JP7185911B2 - Distributed computing mediation system, method and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a system, method and program for brokering distributed computing services over a communication network.

Traditionally, as a computing method using computers, individual parts of a program are assigned to multiple computers as computing tasks in parallel and executed, and each computer communicates with each other via a network to perform processing as a whole. There is distributed computing on the rise (see, for example, US Pat. According to this distributed computing, by performing complicated calculations via a network using a plurality of computers as participating nodes, it is possible to improve throughput compared to calculations performed by a single computer.

Projects using such distributed computing include proving difficult mathematical problems, detecting gravitational waves from observational data, and searching for extraterrestrial life by extracting unnatural signals from extraterrestrial signals. and molecular analysis for the development of new medical drugs. For example, a project related to medical care uses the surplus capacity of each computer that is a participating node to execute computational tasks and transmit the results, thereby enabling us to respond to unknown viruses and pathogens such as AIDS and other threats to humanity. It is also called "volunteer computing" because it aims to contribute to overcoming the problems that are considered to be.

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However, as mentioned above, even though volunteer computing contributes to overcoming issues that threaten humankind, it would be more encouraging for the owners of participating node computers to have some kind of track record. In addition, by providing achievements in a visible form, it is possible to give incentives to users who have not participated in volunteer computing until now to become participating nodes, leading to an increase in the number of participants. .

Accordingly, the present invention provides a distributed computing intermediation system, method and program capable of giving incentives to the owners of computers participating in distributed computing to become participating nodes as well as leaving visible results. The task is to provide

To solve the above problems, the present invention provides a distributed computing mediation system for providing distributed computing services through a communication network, comprising: a provider terminal providing computing resources; A distributed processing execution unit that is connected and controls the execution of arithmetic processing requested by a distributed computing client, and a computational resource management that manages computational resources by associating them with virtual processing units that are virtual computational resource providers. a processing request acquisition unit that acquires a processing request from a distributed computing service user in association with a virtual processing unit; and a virtual processing that manages the performance of computing resources provided by each computing resource provider for each virtual processing unit. The virtual processing unit is associated with a fictitious character, and the virtual processing unit management unit includes a character management unit that changes the setting level of the character according to the calculation resource provision performance of each virtual processing unit by the virtual processing unit management unit.

The present invention also provides a distributed computing brokering method for providing distributed computing services over a communication network, comprising:
A virtual processing unit management step in which the computational resource management unit associates and manages a virtual processing unit, which is a virtual computational resource provider, and computational resources;
A processing request acquisition step in which the processing request acquisition unit acquires an operation processing request from a distributed computing service user in association with a virtual processing unit;
A distributed computing execution step in which a distributed processing execution unit connected to a provider terminal that provides computational resources via a communication network controls execution of computational processing requested by a distributed computing requester;
A virtual processing unit evaluation step in which the virtual processing unit management unit manages the actual performance of the computational resource provided by each computational resource provider for each virtual processing unit ;
a step in which the virtual processing unit is associated with a fictitious character, and the character management unit changes the set level of the character according to the performance of the computational resource provision of each virtual processing unit by the virtual processing unit management unit;
characterized by comprising

The system and method according to the present invention described above can be realized by executing the program of the present invention written in a predetermined language on a computer. That is, the present invention provides a distributed computing mediation program for providing distributed computing services through a communication network, wherein a server device connected to the communication network
a distributed processing execution unit that is connected to a provider terminal that provides computational resources via a communication network, allocates an arithmetic task requested by a distributed computing client to the provider terminal , and controls the execution of the arithmetic task;
a computational resource management unit that manages the computational resource in association with a virtual processing unit that is a virtual computational resource provider;
a processing request acquisition unit that acquires an operation task from a distributed computing service client in association with the virtual processing unit;
a virtual processing unit management unit that manages the performance of computing resources provided by each computing resource provider for each virtual processing unit ;
A virtual processing unit is associated with a fictitious character, and a character management unit that changes the setting level of the character according to the performance of the computational resource provided by each virtual processing unit by the virtual processing unit management unit.
It is characterized by functioning as

Such a program of the present invention is installed in a mobile terminal device, a smart phone, a wearable terminal, a tablet PC or other information processing terminal, an IC chip of a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer or a server computer, or a memory device. By executing it, a system having the functions described above can be constructed to implement the method according to the present invention.

