Peer-to-peer distributed computing systems for heterogeneous device types

摘要

A framework (or technology or method) and system for providing a distributed computing network comprising different types of devices is described. The framework allows peer devices to transmit " packages " of information (e.g., messages) across the network as conceptual units of a job or data. The framework enables portable codes, which are used to perform one or more tasks, to be transmitted between peer devices. The device may transmit the portable code describing the calculation to another device and the receiving device may then compile the code into an executable form compatible with the architecture of the particular device. The compiled code may execute functions that perform one or more calculations to fulfill work requests as part of a distributed computing protocol.