Policy Governed Software Agent System & Method of Operation
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1. A software agent control system, comprising:
- a. a host computing device, the actions of which arc governed by a governing authority;
b. an agent operating system running on said host computing device, said agent operating system including a set of governing policies established by said governing authority for said host computing device;
c. a software agent approved by an external authority, said software agent embodied by software code running on said host computing device; and
d. wherein said agent operating code restricts an action said software agent attempts to take on the basis of said set of policies in said agent operating system.
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Abstract
A system and method for deploying software agents in a policy-governed environment. The use of over-arching policies to control the actions and interactions of the software agents preserves desirable agent autonomy without allowing unwanted and potentially unpredictable (or at least difficult-to-predict) agent behavior. The system allows the agents to be deployed in a high-assurance environment.
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1. A software agent control system, comprising:
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a. a host computing device, the actions of which arc governed by a governing authority; b. an agent operating system running on said host computing device, said agent operating system including a set of governing policies established by said governing authority for said host computing device; c. a software agent approved by an external authority, said software agent embodied by software code running on said host computing device; and d. wherein said agent operating code restricts an action said software agent attempts to take on the basis of said set of policies in said agent operating system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A software agent control system, comprising:
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a. a host computing device; b. an agent operating system running on said host computing device, said agent operating system including a set of governing policies established by a governing authority for said agent operating system; c. a software agent approved by an external authority, said software agent embodied by software code running on said host computing device; and d. wherein said agent operating code restricts an action said software agent attempts to take on the basis of said set of policies in said agent operating system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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