System and method for managing distributed computer processes

A method for processing electronic evidence, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving a set of configured expressions representative of a plurality of computer implemented functions that are configured to perform one or more specified tasks on a distributed network of computers, wherein the customized tasks are configured to process electronic evidence data;
• generating a mobile agent having code configured in accordance to the set of configured expressions;
• communicating the mobile agent to at least one resource computer for execution of the code stored in the mobile agent;
• and
• executing one or more tasks defined in the code to process electronic evidence data.

A data management system having improved configuration capabilities, the system comprising:

• a first computing device having an agent factory, wherein the first computing device is communicatively connected to a network;
• and
• at least one remote computer, wherein the remote computer is communicatively connected to the network, and wherein the first computing device and at least one remote computer comprise program code for:
• receiving a set of configured expressions representative of a plurality of computer implemented functions for applying a unified record management policy to at least one remote computer;
• generating a mobile agent having executable code configured in accordance to the set of configured expressions;
• communicating the mobile agent to at least one remote computer for execution of the code, wherein the execution of the code implements the unified record management policy on at least one remote computer.

A data management system having improved configuration capabilities, the system comprising:

• a first computing device having an agent factory application, wherein the first computing device is communicatively connected to a network;
• and
• at least one remote computer, wherein the remote computer is communicatively connected to the network, and wherein the first computing device and at least one remote computer comprise program code for:
• receiving a set of configured expressions representative of a plurality of computer implemented functions that are configured to perform one or more specified tasks on at least one remote computer, wherein the customized tasks are configured to process electronic evidence data;
• generating a mobile agent having code configured in accordance to the set of configured expressions;
• communicating the mobile agent to at least one remote computer for execution of the code stored in the mobile agent;
• and
• executing one or more tasks defined in the code to process electronic evidence data.

A method for managing a number of distributed processes, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving at least one mobile agent having program code defining a process, wherein the program code defines execution requirements for a resource to execute the program code;
• receiving a signal from at least one computing device indicating that one computing device contains an available computing resource;
• determining if the available computing resource matches the requirements of program code stored in at least one mobile agent;
• and
• if the available computing resource matches the requirements of program code stored in at least one mobile agent, transmitting the mobile agent having the matching requirements to the computing device containing the available computing resource for execution.

A system comprising at least one server having executable code for performing the steps of:

• receiving at least one mobile agent having program code defining a process, wherein the program code defines execution requirements for a resource to execute the program code;
• receiving an indication from at least one computing device that the computing device contains an available computing resource;
• determining if the available computing resource matches the execution requirements a mobile agent;
• and
• if the available computing resource matches the execution requirements a particular mobile agent, transmitting the particular mobile agent to the computing device containing the available computing resource for execution.