Method and system for an electronic agent traveling based on a profile

• US 20060190524A1
• Filed: 02/22/2005
• Published: 08/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Erik Bethke, Nathaniel Simpson, Raymond F. Ratcliff
• Original Assignee: Erik Bethke, Nathaniel Simpson, Raymond F. Ratcliff
• Inventors: Simpson, Nathaniel, Ratcliff, Raymond F. III, Bethke, Erik
• Application Number:
  US11/063,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20060190524A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A method and system is described for an electronic agent to automatically travel from an origination computer to a destination computer. The method comprises the monitoring of requests for travel, generating a list of possible destinations, determining the final destination, prioritizing the importance of the travel, and then finally inserting that traveling action into the stack. A system is further disclosed and claimed for enabling the above methodology over a data network.

Claims

1. A method for an electronic agent to travel across an electronic network from a source client system to a destination client system, said method comprising the steps of:

creating said electronic agent by the electronic agent owner;

displaying said electronic agent on said source client system, where said source client system is connected to said electronic network;

determining the destination client system for said electronic agent to travel, where said destination client system is connected to said electronic network; and

displaying said electronic agent on said destination client system.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said electronic agent is a virtual pet.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said electronic agent is a cartoon character.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said electronic network is the internet.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

hiding said electronic agent from said source client system.

6. A method for an electronic agent to determine the next destination of travel, said method comprising the steps of:

creating a profile for the owner of said electronic agent;

creating said electronic agent by said owner;

determining a new destination;

inserting said new destination into a prioritized queue of future destinations; and

determining said next destination by selecting the highest priority destination from said prioritized queue of future destinations.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the step of determining a new destination is based on said profile.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the step of determining a new destination is based on a request by said owner.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the step of determining a new destination is based on a request by another owner of another electronic agent.

10. The method of claim 6 wherein the step of determining a new destination further comprises the substep of determining the priority for said new destination.

11. The method of claim 6 wherein the step of determining a new destination further comprises the stubsteps of:

generating a list of possible destinations for said electronic agent; and

selecting said new destination from said list of possible destinations.

12. The method of claim 6 wherein said electronic agent is a virtual pet.

13. The method of claim 6 wherein said electronic agent is a cartoon characters.

14. The method of claim 6 wherein said electronic agent is a photo-realistic representation of said owner.

15. The method of claim 6 wherein said electronic agent has an electronic agent profile.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the step of determining a new destination is based on said electronic agent profile.

17. A system for traveling by an electronic agent comprising:

a source client terminal to display said electronic agent before said electronic agent has traveled;

a destination client terminal to display said electronic agent after said electronic agent has traveled;

a server, containing a storage medium capable of storing the profile of said electronic agent and a destination queue, said server responsible for processing said electronic agent'"'"'s next destination based on said profile of said electronic agent; and

a data network connecting said server, said source client terminal and said destination client terminal

18. The method of claim 17 wherein said destination client terminal and said source client terminal are desktop computers.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein said data network is the internet.

20. The method of claim 17 wherein said electronic agent is a virtual pet.