Method and apparatus for routing service request/agent programs to service provided sites wherein said programs comprise of a list of the sites visited
US6385175B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/604
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a communications network comprising a plurality of network sites. Such a network may include the Internet. Agent programs are switched through the communications network by reference to site addresses included in a site visit address list carried by each agent program. The network has a number of network sites which are service provider sites. Each service provider site includes an address registry and data processing means programmed to collect site address information in the address registry from visiting agent programs. The data processing means is further programmed to insert site address information from the registry into the visit address list of succeeding agent programs which visit the site. By this means a distributed registry may be built up at the service provider sites of addresses which offer the same service or same category of service to visiting agent programs.
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