When amounts of processing of processes to be distributed are known, a scheduler in a client allots the processes in order of their respective amounts of processing to computers in ascending order respective of cumulative amounts of processing of the computer. The cumulative amount of processing in each...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US5522070?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5522070 - Computer resource distributing method and system for distributing a multiplicity of processes to a plurality of computers connected in a network
