Distributed processing system and method

摘要

A solution for managing communicative interactions between network elements is described herein. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a processor module that monitors communications between a program resident on a user machine and a server program resident on a computing device remote from the user. The processor module may be utilized to effectively reduce the processing overhead of a server program and the number of communications actually transmitted between the client program and the server program. For example, the processor module may intercept certain client or server initiated communications intended for the server or client program and process those communications internally. The results of the processing which may require an updating to all object groups which may be associated with client programs. The updating of said client programs is then executed without server program involvement.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a first processor configured to execute at least a portion of a server application having at least a first data object for managing portions of application content, the first processor capable of communicating application content to at least a first remote client; and a network interface device comprising a second processor, different from the first processor and different from the first remote client, the network interface device located in a communications path between the first processor and the first remote client, the network interface device configured to: maintain state data associated with at least the first data object;
monitor communications directed between the server application and the first remote client;determine whether a first communication from the first remote client is a request to update the state data of the first data object and whether the request can be processed by the network interface device;intercept the first communication from the first remote client; andupdate the state data of the first data object on behalf of the server application in response to a determination that the first communication is the request to update the state data and that the request can be processed by the network interface device.