Patent ID: 8527618

Claim:
A method comprising: communicating via a central computer an executable script to two or more remote processes respectively executing on two or more remote computers; communicating, via the central computer, an executable program to the remote processes in response to call backs resulting from execution of the executable script by the remote processes; communicating, via the central computer, objects in response to object requests from the remote processes, the object requests resulting from execution of the executable program; receiving, via the central computer, respective output from the remote processes; wherein the executable script specifies the executable program; wherein the executable program is an analysis program having at least one reference to each of the objects; wherein at least one of the objects comprises keys that are results of linguistic analysis of content, the analysis program being enabled to use the keys to ascertain if the content is in files accessible to the analysis program while not enabling determination of the content from the keys alone; wherein the executable script is compatible with and executable under control of a create service function that is compatible with an operating system of a particular type; wherein the executable program is stored in a folder that is exposed by the operating system in accordance with a universal naming convention; and wherein the remote computers respectively host the remote processes, the central computer is a member of a particular domain, the domain being of the operating system, and the remote computers have each established a respective trust relationship with the central computer via joining the particular domain.