IP Library Patent Application 12553201
Patent Application
App. No. 12/553,201

LOAD DISTRIBUTING METHOD, COMPUTER PRODUCT, AND LOAD DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS

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App. No.
12/553,201
Abstract

A load distributing method includes receiving information concerning resources of a terminal device from the terminal device in a grid on a network of a grid computing system; extracting, from a computation data group related to grid computing and based on the received information concerning resources, computation data corresponding to the resources; and distributing to the terminal device, the extracted computation data together with content reproducible during processing of the computation data.

Claims (51)

1 . A load distributing method comprising:

receiving information concerning resources of a terminal device from the terminal device in a grid on a network of a grid computing system;

extracting, from a computation data group related to grid computing and based on the received information concerning resources, computation data corresponding to the resources; and

distributing to the terminal device, the extracted computation data together with content reproducible during processing of the computation data.

2 . The load distributing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an amount of a bonus for a user of the terminal device to which the computation data and the content are distributed at the distributing, based on a reserve fund accumulated by reserving an access fee for access to the network paid by the user; and

transmitting, to the terminal device to which the content is distributed, information concerning the bonus of the amount determined at the determining.

3 . The load distributing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an amount of a bonus for a user of the terminal device to which the computation data and the content are distributed at the distributing, based on a reserve fund accumulated by reserving an advertisement fee paid by an advertiser to an enterprise implementing the grid computing; and

transmitting information concerning the bonus of the amount determined at the determining, to the terminal device to which the content is distributed at the distributing, wherein

the content includes an advertisement by the advertiser.

4 . The load distributing method according to claim 3 , wherein

the advertisement is selected from among a plurality of genres of advertisements based on interests information of the user and during reproduction of the content, is displayed on a display screen of the terminal device to which the content is distributed at the distributing.

5 . The load distributing method of any one according to claims 2 , wherein at the determining, the amount of the bonus is determined based on an amount of the access fee.

6 . The load distributing method of any one according to claims 3 , wherein at the determining, the amount of the bonus is determined based on an amount of an access fee for access to the network paid by the user.

7 . The load distributing method according to claim 2 , wherein at the determining, the amount of the bonus is determined based on a volume of the computation data extracted at the extracting.

8 . The load distributing method according to claim 3 , wherein at the determining, the amount of the bonus is determined based on a volume of the computation data extracted at the extracting.

9 . The load distributing method according to claim 2 , wherein at the determining, the amount of the bonus is determined based on an amount of a viewing/listening fee for the content.

10 . The load distributing method according to claim 3 , wherein at the determining, the amount of the bonus is determined based on an amount of a viewing/listening fee for the content.

11 . The load distributing method according to claim 2 , wherein at the determining, the amount of the bonus is determined based on a time period in which the computation data and the content are distributed at the distributing.

12 . The load distributing method according to claim 3 , wherein at the determining, the amount of the bonus is determined based on a time period in which the computation data and the content are distributed at the distributing.

13 . The load distributing method according to claim 2 , further comprising judging whether the user is a bonus-winner based on a bonus-award probability, wherein

at the determining, the amount of the bonus is determined when the user is judged to be the bonus-winner at the judging.

14 . The load distributing method according to claim 3 , further comprising judging whether the user is a bonus-winner based on a bonus-award probability, wherein

at the determining, the amount of the bonus is determined when the user is judged to be the bonus-winner at the judging.

15 . The load distributing method according to claim 13 , further comprising calculating the bonus-award probability based on an amount of the access fee paid by the user supplying resources, wherein

the judging includes judging whether the user is a bonus-winner based on the bonus-award probability calculated at the calculating.

16 . The load distributing method according to claim 14 , further comprising calculating the bonus-award probability based on an amount of an access fee for access to the network paid by the user supplying resources, wherein

the judging includes judging whether the user is a bonus-winner based on the bonus-award probability calculated at the calculating.

17 . The load distributing method according to claim 13 , further comprising calculating the bonus-award probability based on a volume of the computation data extracted at the extracting, wherein

the judging includes judging whether the user is a bonus-winner based on the bonus-award probability calculated at the calculating.

18 . The load distributing method according to claim 14 , further comprising calculating the bonus-award probability based on a volume of the computation data extracted at the extracting, wherein

the judging includes judging whether the user is a bonus-winner based on the bonus-award probability calculated at the calculating.

19 . The load distributing method according to claim 13 , further comprising calculating the bonus-award probability based on an amount of a viewing/listening fee for the content, wherein

the judging includes judging whether the user is a bonus-winner based on the bonus-award probability calculated at the calculating.

20 . The load distributing method according to claim 14 , further comprising calculating the bonus-award probability based on an amount of a viewing/listening fee for the content, wherein

the judging includes judging whether the user is a bonus-winner based on the bonus-award probability calculated at the calculating.

21 . The load distributing method according to claim 13 , further comprising calculating the bonus-award probability based on a time period in which the computation data and the content are distributed at the distributing, wherein

the judging includes judging whether the user is a bonus-winner based on the bonus-award probability calculated at the calculating.

22 . The load distributing method according to claim 14 , further comprising calculating the bonus-award probability based on a time period in which the computation data and the content are distributed at the distributing, wherein

the judging includes judging whether the user is a bonus-winner based on the bonus-award probability calculated at the calculating.

23 . The load distributing method according to claim 1 , further comprising extracting content from among a plurality of content, the extracted content having a reproduction time equal to or longer than a time required for processing the computation data extracted at the extracting of the computation data, wherein

the distributing includes distributing the extracted computation data together with the extracted content, to the terminal device.

24 . A computer-readable recording medium storing therein a load distributing program that causes a computer to execute:

receiving information concerning resources of a terminal device from the terminal device in a grid on a network of a grid computing system;

extracting, from a computation data group related to grid computing and based on the received information concerning resources, computation data corresponding to the resources; and

distributing to the terminal device, the extracted computation data together with content reproducible during processing of the computation data.

25 . A load distributing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit that receives information concerning resources of a terminal device from the terminal device in a grid on a network of a grid computing system;

an extracting unit that, from a computation data group related to grid computing and based on the received information concerning resources, extracts computation data corresponding to the resources; and

a distributing unit that distributes to the terminal device, the extracted computation data together with content reproducible during processing of the computation data.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2010
From: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024794/0500 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2009
From: SAITO, HITOSHI; HONDA, TAKUYA; SUEDA, MASAHIRO; SUGATANI, SHINJI
To: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 023190/0412 →