A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OFFLOADING EXECUTION AND RESOURCES FOR RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED NETWORKED DEVICES

摘要

A method for offloading execution load from a resource-constrained device to allow the device to run a resource-intensive software program. The method includes the step of accessing a program using a first device and determining wheter execution of the program will exceed resources of the first device. If the execution will exceed the resources of the first device, a load split is determined for the program to split the program into a first portion and a secong portion. The second portion of the program is offloaded to a second device, while the first portion of the program is retained on the first device. The first portion and second portion communicate via a network connection between the first device and the second device. Full program functionality is provided using the first device, wherein the functionality is provided by the first portion and second portion executing cooperatively on the first device and the second device, respectively.