Further, in the above invention, the story construction unit further comprises a story construction unit for constructing a multi-story in which the stories related to each character are branched and connected, and the story progresses by selectively selecting the next story development at the branch point, the story construction unit preferably performs the selection at the branch point according to the character setting level by the character management unit.

As described above, according to these inventions, for example, participating in a group (virtual processing unit) associated with a fictitious character, participating in distributed computing on a group-by-group basis, and providing computing resources , will be evaluated in groups associated with the fictional character. This character is, for example, a multi-story character whose story progresses by selectively selecting the next story development at a branch point. becomes advantageous, becomes the center, increases the number of appearances, etc., and can change the subsequent story development.

Thus, according to the present invention, when participating in volunteer computing that contributes to overcoming problems faced by mankind, owners of computers that serve as participating nodes are encouraged by the fact that character evaluations remain as achievements. In addition, by providing achievements in a visible form of character evaluation, it is possible to give incentives to users who have not participated in volunteer computing until now to become participating nodes, increasing the number of participants. It also leads to

As a result, according to the present invention, the owner of a computer participating in distributed computing can be given an incentive to become a participating node by leaving a tangible track record. It can contribute to popularization.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing the overall configuration of a distributed computing mediation system according to an embodiment; FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an overview of computational resource management in the distributed computing mediation system according to the embodiment; 4 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a provider terminal according to the embodiment; FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of an intermediary server according to the embodiment; FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a content server according to the embodiment; FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the distributed computing mediation system according to the embodiment; FIG. It is an explanatory view showing the operation of the game system according to the embodiment. It is an explanatory view showing the operation of the game system according to the embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiments shown below are examples of devices and the like for embodying the technical idea of this invention. It does not specify the layout, etc., to the following. The technical idea of this invention can be modified in various ways within the scope of claims.

(Configuration of Distributed Computing Intermediation System)
FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a distributed computing mediation system according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the distributed computing intermediation system 1 according to the present embodiment is a distributed computing intermediation system that provides a service that mediates distributed computing through a communication network 3. Specifically, the communication network 3 and a distributed processing mediation server 11 and a content server 12 installed on the communication network 3 .

The resource providing terminals 5a to 5f are information processing terminals owned by an unspecified number of computing resource providers 50, are equipped with communication functions and CPUs, and can implement various functions by installing various application software. In this embodiment, the program of the present invention is installed to provide a function of performing part of the arithmetic processing of distributed computing. The resource providing terminals 5a to 5f can be realized by, for example, general-purpose computers such as personal computers, or dedicated devices with specialized functions, including smartphones, tablet PCs, mobile computers, and mobile phones.

Distributed computing client devices 4a to 4c are server devices operated by clients using distributed computing. Using the system, we can prove difficult mathematical problems, detect gravitational waves from observation data, extract non-natural signals from extraterrestrial signals to search for extraterrestrial life forms, and develop new medical drugs. We perform complex calculations such as molecular analysis for In performing such calculations, the distributed computing client devices 4a to 4c assign individual parts of the program for performing the calculations as calculation tasks as calculation tasks to a plurality of computers concurrently and execute them. Distributed computing is carried out in which the computers of the network communicate with each other and proceed with the processing as a whole.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, distributed computing client devices 4a to 4c are connected to resource providing terminals 5a to 5f of an unspecified number of computing resource providers 50 via a communication network 3 such as the Internet, Distribute computational tasks for distributed computing. This distributed computing requester solicits participation in distributed computing in order to perform arithmetic processing for a specific purpose, registers the applied computational resource providers, and sends to the resource providing terminals 5a to 5f to request computational tasks.

