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Apparatus and method for managing mobile agents

  • US 7,499,990 B1
  • Filed: 11/16/2000
  • Issued: 03/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mobile agent management apparatus comprising:

  • a plurality of agent servers; and

    a registration server for maintaining location information of mobile agents,wherein each of said plurality of agent servers comprises;

    means for maintaining a history of movement of each of said mobile agents including a counter for accumulating a count of the accumulated number of movements for each of said mobile agents; and

    request means for periodically generating requests for updating location information of each of said agents, said requests including at least a mobile agent identifier and said accumulated number of movements for said mobile agent, to renew location information at said registration server; and

    wherein said registration server comprises at least one register for maintaining accumulated number of movements and locations of each of said mobile agents in an associated manner and renews said location information of each of said mobile agents only upon receipt of requests for updating location information associated with a higher accumulated number of movements.

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