Agent communication system with dynamic change of declaratory script destination and behavior
First Claim
1. An agent communication system, comprising means for transmitting and receiving an agent, which has been turned to an electronic mail or to a transfer data, using knowledge description and behavioral description as elements, and means for identifying the agent from the received transfer data or the electronic mail and for executing the knowledge description or the behavioral description of the agent, wherein a description for dynamically changing the behavioral description or the knowledge description as behavioral description of the agent is included as said behavioral description to be transmitted and received, said knowledge description and behavioral description being declaratory, and said behavioral description being described as a style of if-then rule, said declaratory description being dynamically changeable.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an agent communication system, which can reduce special environment as far as possible, can interactively communicate with users, can cope with dynamic situations and can operate intelligently. The electronic mail passes through electronic mail delivery means 103 and electronic mail storage means 104. Agent mail storage means 104 recognizes an agent mail, and at its notification, scriptizing means 106 converts the mail to a script, and the script is stored in script storage means 107. Script executing means 108 executes the script and an instruction from user input means 101, and it is outputted to output means 109. Then, at a notification of the script executing means 108, electronic mail preparing means 102 prepares an electronic mail, and it is distributed to the electronic mail delivery means 103.
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- 1. An agent communication system, comprising means for transmitting and receiving an agent, which has been turned to an electronic mail or to a transfer data, using knowledge description and behavioral description as elements, and means for identifying the agent from the received transfer data or the electronic mail and for executing the knowledge description or the behavioral description of the agent, wherein a description for dynamically changing the behavioral description or the knowledge description as behavioral description of the agent is included as said behavioral description to be transmitted and received, said knowledge description and behavioral description being declaratory, and said behavioral description being described as a style of if-then rule, said declaratory description being dynamically changeable.
- 2. An agent communication system, comprising electronic mail delivery means for delivering an electronic mail, electronic mail storage means for storing the delivered electronic mail, agent mail arrival recognizing means for recognizing description of an agent data from the electronic mail arrived at the electronic mail storage means, scriptizing means for extracting the agent data from the electronic mail in the electronic mail storage means at a notification from the agent mail arrival recognizing means and for converting it to a script, script storage means for storing the script, script executing means for executing the script stored in the script storage means, output means for performing output from the script executing means, and electronic mail preparing means for preparing an electronic mail from data of the script storage means and the electronic mail storage means at a notification from the script executing means and for sending the prepared electronic mail to the electronic mail delivery means, said script including declaratory knowledge description and declaratory behavioral description, said behavioral description being described as a style of if-then rule, said declaratory description being dynamically changeable.
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