As shown in FIG. 2, the distributed processing mediation server 11 provides distributed computing services recruited by the distributed computing client devices 4a to 4c under the name of virtual computing resource providers, for example fictitious characters C1 to C3. In addition to having a function to apply and register, it independently recruits an unspecified number of computational resource providers 501 to 503 and registers them as registered users, and these registered users (computational resource providers 501 to 503) are fictitious characters C1 ~ A distributed computing intermediation service is provided that has a function of managing in association with C3, and further distributes computing tasks under the name of fictitious characters C1 to C3 to registered users (computing resource providers 501 to 503).

The fictitious characters C1 to C3 are defined as virtual processing units that execute computational tasks as virtual computational resource providers within the distributed processing mediation server 11, and are used by a plurality of registered users (computational resource providers 501 to 501). 503) are managed in association with fictitious characters C1 to C3, respectively, the computational tasks requested by the distributed computing client are executed on a character-by-character basis, and each registered user for that computational task Evaluate and manage the computational resource provision performance of each character.

In this embodiment, the content server 12 is a server that provides services such as providing online games and distributing electronic books, and is composed of, for example, a web server. The content server 12 is a server computer that transmits information such as HTML (HyperText Markup Language) files, image files, music files, etc. in document systems such as the WWW (World Wide Web), or software having such functions. Information such as HTML documents and images is accumulated, and this information is transmitted through the communication network 3 in response to requests from the resource providing terminals 5a to 5f.

In this embodiment, the content server 12 handles content related to fictitious characters C1 to C3. For example, online games in which specific characters C1 to C3 appear, and electronic books such as comics and novels are provided as electronic content. is doing. This content server 12 is linked with a distributed computing mediation service by the distributed processing mediation server 11 described above, and virtual processing units in the distributed processing mediation server 11 are associated with fictitious characters C1 to C3 in the content server 12, The setting levels of the characters C1 to C3 in the content are changed according to the computational resource provision performance of the computational resource providing terminals 5, 5 of the computational resource providers 501 to 503 belonging to each virtual processing unit.

For example, the content server 12 has a mechanism for generating e-books such as comics and novels. In this mechanism, depending on the character setting level, the development of the story is changed so that characters with higher setting levels are prioritized. Let In addition, for example, online games provide a type of game in which a character is trained, and depending on the character setting level, the character grows, the story of the role-playing game changes, and the characters change. , It has a mechanism such as being able to acquire special items related to the character.
For example, as shown in FIG. 8, each character is given an area (territory, planet, etc.) A1, A2 of a size corresponding to the set level of the character, and each character moves back and forth between the areas. Or you can communicate with each other by chatting between characters. In addition, enemies such as monsters appear in each of the areas A1 and A2, and by removing these enemies, items such as houses and pets that can be installed in the areas and accessories that can be worn, and points are given. In addition, the size of the area A1 increases according to the level of the character and the accumulated points, increasing the number of items that can be installed in the area. In this embodiment, each character has a wallet function that allows points to be sent and received between characters and users. It is also possible to place a point at an arbitrary location (on map coordinates) based on location information such as GPS.
Furthermore, in this embodiment, multi-story

The computational resource provider 50 participates in the distributed computing mediation service and can also use the content service provided by the content server 12. You can receive the above benefits and obtain value information such as points and virtual currency. As a result, when participating in volunteer computing that contributes to overcoming human problems, the evaluation of the character will be an achievement for the computing resource provider, which will be the participating node, and will be an encouragement to contribute to distributed computing. .

(Configuration of each device)
(1) Resource providing terminals 5a to 5f
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the provider terminal according to the embodiment; As shown in FIG. 3, the resource providing terminals 5a to 5f described above include a storage unit 51, a CPU 52 for processing arithmetic tasks, a memory 53 for temporarily storing information, and communication network 3. It has a communication interface 56 for communicating with an external device, an output interface 55 and an input interface 54 . In this embodiment, the storage 51, CPU 52, memory 53, communication interface 56, etc. are connected via a CPU bus, and data can be exchanged between them.

