Apparatus and method for executing agent
US9088537B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 7, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/5175
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods for selecting an initial agent for an agent transaction context (ATC) are presented, the ATC configured to process a transaction utilizing a number of active agents in a multiagent system using a computing device including: causing the computing device to determine whether an agent having a top priority message is present, where the agent is one of the number of active agents in the multiagent system; if the agent having the top priority message is present, causing the computing device to determine whether the agent having the top priority message is processing; and if the agent having the top priority message is not processing, causing the computing device to select the agent having the top priority message as the initial agent for the ATC.
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