Sub-agent for fulfilling requests of a web browser using an intelligent agent and providing a report
First Claim
1. A sub-agent service agent for fulfilling requests of a web browser client coupled to a network;
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a command file agent tangibly embodying a program set of instructions for use during execution of a command file which is executable by a supporting machine environment for performing method steps required by a request initiated at a web browser client and fulfilling the request by providing a result, said method steps comprising;
receiving at said command file agent, a submit command from a control program agent in preparation for a report and variables associated with a report to pass to the command file as a command file variable for use in naming a report which will be created by the command file, which as a result the command file will create a report file with a unique file name during execution of said command file agent,processing by said command file agent, a series of linked objects according to a specified flow sequence within a distributed data environment specified by said command file, including executing functions specified in said command file agent for including data retrieval and processing, and for creating said report file with said unique file name and storing the result of said processing by said command file agent in said report file having said unique file name during execution of said command file agent.
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Abstract
A World Wide Web browser makes requests to web servers on a network which receive and fulfill requests as an agent of the browser client, organizing distributed sub-agents as distributed integration solution (DIS) servers on an intranet network supporting the web server which also has an access agent servers accessible over the Internet. DIS servers execute selected capsule objects which perform programmable functions upon a received command from a web server control program agent for retrieving, from a database gateway coupled to a plurality of database resources upon a single request made from a Hypertext document, requested information from multiple data bases located at different types of databases geograhically dispersed, performing calculations, formatting, and other services prior to reporting to the web browser or to other locations, in a selected format, as in a display, fax, printer, and to customer installations or to TV video subscribers, with account tracking.
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29 Claims
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1. A sub-agent service agent for fulfilling requests of a web browser client coupled to a network;
- comprising;
a command file agent tangibly embodying a program set of instructions for use during execution of a command file which is executable by a supporting machine environment for performing method steps required by a request initiated at a web browser client and fulfilling the request by providing a result, said method steps comprising;receiving at said command file agent, a submit command from a control program agent in preparation for a report and variables associated with a report to pass to the command file as a command file variable for use in naming a report which will be created by the command file, which as a result the command file will create a report file with a unique file name during execution of said command file agent, processing by said command file agent, a series of linked objects according to a specified flow sequence within a distributed data environment specified by said command file, including executing functions specified in said command file agent for including data retrieval and processing, and for creating said report file with said unique file name and storing the result of said processing by said command file agent in said report file having said unique file name during execution of said command file agent. - 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, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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