed via the task exchange system; in response to the received another request, automatically identifying the second partition as currently storing the data related to the first user, the automatic identifying of the second partition being performed by the one or more configured computing systems of the task exchange system; and using the identified second partition as part of responding to the received another request.