System and method for performing event inquiries in a network

A system for monitoring a network comprising a collection of machines, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations including:
• dispatching an instruction packet to a respective machine in the network through a linear communication orbit formed by the collection of machines, wherein the instruction packet propagates from machine to machine along the linear communication orbit until reaching the respective machine, and wherein the instruction packet includes an instruction for establishing a direct duplex connection between the respective machine and the respective server by initiating an outbound connection request from the respective machine to the respective server;
• after dispatching the instruction packet to the respective machine through the linear communication orbit, receiving, from the respective machine, a request for establishing the direct duplex connection between the respective machine and the respective server;
• in response to receiving the request from the respective machine, establishing the direct duplex connection between the respective machine and the respective server;
• and
• after establishing the direct duplex connection, issuing instructions to the respective machine to upload local data from the respective machine to the respective server through the direct duplex connection between the respective machine and the respective server.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:

• dispatching an instruction packet to a respective machine in a network comprising a collection of machines through a linear communication orbit formed by the collection of machines, wherein the instruction packet propagates from machine to machine along the linear communication orbit until reaching the respective machine, and wherein the instruction packet includes an instruction for establishing a direct duplex connection between the respective machine and the respective server by initiating an outbound connection request from the respective machine to the respective server;
• after dispatching the instruction packet to the respective machine through the linear communication orbit, receiving, from the respective machine, a request for establishing the direct duplex connection between the respective machine and the respective server;
• and
• in response to receiving the request from the respective machine, establishing the direct duplex connection between the respective machine and the respective server;
• and
• after establishing the direct duplex connection, issuing instructions to the respective machine to upload local data from the respective machine to the respective server through the direct duplex connection between the respective machine and the respective server.