The storage 51 is a device for accumulating data in a recording medium and reading out the accumulated data in response to a request from each device. Can be configured.

The communication interface 56 is a communication interface for performing data communication, and has a function of performing contact (wired) communication using a cable, an adapter means, or the like, as well as wireless non-contact communication. The output interface 55 is a module that transmits video signals and audio signals to output video and audio from output devices such as displays and speakers. The input interface 54 is a module that receives an operation signal from an external operation device, and the received operation signal is transmitted to the CPU 52 so that the OS and each application can be operated.

The CPU 52 is a device that performs various arithmetic processes necessary for controlling each section, and virtually constructs various modules on the CPU 52 by executing various programs. In this embodiment, the CPU 52 executes a program for arithmetic task processing, thereby virtually constructing a functional module as the arithmetic task processing section 52a on the CPU 52. FIG. The term "functional module" refers to a functional unit configured by hardware such as a device or equipment, software having such functions, or a combination of these, for achieving a predetermined operation.

In this embodiment, the computational task processing unit 52a cooperates with the distributed processing execution unit 114 of the distributed processing mediation server 11 to compute the computational task distributed from the distributed processing execution unit 114, and sends the computation result to the distributed processing mediation server. It is a module that responds to the server 11 . Further, the arithmetic task processing unit 52a automatically communicates with the authentication unit 112 of the distributed processing mediation server 11, executes authentication processing, and when the authentication is successful, receives the arithmetic task and executes the arithmetic operation. is set.

(2) Distributed processing mediation server 11
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the mediation server according to this embodiment. Distributed processing mediation server 11 applies and registers as one of the computational resource providers in the name of a virtual computational resource provider, for example, a fictitious character, for distributed computing recruited by distributed computing client devices 4a to 4c. , is a server device that provides a distributed computing mediation service that further distributes computing tasks undertaken under the name of a fictitious character to registered users.

Specifically, the distributed processing mediation server 11 includes a communication interface 111 , an authentication unit 112 , a management unit 113 , a distributed processing execution unit 114 , and various databases 115 .

The management unit 113 is a module that manages computational resources and registered users, and manages the registered users or the resource providing terminals 5a to 5f specified by the authentication processing by the authentication unit 112 while referring to various databases 115. conduct. Specifically, the management unit 113 includes a computing resource management unit 113a and a virtual processing unit management unit 113b.

The virtual processing unit management unit 113b is a module that evaluates and manages the computational resource provision record of each computational resource provider for each virtual processing unit. The computing resource management unit 113a is a module that manages the resource providing terminals 5a to 5f (501 to 503) in association with virtual processing units (fictitious characters C1 to C3). It is a module that calculates the provision performance of the computational resource that has been achieved in the past with respect to the provision status of the computational resource, and stores it in the provision terminal information database 115c.

The user database 115b includes, for each terminal ID of the computational resource providing terminal 5, the owner name, contact information, charge transfer information, hardware/software characteristics of the resource to be provided, a condition group capable of providing the terminal with the characteristics, This is a storage device for appropriately registering information necessary for this system, such as the reliability of terminal information. The group of conditions that can be provided includes a plurality of time zones and a plurality of available unit prices in stages according to a certain index. Regarding this index, for example, the unit price may be determined according to the CPU usage rate, or the unit price may be determined for each time period.

In particular, in this embodiment, the unit price is a point related to the evaluation of the fictitious characters C1 to C3 in the content provided by the content server 12, and by accumulating the points, each registered user can use the linked favorite character. Your character's level will increase. In addition, it is possible to add conditions such as not accepting resource provision requests for specific clients and purposes of use. For example, it is possible to set conditions such as not providing computational resources for military purposes.

The provided terminal information database 115c is a storage device that stores information such as calculation execution time, CPU usage rate, memory usage amount, HDD usage amount, usage unit price, and the like. Further, the computing resource management unit 113a refers to the providing terminal information database 115c to calculate the reliability, and updates the reliability information of each piece of providing terminal information.

