A system and method for determining processing capabilities of devices in an electronic network comprises a host device that creates and locally registers one or more processor FCMs that include self-describing data from corresponding remote hosted devices in the electronic network. A device application...http://www.google.com/patents/US6314447?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6314447 - System uses local registry and load balancing procedure for identifying processing capabilities of a remote device to perform a processing task