METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GATHERING INFORMATION AND STATISTICS FROM A COMMUNITY OF NODES IN A NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method for gathering information and statistics from a community of agent nodes in a network, comprising:
- generating a process request, including;
a rule for discovering each of the agent nodes in the community;
a rule for accessing local information stored on each of the agent nodes, the local information representing at least activities conducted by end users at each of the agent nodes; and
a set of rules operable for;
classifying data comprising the local information at each of the agent nodes; and
developing a cumulative profile resulting from the classifying, the cumulative profile including generic information that is descriptive of collective activities conducted by the end users and is absent information that personally identifies any of the end users; and
transmitting the process request to a first agent node in the community.
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for gathering information and statistics from a community of agent nodes in a network is provided. The method includes generating a process request. The process request includes a rule for discovering each of the agent nodes in the community and a rule for accessing local information stored on each of the agent nodes. The local information represents activities conducted by end users at each of the agent nodes. The process request also includes a set of rules for classifying data comprising the local information and developing a cumulative profile resulting from the classifying. The cumulative profile includes generic information that is descriptive of collective activities conducted by the end users and is absent information that personally identifies any of the end users.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for gathering information and statistics from a community of agent nodes in a network, comprising:
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generating a process request, including; a rule for discovering each of the agent nodes in the community; a rule for accessing local information stored on each of the agent nodes, the local information representing at least activities conducted by end users at each of the agent nodes; and a set of rules operable for; classifying data comprising the local information at each of the agent nodes; and developing a cumulative profile resulting from the classifying, the cumulative profile including generic information that is descriptive of collective activities conducted by the end users and is absent information that personally identifies any of the end users; and transmitting the process request to a first agent node in the community. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for gathering information and statistics from a community of agent nodes in a network, comprising:
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a computer processing device; and a process request application executing on the computer processing device, the process request application implementing a method, comprising; generating a process request, including; a rule for discovering each of the agent nodes in the community; a rule for accessing local information stored on each of the agent nodes, the local information representing at least activities conducted by end users at each of the agent nodes; and a set of rules operable for; classifying data comprising the local information at each of the agent nodes; and developing a cumulative profile resulting from the classifying, the cumulative profile including generic information that is descriptive of collective activities conducted by the end users and is absent information that personally identifies any of the end users; and transmitting the process request to a first agent node in the community. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product for gathering information and statistics from a community of agent nodes in a network, the computer program product including instructions for implementing a method, comprising:
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generating a process request, including; a rule for discovering each of the agent nodes in the community; a rule for accessing local information stored on each of the agent nodes, the local information representing at least activities conducted by end users at each of the agent nodes; and a set of rules operable for; classifying data comprising the local information at each of the agent nodes; and developing a cumulative profile resulting from the classifying, the cumulative profile including generic information that is descriptive of collective activities conducted by the end users and is absent information that personally identifies any of the end users; and transmitting the process request to a first agent node in the community. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of delivering a services offering for gathering information and statistics from a community of agent nodes in a network, comprising:
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generating a process request, including; a rule for discovering each of the agent nodes in the community; a rule for accessing local information stored on each of the agent nodes, the local information representing at least activities conducted by end users at each of the agent nodes; and a set of rules operable for; classifying data comprising the local information at each of the agent nodes; and developing a cumulative profile resulting from the classifying, the cumulative profile including generic information that is descriptive of collective activities conducted by the end users and is absent information that personally identifies any of the end users; and transmitting the process request to a first agent node in the community. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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