Patent ID: 8712942

Claim:
A system comprising: an artificially assembled multiplicity of man-made computing elements; and a multiplicity of artificially constructed couplings communicatively connecting the artificially assembled multiplicity of man-made computing elements to one another, such that the couplings are capable of transmitting messages between the artificially assembled multiplicity of man-made computing elements; a first portion of the artificially assembled multiplicity of man-made computing elements, which will be referred to as input elements, are capable of receiving input for the system that includes at least a set of instructions chosen by the user and input data, implementing the instructions causes parameters of the active man-made computing elements to be set to particular settings; and a second portion of the artificially assembled multiplicity of man-made computing elements, which will be referred to as output elements, each have a content that represents output of the system, the content being based on the instructions and on the input data, the content being a result of applying a transformation to the input data, the transformation being caused by the particular settings that result from implementing the instructions.