System and method for secure distributed processing across networks of heterogeneous processing nodes

A method for distributed processing, the method comprising:

• receiving, via a network interface, at a selected member device of a plurality of available member devices, a thread from a command center;
• receiving from the command center, via the network interface, a control parameter for the thread;
• and
• processing the thread based on the control parameter in a secure processing environment of the selected member device, wherein the secure processing environment comprises a virtual machine layer that operates to separate processing resources of the selected member device from processing resources of at least one other of the plurality of available member devices.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program code, which when executed by a processor, causes a command center to:

• receive a job bundle at the command center, the command center comprising the processor, a network interface, and a memory;
• determine a value of a dimension of the job bundle;
• determine, based at least in part on a predetermined rule applied to the determined value of the dimension of the job bundle, an aggregate processing cost for the job bundle;
• identify a plurality of available member devices communicatively connected to the command center via the network interface;
• split the job bundle into one or more threads based on at least one of the determined value of the dimension, the aggregate processing cost, or the available member devices;
• apportion a thread of the one or more threads to a selected member device of the one or more available member devices;
• and
• transmit, via the network interface, the apportioned thread to a secure processing environment of the selected member device, wherein the secure processing environment comprises a virtual machine layer that operates to separate processing resources of the selected member device from processing resources of at least one other of the plurality of available member devices.

A command center comprising:

• a processor;
• a network interface;
• and
• a memory containing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the command center to:
• receive a job bundle,
• determine a value of a dimension of the job bundle,
• determine, based at least in part on a predetermined rule applied to the determined value of the dimension of the job bundle, an aggregate processing cost for the job bundle,
• identify a plurality of available member devices communicatively connected to the command center via the network interface,
• split the job bundle into one or more threads based on at least one of the determined value of the dimension, the aggregate processing cost, or the available member devices,
• apportion a thread of the one or more threads to a selected member device of the one or more available member devices, and
• transmit, via the network interface, the apportioned thread to a secure processing environment of the selected member device, wherein the secure processing environment comprises a virtual machine layer that operates to separate processing resources of the selected member device from processing resources of at least one other of the plurality of available member devices.

A member device, comprising:

• a network interface;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory containing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the member device to:
• receive, via the network interface, a thread from a command center,
• receive from the command center, via the network interface, a control parameter for the thread, and
• process the thread based on the control parameter in a secure processing environment of the member device, wherein the secure processing environment comprises a virtual machine layer that operates to separate processing resources of the selected member device from processing resources of at least one other of the plurality of available member devices.