Communications network incorporating agent oriented computing environment
January 13, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesNetwork management agent with user created objects providing additional functionality System and method for distributed computation based upon the movement, execution, and interaction of processes in a network Method and aparatus for providing agent capability independent from a network node System and method for performing flexible workflow process compensation in a distributed workflow management system Apparatus and method for sharing data and routing messages between a plurality of workstations in a local area network Document management system integrating an environment for executing an agent and having means for changing an agent into an object Process for managing the naming of objects, process for mapping an object name to a CORBA object reference, program module, computer unit, and computer system Patent #: 5983233 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 006380 filed on 01/13/1998US Classes:709/202, Processing agent707/10, Distributed or remote access709/201, DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING709/223, COMPUTER NETWORK MANAGING709/250NETWORK-TO-COMPUTER INTERFACINGExaminersPrimary: Maung, ZarniAssistant: Barot, Bharat Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG06F 015/16Foreign Application Priority Data1997-12-10 GBAbstractAn agent oriented computing environment is disclosed comprising an "agent shell" means which can be used by developers for constructing agent computing entities according to their own functionality requirements; an agent enabling layer, providing basic communication, brokering, and negotiation facilities between agent computing entities; and an underlying transport mechanism based on a prior art CORBA platform. Agents communicate with each other using an agent communication language enabling them to interact to domain specific problems. Agents can pass information to each other in ACL messages describing their own vocabularies concerning logic (ontologies). Various services for locating and connecting agents are provided in the agent oriented environment, such as a broker service for locating and finding agents. A collection of agents may communicate with each other where the agents remain static, maintaining their physical locations on their corresponding host physical resource devices, or alternatively agents may be transported across a plurality of physical resources, through the CORBA platform. The environment supports encapsulation of legacy objects, databases, standard and proprietary protocols and interfaces.Other References
Field of SearchNETWORK COMPUTER CONFIGURINGReconfiguring COMPUTER NETWORK MANAGING Computer network monitoring Computer network access regulating Network resource allocating MULTIPLE NETWORK INTERCONNECTING NETWORK-TO-COMPUTER INTERFACING RING COMPUTER NETWORKING STAR OR TREE COMPUTER NETWORKING Query processing (i.e., searching) Query formulation, input preparation, or translation Distributed or remote access | |