Various forms are conceivable as an index of reliability. For example, the period of time during which the terminal is connected to the communication network 3 as the operation rate of the terminal matches the information stored in the providing terminal information database 115c. A ratio, the amount of memory that can actually be used, the amount of HDD, the average failure recovery time, or the like may be used. The virtual processing unit management unit 113b updates the providing terminal information database 115c and the providing terminal information database 115c each time provision of a certain computational resource is completed.

The processing request acquisition unit 114a is a module that acquires, from the distributed computing client 4, a computational task, which is a computational resource usage request, under the name of a fictional character in order to associate it with the fictional character. The processing request acquiring unit 114 a processes the acquired computational task into a form that enables distributed processing in the processing request acquiring unit 114 a and assigns the resulting computational task to the resource providing terminal 5 . At this time, the distributed processing execution unit 114 registers the requested operation task in the requested resource information database 115a in relation to the acquired utilization request. In addition, the processing request acquisition unit 114a calculates necessary computing resources from the contents of the requested resource information database 115a, and updates the contents of the requested resource information database 115a.

This requested resource information database 115a is a record for each distributed computing utilization request, and is updated by the management unit 113 with the user's name, contact information, user's debit information, payment price, and the like. Further, the necessary resource information is updated by the available/required resource calculation unit. Also, the user name, purpose of use, etc. can be disclosed or not disclosed according to the customer's request.

The distributed processing execution unit 114 constantly refers to the requested resource information database, deducts the resource requests that have been accepted by the service center from the computational resources of the entire distributed computing system, and notifies the resource provision control unit 114b.

The distributed processing intermediary server 11 can reflect, for example, an increase in power charges, a network operation status, etc. in the evaluation of the resource providing terminal 5 . With such a configuration, the distributed computing system has different unit prices for computing resources depending on the time period of use, the purpose of use, and the customer. becomes possible.

A utilization request for computational resources accepted by such a configuration is sent from the processing request acquisition unit 114a to the resource provision control unit 114b. The resource provider terminal selection unit performs the same processing as that performed by the processing request acquisition unit 114a, analyzes the contents of the requested resource information database 115a and the provided terminal information database 115c, and selects a terminal that can use the computing resource. , resource providing terminals 5a to 5f, and transmits the result to the distributed processing execution unit 114. FIG.

The virtual processing unit management unit 113b monitors the contents of the provided terminal information database 115c, and if necessary, pays an incentive to the terminal owner who has provided the computational resource from the service center.

(3) Content server 12
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the server 12 according to this embodiment. The content server 12 is a server that distributes electronic content such as games and electronic books, and is configured by, for example, a web server. Specifically, as shown in the figure, the content server 12 is connected to the communication network 3 and has a communication interface 124 for transmitting and receiving data. The communication interface 124 includes a modulator/demodulator such as a modem that performs mutual conversion between digital data and voice signals when connecting to a telephone line, and a modem for interchanging line signals and LAN lines when connecting to an optical communication or ADSL line. It includes devices such as a signal converter such as a modem for conversion, a DSU and terminal adapter required for connecting to an ISDN line, and a wireless communication interface for communicating with a wireless base station.

A content control unit 123 is connected to the communication interface 124 . This content control unit 123 is a module that monitors the state of the content distribution service, acquires data (including status information of each user and each character) necessary for using the service, generates data, and transmits the data. be. Specifically, when each user specified by the authentication unit 122 uses the service, necessary data (for example, data for progressing and displaying an online game, received character information for chatting, web page browsing data, etc.) HTML data, etc. for the content service) is received, and the content control unit 123 executes processing for using the content service.

Specifically, the content control unit 123 includes a character management unit 123a, a game progression unit 123b, a story construction unit 123c, and a token management unit 123d. When activating a character, the character management unit 123a acquires character setting information, which is setting information necessary for displaying and operating the character, from the character information database 121b and the virtual processing unit management unit 113b, and performs processing according to the settings. Animate characters with levels, designs, abilities and access rights. In this character setting, you can develop a character, increase its experience value (a value indicating the level of ability, function, access authority, etc.), change the design according to the degree of growth, and give special items. and changes in the development of games and comics, etc., and is updated according to the evaluation of the character.

