Adaptive communication system
US5802396A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 3, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of operating an agent is comprised of receiving a message (goal) from another agent and performing a sequence of actions required by the goal, each action of the sequence of actions containing at least one instruction, each instruction containing an index number (PC), an action pointing to another action in a thread of actions, informing a subsequent action of a previous instruction including designating the PC of the previous instruction whereby a subsequent action is informed of an instructing PC, and returning an action completion acknowledgment message to a preceding action containing an instruction designated by the instructing PC, whereby the action containing the instructing PC can point to various different PCs to carry out different actions upon receipt of various acknowledgment messages.
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