Uploading personal agents to personalize network services
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting the occurrence of a network event;
upon detecting the occurrence of said network event, determining whether personal agent software for the event has been received from a subscriber; and
if said personal agent for said event has been received from said subscriber, executing said personal agent software to provide services to said subscriber.
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Abstract
A subscriber unit in a telephone network may receive personalized services from a network by providing personalized software to the network. The subscriber unit may prepare or have prepared particular personal agent software that implements certain enhanced functions designed by or for the subscriber. That software may then be uploaded to the network. Upon the occurrence of a certain event, the personal agent software is executed by the network to provide the personalized service desired by the subscriber. In some cases, the network may afford a variety of primitives which may implement basic functions that may be called by the personal agent software.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting the occurrence of a network event; upon detecting the occurrence of said network event, determining whether personal agent software for the event has been received from a subscriber; and if said personal agent for said event has been received from said subscriber, executing said personal agent software to provide services to said subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An article comprising a computer readable medium storing instructions that enable a processor-based system by executing the instructions to:
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detect the occurrence of a network event; upon detection of the network event, determine whether personal agent software for the event has been received from a subscriber; and if said personal agent software for said event has been received from said subscriber, execute said personal agent software to provide services to said subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a storage storing instructions that enable the processor to receive personal agent software from a subscriber and execute said personal agent software to provide services to said subscriber for a telephone network, said storage also storing a plurality of primitives to implement standard call functions, said personal agent software to call those primitives to implement standard call functions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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