Architecture for intelligent agents and distributed platform therefor
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1. An architecture for an intelligent agent comprising:
- a messaging facility for handling incoming and outgoing messages;
an expert system for evaluating rules and maintaining known facts;
a sensory facility for sensing conditions external to said intelligent agent; and
a means for communication between said messaging facility, said expert system and said sensory facility.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an architecture for an intelligent agent and for a distributed platform for supporting many of such agents. Also described are scenarios wherein intelligent agents may be used.
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1. An architecture for an intelligent agent comprising:
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a messaging facility for handling incoming and outgoing messages;
an expert system for evaluating rules and maintaining known facts;
a sensory facility for sensing conditions external to said intelligent agent; and
a means for communication between said messaging facility, said expert system and said sensory facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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25. A society of intelligent agents comprising:
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one or more agent hosts for executing agents;
a facilitator for enabling entities external to said society to communicate with and discover information regarding entities within said society; and
a database containing information regarding all agents running in said society.
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41. A society of intelligent agents comprising:
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one or more agent hosts for executing agents;
a facilitator for enabling entities external to said society to communicate with and discover information regarding entities within said society; and
a database containing information regarding all agents running in said society;
wherein said intelligent agents comprise;
a messaging facility for handling incoming and outgoing messages;
an expert system for evaluating rules and maintaining known facts;
a sensory facility for sensing conditions external to said intelligent agent; and
a means for communication between said messaging facility, said expert system and said sensory facility. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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