US Patent 11080031 Message-based coordination of container-supported many task computing

An apparatus includes processor(s) to: receive a request to perform a job flow; retrieve a job flow definition from federated area(s); store, within a job queue, a job performance request message comprising the job flow definition; within a first performance container, execute a performance routine causing the processor(s) to, in response to the storage of the job performance request message within the job queue, derive an order of performance of tasks specifying a first task based on dependencies among the tasks, and store, within a task queue, a first task routine execution request message comprising an identifier associated with the first task; and within a first task container, in response to the storage of the first task routine execution request message within the task queue, use the identifier to retrieve a first task routine from the federated area(s), and execute the first task routine to perform the first task.