Patent ID: 7647335

Claim:
A system for distributed generation, storage, and providing access to data structures corresponding to networks or sub-networks and representing said data structures in a graphical form via an algorithm that supports generation, manipulation and visualization of said graphical form, comprising: a plurality of distributed computing nodes configured with software for generating said data structures corresponding to networks or sub-networks from input individual records, the data structures capable of being represented in a graphical form via an algorithm that supports generation, manipulation and visualization of said graphs; and a decentralized software and hardware management subsystem for distribution of input records to the distributed computing nodes and for providing access to said data structures corresponding to networks or sub-networks to a user, comprising: a) a network management system process coordinating dispatching input records or information associated therewith to the distributed computing nodes, b) an optimization process for optimizing the dispatch of records or information associated therewith to the nodes, c) an indexing process for indexing of records dispatched to the nodes or otherwise available to the nodes, and said data structures corresponding to networks or sub-networks generated at the nodes, processing local indexing data into overall indexes, and providing overall indexing data to the optimization process or other processes in the management subsystem as needed; and d) a query management process for responding to queries of a user and providing transparent access to said data structures corresponding to networks or sub-networks for graphical display of said data structures to said user.