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Managing system and managing method of mobile agent

US6539416B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 1998
Grant dateMar 25, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/329
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a managing system of a mobile agent system, the mobile agent system comprises a plurality of agent systems for generating an agent, executing the agent and performing a movement processing of the agent, at least one agent holding server having an agent holding table, and a network connected thereto, and each of the plurality of agent systems has agent managing section to transfer the agent to the agent holding table of the agent holding server when the mobile agent system does not accept the agent in a case the agent is moved from the agent system under execution to the mobile agent system, and the agent holding server has server managing section to hold the agent in the agent managing table, and to move the agent when the mobile agent system can become accepting it.

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