The story construction unit 123c is a module for automatically constructing an electronic book whose contents change according to the character setting level set by the character management unit 123a. Select and connect to compose a story. Specifically, as shown in Fig. 9, multiple patterns of fragmented stories (story parts) are created so that each character can play an active role with priority. It is a multi-story system in which the story progresses by branching and connecting. The selection of the next story part to be branched and connected may be a story in which a character with a high evaluation at that time has an advantage, or may be decided by voting using the points (tokens) owned by each user.

The token management unit 123d is a module that provides tokens, ie, value information such as points and virtual currency, to registered users associated with the character according to the character setting level set by the character management unit 123a. This token can be used virtually for purchasing items in the game, or has exchange value for actually purchasing e-books.

(Distributed computing mediation method)
The distributed computing mediation method of the present invention can be implemented by operating the distributed computing mediation system described above. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the distributed computing mediation system. Note that the processing procedure described below is merely an example, and each processing may be changed as much as possible. Further, in the processing procedures described below, steps can be omitted, replaced, or added as appropriate according to the embodiment.

First, the distributed processing mediation server 11 makes a participation application in the name of a character to the client 4 who is soliciting participation in distributed computing (S201). In response to this application, the client devices 4a to 4c accept participation in the character name and register as participants (S101).
Next, the requester 4 issues a processing request to the distributed processing mediation server 11, and the computational task is distributed (S102). The distributed processing mediation server 11 accepts this computational task under the name of each character (S202), and allocates the computational task to the resource providing terminal linked to the character (S203). The allocated computing tasks are transmitted and distributed to the selected resource providing terminals 5a to 5f (S204). The transmitted calculation task is received by each provider terminal (S301) and executed (S302).

When each of the resource providing terminals 5a to 5f completes the processing of the computational task, the computational result is temporarily transmitted to the distributed processing mediation server 11 (S303). The distributed processing intermediation server 11 receives the calculation result of the calculation task sent from each provider terminal, records the provider terminal information that executed the calculation task (S205), and then sends the requester devices 4a to 4c. side and received (S206, S207). After this transfer process, the evaluation of the character to which the provider terminal that executed the process belongs is updated according to the calculation task result (S207). Then, by updating the evaluation of this character, the status of the character changes, and the details of the content related to the character change.

(action/effect)
As described above, according to the present embodiment, for example, participating in a group (virtual processing unit) associated with a fictional character, participating in distributed computing on a group basis, and providing computing resources , will be evaluated in groups associated with the fictional character. This character is, for example, a multi-story character whose story progresses by selectively selecting the next story development at a branch point. becomes advantageous, becomes the center, increases the number of appearances, etc., and can change the subsequent story development.

Thus, according to the present invention, when participating in volunteer computing that contributes to overcoming problems faced by mankind, owners of computers that serve as participating nodes are encouraged by the fact that character evaluations remain as achievements. In addition, by providing achievements in a visible form of character evaluation, it is possible to give incentives to users who have not participated in volunteer computing until now to become participating nodes, increasing the number of participants. It also leads to

As a result, according to the present invention, the owner of a computer participating in distributed computing can be given an incentive to become a participating node by leaving a tangible track record. It can contribute to popularization.

The system and method according to the present embodiment described above can be realized by executing the program of the present invention written in a predetermined language on a computer. That is, the distributed computing intermediary program of the present invention is installed in an IC chip or memory device of a general-purpose computer such as a mobile terminal device, a smart phone, a wearable terminal, a mobile PC or other information processing terminal, a personal computer or a server computer, and on the CPU , a system having the functions described above can be constructed to implement the method according to the present invention.

