SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR SHARING AND PROCESSING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT IN A SCALEABLE DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A distributed workload media processing system including: a storage server storing playlists, including a substantially permanent origin identifier identifying a remote device, the storage server programmed to store the plurality of playlists in a plurality of formats; and a network server in communication with the storage server and in communication with remote user devices, the network server programmed to add a references to the plurality of playlists stored in the storage server identifying any remote devices sharing a playlist and, when a change occurs to a particular playlist, send an indication of the change to any remote devices identified as sharing the particular playlist; the network server further programmed to receive requests requiring processing from the remote user devices and to transfer at least part of processing of the requests to the remote user devices instead of performing the at least transferred part of the processing on the network server.