Abstract: System and method for the unique naming of resources in networked environments including peer-to-peer network environments. Embodiments may be used to generate network resource identifiers that uniquely identify resources such as processes over time and across the networked environment. One embodiment may be implemented as a resource name generator that generates unique identifiers for resources in networked environments. One embodiment may generate unique network resource identifiers for processes from information including, but not limited to, a host address that uniquely identifies on the network the host machine of the resource for which the unique network resource identifier is being generated, a current time (e.g. obtained from the host machine or alternatively from an external source such as an atomic time server), and a process identifier of the process that uniquely identifies the process among current processes on the host machine.

Abstract: System and method for submitting and performing computational tasks in a distributed heterogeneous networked environment. Embodiments may allow tasks to be submitted and run in parallel on a network of heterogeneous computers implementing a variety of operating environments. In one embodiment, a user on an originating node may advertise code on the network. Peer nodes that respond to the advertisement may receive the code. A job to be executed by the code may be split into separate tasks to distributed to the peer nodes that received the code. These tasks may be advertised on the network. Tasks may be assigned to peer nodes that respond to the task advertisements. The peer nodes may then work on the assigned tasks. Once a peer node's work on a task is completed, the peer node may return the results of the task to the originating node.

Abstract: System and method for the unique naming of resources in networked environments including peer-to-peer network environments. Embodiments may be used to generate network resource identifiers that uniquely identify resources such as processes over time and across the networked environment. One embodiment may be implemented as a resource name generator that generates unique identifiers for resources in networked environments. One embodiment may generate unique network resource identifiers for processes from information including, but not limited to, a host address that uniquely identifies on the network the host machine of the resource for which the unique network resource identifier is being generated, a current time (e.g. obtained from the host machine or alternatively from an external source such as an atomic time server), and a process identifier of the process that uniquely identifies the process among current processes on the host machine.

Abstract: System and method for submitting and performing computational tasks in a distributed heterogeneous networked environment. Embodiments may allow tasks to be submitted and run in parallel on a network of heterogeneous computers implementing a variety of operating environments. In one embodiment, a user on an originating node may advertise code on the network. Peer nodes that respond to the advertisement may receive the code. A job to be executed by the code may be split into separate tasks to distributed to the peer nodes that received the code. These tasks may be advertised on the network. Tasks may be assigned to peer nodes that respond to the task advertisements. The peer nodes may then work on the assigned tasks. Once a peer node's work on a task is completed, the peer node may return the results of the task to the originating node.