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Survival rule usage by software agents

  • US 9,311,141 B2
  • Filed: 03/26/2012
  • Issued: 04/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a memory; and

    a processor operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to;

    collect a set of canonical survival rules associated with a first execution environment and associated with a mobile agent;

    compile the set of canonical survival rules;

    execute a rule engine of the mobile agent with the set of canonical survival rules;

    store a heartbeat from an originating application in a working memory associated with an agent;

    fire a survival rule from the set of canonical survival rules based upon the heartbeat being stored in the working memory;

    assert survival data into the memory as a result of firing the survival rule;

    receive a request to move the mobile agent to a second execution environment;

    determine a first rule from the first set of canonical survival rules has never fired;

    determine a second rule from the first set of canonical survival rules has been fired;

    determine a third rule from the first set of canonical survival rules has been active in only negative outcomes, wherein the first rule and third rule are removed to create a filtered set of canonical survival rules;

    encode the mobile agent with the filtered set of canonical survival rules; and

    transmit the encoded mobile agent to the second execution environment, wherein the second execution environment decodes and executes the mobile agent, wherein the mobile agent uses the filtered set of canonical survival rules in the second execution environment.

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