In addition, such a distributed computing mediation program can be distributed, for example, through a communication line, and can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium to operate on a standalone computer as a package application. can be transferred as Specifically, the recording medium can be a magnetic recording medium such as a flexible disk or a cassette tape, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM, or various recording media such as a RAM card. Then, according to the computer-readable recording medium recording this program, it is possible to easily implement the above-described system and method using a general-purpose computer or a dedicated computer, and save, transport, and Easy to install.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying constituent elements without departing from the gist of the present invention at the implementation stage. Also, various inventions can be formed by appropriate combinations of the plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some components may be omitted from all components shown in the embodiments.

1 Computational resource providing terminal 3 Communication network 4 Distributed computing client 4a to 4c Client device 5a to 5f Resource providing terminal 51 Storage 52 CPU
52a... Arithmetic task processing unit 53... Memory 54... Input interface 55... Output interface 56... Communication interface 111... Communication interface 112... Authentication unit 113... Management unit 113a... Computation resource management unit 113b... Virtual processing unit management unit 114... Distributed processing Execution unit 114a Processing request acquisition unit 114b Resource provision control unit 115a Requested resource information database 115b User database 115c Provided terminal information database 121a User database 121b Character information database 121c Token database 122 Authentication unit 123 Contents Control unit 123a Character management unit 123b Game progression unit 123c Story construction unit 123d Token management unit 124 Communication interface

Claims (4)

A distributed computing intermediary system for providing distributed computing services over a communications network, comprising:
a provider terminal that provides computational resources;
a distributed processing execution unit that is connected to the provider terminal via a communication network, allocates an arithmetic task requested by a distributed computing client to the provider terminal , and controls execution of the arithmetic task;
a computational resource management unit that manages the computational resource in association with a virtual processing unit that is a virtual computational resource provider;
a processing request acquisition unit that acquires an operation task from a distributed computing service client in association with the virtual processing unit;
a virtual processing unit management unit that evaluates and manages the performance of computing resources provided by each computing resource provider for each virtual processing unit ;
a character management unit that associates the virtual processing unit with a fictitious character, and changes the set level of the character according to the actual performance of provision of computational resources for each virtual processing unit by the virtual processing unit management unit;
A distributed computing mediation system comprising: further comprising a story building unit that builds a multi-story in which the story about each of the characters is branched and connected, and the story progresses by selectively selecting the next story development at the branch point;
2. The distributed computing intermediation system according to claim 1, wherein said story construction unit executes selection at said branch point according to the character setting level by said character management unit. A distributed computing brokering method for providing distributed computing services over a communication network, comprising:
a virtual processing unit management step in which the computational resource management unit associates and manages a virtual processing unit, which is a virtual computational resource provider, with the computational resource;
a processing request acquisition step in which a processing request acquisition unit acquires an operation task from a distributed computing service client in association with the virtual processing unit;
A distributed processing execution unit connected to a provider terminal that provides computational resources via a communication network allocates a computational task requested by a distributed computing requester to the provider terminal, and controls execution of the computational task. a distributed computing execution step;
a virtual processing unit evaluation step in which a virtual processing unit management unit manages the actual performance of the computational resource provision of each computational resource provider for each virtual processing unit ;
The virtual processing unit is associated with a fictitious character, and the character management unit changes the set level of the character according to the performance of the computational resource provision of each virtual processing unit by the virtual processing unit management unit.
A distributed computing mediation method, comprising: A distributed computing intermediary program for providing distributed computing services over a communication network, wherein a server device connected to the communication network comprises:
a distributed processing execution unit that is connected to a provider terminal that provides computational resources via a communication network, allocates an arithmetic task requested by a distributed computing client to the provider terminal , and controls the execution of the arithmetic task;
a computational resource management unit that manages the computational resource in association with a virtual processing unit that is a virtual computational resource provider;
a processing request acquisition unit that acquires an operation task from a distributed computing service client in association with the virtual processing unit;
a virtual processing unit management unit that manages the performance of computing resources provided by each computing resource provider for each virtual processing unit ;
The virtual processing unit is associated with a fictitious character, and the character management unit changes the setting level of the character in accordance with the performance of provision of computing resources for each virtual processing unit by the virtual processing unit management unit.
Distributed computing intermediary program characterized by functioning as a

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