Patent ID: 7987225

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a processor to perform operations, a job requester and a grid manager collectively implementing the operations, the operations comprising: receiving an initial submission of a job request at a grid manager from a job requester, the job request specifying at least one resource selection parameter, the at least one resource selection parameter facilitating a selection of a first set of at least one job handler for executing the initial submission of the job request, the job handlers of the first set suitable for executing the job request in accordance with the at least one resource selection parameter; selecting the first set of at least one job handler for executing the initial submission of the job request based on the at least one resource selection parameter specified in the initial submission of the job request; determining one or more unspecified resource selection parameters of the job handler selected to execute the job request, which unspecified resource selection parameters were not specified in the initial submission of the job request, each unspecified resource selection parameter relating to a resource characteristic of the job handler selected to execute the job request; and assigning a job request identification to the job request, wherein the job request identification corresponds to a resource selection parameter compilation including the at least one resource selection parameter specified in the initial submission of the job request and the one or more unspecified resource selection parameters, wherein the grid manager recognizes the job request identification as the at least one resource selection parameter specified in the initial submission of the job request and the one or more unspecified resource selection parameters, a job handler for executing a resubmission of the job request from any job request source selected using the job request identification, the resubmission of the job request specifying the job request identification and excluding the at least one resource selection parameter.