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Itinerary based agent mobility including mobility of executable code

  • US 6,233,601 B1
  • Filed: 11/13/1997
  • Issued: 05/15/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a computer network including at least a first computer and a second computer, an apparatus for performing a task in a second computer, comprising:

  • a routine that generates a mobile agent object in the first computer, the mobile agent including both data and executable code;

    a protocol for transmission of the mobile agent from the first computer to the second computer, wherein execution of the mobile agent in the second computer following such transmission prompts the task to be performed in the second computer; and

    an itinerary containing a reference to each destination computer to which the mobile agent is designated to migrate and a reference to a method associated with each respective destination computer reference, the respective method being invoked when the mobile agent is present on the respective destination computer.

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