Method and system for information exchange and processing

A distributed system for processing and transferring documents of any protocol between nodes of the system, the system comprising:

• a plurality of nodes, each node coupled to a network;
• each node having an apparatus comprising:
• a computer processor;
• at least one of an encoding module and a decoding module corresponding to a schema of a document, each of the encoding and decoding modules having a unique identifier corresponding to the schema and a process associated with the schema, the encoding module being configured to encode the document including embedding the unique identifier into the document for processing via the apparatus, the decoding module being configured to decode an encoded document of the associated schema including restoring the document to the original form thereof;
• a main process module for parallel processing of a plurality of transfer and/or processing modules for processing documents received by the apparatus;
• and
• the system is scalable for transferring and processing documents of any protocol between the nodes of the system.

A method of transferring a document of any protocol between nodes of a distributed system, the method comprising:

• determining a schema of a document to be transferred from a source node to a destination node of a distributed system;
• encoding the document at the source node using an encoding module corresponding to the schema of the document, the encoding including embedding a unique identifier assigned to the schema in the encoded document, the unique identifier corresponding to the schema of the document and any process associated therewith;
• transferring the document to at least one destination node of the system;
• and
• decoding the document at the destination node using a decoding module corresponding to the schema of the document, the decoding including restoring the document to its original form for processing at the destination node.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method, the method comprising:

• determining a schema of a document to be transferred from a source node to a destination node of a distributed system;
• encoding the document at the source node using an encoding module corresponding to the schema of the document, the encoding including embedding a unique identifier assigned to the schema in the encoded document, the unique identifier corresponding to the schema of the document and any process associated therewith;
• transferring the document to at least one destination node of the system;
• and
• decoding the document at the destination node using a decoding module corresponding to the schema of the document, the decoding including restoring the document to its original form for processing at the destination node.