Application integration system and method using intelligent agents for integrating information access over extended networks

• US 20080010227A1
• Filed: 09/10/2007
• Published: 01/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bruce Matichuk
• Original Assignee: Bruce Matichuk
• Inventors: Matichuk, Bruce
• Granted Patent: US 7,552,103 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/012
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45512 Command shells

Abstract

Models that encapsulate information on how remote applications are controlled and data is accessed are created to be used by a runtime agent that intelligently reasons out goal-oriented plans and execute tasks to solve problem statements generated by a user interface or other software agents.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A computer system comprising:

a processor;

a computer memory;

a runtime agent stored in said computer memory; and

at least one computer-accessible resource model stored in said computer memory, said model modeling at least one computer-accessible resource;

wherein when said processor receives a problem statement, said runtime agent accesses said at least one computer-accessible resource model to intelligently reason out a goal-oriented plan and accesses the modeled computer-accessible resource to execute the tasks necessary to solve said problem statement.

24. The computer system of claim 13 where the at least one computer-accessible resource model comprises a model of a terminal application.

25. The computer system of claim 13 where the at least one computer-accessible resource model comprises a model of an SQL database.

26. The computer system of claim 13 where the at least one computer-accessible resource model comprises a model of an HTML document.

14-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method comprising:

receiving a problem statement at a computer system, the problem statement specifying at least one goal;

accessing at least one computer-accessible resource model that encapsulates information on how at least one computer-accessible resource operates;

planning a path using the computer-accessible resource model that will achieve the at least one goal of said problem statement; and

executing said path.

27. The method of claim 21 where the at least one computer-accessible resource model comprises a model of a terminal application.

28. The method of claim 21 where the at least one computer-accessible resource model comprises a model of an SQL database.

29. The method of claim 21 where the at least one computer-accessible resource model comprises a model of an HTML document.

22-23. -23. (canceled)

30. A system for navigating a computer-accessible resource comprising:

a processor;

a computer memory;

a model of the computer-accessible resource; and

a navigation planner configured to receive a problem statement;

to create a plan for solving the problem statement using the model of the computer-accessible resource, and to execute the plan.

31. The system of claim 30 where the computer-accessible resource is a terminal application.

32. The system of claim 30 where the computer-accessible resource is an SQL database.

33. The system of claim 30 wherein the computer-accessible resource is an HTML document.