Distributed computing system for intensive video processing

A system comprising:

• a camera configured to record a video footage;
• a requesting node communicatively coupled to the camera and configured to receive the video footage for processing;
• a set of external processing nodes communicatively coupled to the requesting node;
• and
• a load distribution server communicatively coupled to the requesting node and the set of external processing nodes and comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
• send an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) message to each external processing node of the set of external processing nodes;
• identify one or more external processing nodes from the set of external processing nodes as responding nodes based on a receipt of response to a corresponding ICMP message thereto;
• select an external processing node from the identified responding nodes as a most suitable external processing node having capability to fulfill a video processing request submitted by the requesting node;
• send a transmission package from the requesting node to the selected external processing node for processing thereof;
• and
• receive a binary response from the selected external processing node.

A non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store a program causing a computer to distribute load in a network of processing nodes, wherein the network includes a requesting node, and a set of external processing nodes, said program configured to:

• send an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) message to each external processing node of the set of external processing nodes;
• identify one or more external processing nodes from the set of external processing nodes as responding nodes based on a receipt of response to a corresponding ICMP message thereto;
• select an external processing node from the identified responding nodes as a most suitable external processing node having capability to fulfill a video processing request submitted by the requesting node;
• send a transmission package from the requesting node to the selected external processing node for processing thereof;
• and
• receive a binary response from the selected external processing node.