Patent ID: 7962720

Claim:
A distributed processing method of connecting mutually at least two processing elements, wherein one of said processing elements includes a first processing section, a first memory section, and a first communication section having at least one of a first transmitting section and a first receiving section, wherein another of said processing elements includes a second processing section, a second memory section, and a second communication section having at least one of a second transmitting section and a second receiving section, and wherein the distributed processing method comprises: a transmission step at which the first processing section, which has stored data in the first memory section, transmits a data-transmission start request to the second receiving section; a transmission step at which the second receiving section, which has received the data-transmission start request, transmits a data-transmission start response to the first transmitting section; a transmission step at which the first transmitting section, which has received the data-transmission start response, transmits the data stored in the first memory section to the second receiving section; a storing step at which the second receiving section, which has received the data, stores the received data in the second memory section; a notifying step at which the second receiving section, which has stored the data in the second memory section, notifies the reception of the data to the second processing section; and a reading step at which the second processing section, which has received the reception notification of the data, reads the data stored in the second memory section.