METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A SCORE RELATING TO A FIRST AGENT MODULE

• US 20200137152A1
• Filed: 07/14/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: VULGARAKIS FELJAN, Aneta, FU, Chunyan, RAIZER, Klaus, BADRINATH, Ramamurthy
• Granted Patent: US 11,172,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1044 Group management mechanisms management of multicast group membership H04L12/185; reconfiguring of node membership in a computing system to eliminate errors G06F11/1425
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1057 involving pre-assessment of levels of reputation of peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/37 Managing security policies for mobile devices or for controlling mobile applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/55 involving three or more devices, e.g. group pairing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/66 Trust-dependent, e.g. using trust scores or trust relationships
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A method and a communication device for determining a score relating to a first agent module are described. The communication device receives information relating to at least one request, performed by another agent module separate from the first agent module, for consumption of a capability of the first agent module. The information relating to the at least one request includes information about the capability of the first agent module, information about an intention of the first agent module, and information about a policy for the capability. The communication device calculates the score in relation to the first agent module based on the information relating to the at least one request, wherein the score further is specified with respect to the capability.

Claims

1. A method in a communication device for determining a score relating to a first agent module, wherein the first agent module is included in an agent community managed by an agent community module, wherein the method comprises:

receiving information relating to at least one request, performed by another agent module separate from the first agent module, for consumption of a capability of the first agent module, wherein the another agent module is included in the agent community, wherein the information relating to the at least one request includes;

information about the capability of the first agent module,

information about an intention of the first agent module, wherein the intention specifies a set of actions that consumes the capability in order to fulfil the request, and

information about a policy for the capability, wherein the policy restricts, in terms of one or more of time, space, speed, and hardware used by the first agent module, consumption of the capability when the first agent module acts according to its intention in order to fulfil the at least one request, and

calculating the score in relation to the first agent module based on the information relating to the at least one request, wherein the score further is specified with respect to the capability.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

publishing information about a capability of the another agent module, information about an intention of the another agent module, information about a policy for the capability of the another agent module, and a time stamp relating to the publishing of the information in relation to the another agent module.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

sending, to the agent community module, a request for a set of agent modules having a particular capability,

receiving, from the agent community module, the set of agent modules, and

selecting, from among the set of agent modules, a particular agent module for interaction with the second agent module, wherein the particular agent module is selected based on a respective score for each of the agent modules of the set of agent modules.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the capability comprises one or more of a service, a resource, and an action performable by the first agent module.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, from a set of communication devices, a score request that requests the score; and

providing the score to the set of communication devices in response to the score request.

2. The method according to claim 2, wherein the communication device comprises a second agent module, wherein the method further comprises:

publishing information about a capability of the second agent module, information about an intention of the second agent module, information about a policy for the capability of the second agent module, and a time stamp relating to the publishing.

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8. A communication device configured for determining a score relating to a first agent module, wherein the first agent module is included in an agent community managed by an agent community module, wherein the communication device is configured for:

receiving information relating to at least one request, performed by another agent module separate from the first agent module, for consumption of a capability of the first agent module, wherein the another agent module is included in the agent community, wherein the information relating to the at least one request includes;

information about the capability of the first agent module,

information about an intention of the first agent module, wherein the intention specifies a set of actions that consumes the capability in order to fulfil the request, and

information about a policy for the capability, wherein the policy restricts, in terms of one or more of time, space, speed and hardware used by the first agent module, consumption of the capability when the first agent module acts according to its intention in order to fulfil the at least one request, and

calculating the score in relation to the first agent module based on the information relating to the at least one request, wherein the score further is specified with respect to the capability.

9. The communication device according to claim 8, wherein the communication device is further configured for publishing information about a capability of the second agent module, information about an intention of the second agent module, information about a policy applied to the intention of the second agent module, a time stamp relating to the publishing.

10. The communication device according to claim 8 wherein the communication device is further configured for publishing information about a capability of the another agent module, information about an intention of the another agent module, information about a policy applied to the intention of the another agent module, a time stamp relating to the publishing of the information in relation to the another agent module.

11. The communication device according to claim 8, wherein the communication device is further configured for sending, to the agent community module, a request for a set of agent modules having a particular capability, receiving, from the agent community module, the set of agent modules, and selecting, from among the set of agent modules, a particular agent module for interaction with the second agent module, wherein the particular agent module is selected based on a respective score for each of the agent modules of the set of agent modules.

12. The communication device according to claim 8, wherein the capability comprises one or more of a service, a resource, and an action performable by the first agent module.

19. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the communication device is further configured for:

receiving, from a set of communication devices, a score request that requests the score; and

providing the score to the set of communication devices in response to the score request.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a processor of a communication device, will cause the processor to perform operations for determining a score relating to a first agent module, wherein the first agent module is included in an agent community managed by an agent community module, wherein the operations comprise:

receiving information relating to at least one request, performed by another agent module separate from the first agent module, for consumption of a capability of the first agent module, wherein the another agent module is included in the agent community, wherein the information relating to the at least one request includes;

information about the capability of the first agent module,

information about an intention of the first agent module, wherein the intention specifies a set of actions that consumes the capability in order to fulfil the request, and

information about a policy for the capability, wherein the policy restricts, in terms of one or more of time, space, speed, and hardware used by the first agent module, consumption of the capability when the first agent module acts according to its intention in order to fulfil the at least one request; and

calculating the score in relation to the first agent module based on the information relating to the at least one request, wherein the score further is specified with respect to the capability.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the communication device comprises a second agent module, wherein the operations further comprise:

publishing information about a capability of the second agent module, information about an intention of the second agent module, information about a policy for the capability of the second agent module, and a time stamp relating to the publishing.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

publishing information about a capability of the another agent module, information about an intention of the another agent module, information about a policy for the capability of the another agent module, and a time stamp relating to the publishing of the information in relation to the another agent module.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

sending, to the agent community module, a request for a set of agent modules having a particular capability;

receiving, from the agent community module, the set of agent modules; and

selecting, from among the set of agent modules, a particular agent module for interaction with the second agent module, wherein the particular agent module is selected based on a respective score for each of the agent modules of the set of agent modules.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the capability comprises one or more of a service, a resource, and an action performable by the first agent module.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from a set of communication devices, a score request that requests the score; and

providing the score to the set of communication devices in response to the score request.