| 6708227 |
Method and system for providing common coordination and administration of multiple snapshot providers |
| Mar-16-2004 |
A service specified by an application programming interface (API) acts as a coordinator/manager of different volume snapshot providers and an administrator of snapshot providers. The API acts to standardize... |
| 6708225 |
Agent system and method |
| Mar-16-2004 |
An agent system processes information by agents. The agent system is connected to an agent system of different type through a network. A wrapper class memory stores component data of wrappers corresponding... |
| 6694370 |
Computerized method and system for implementing distributed applications |
| Feb-17-2004 |
A computerized method and a system for implementing in a network distributed applications, comprising instructions for a computer process which are executable on different locations in the network, is... |
| 6694360 |
Multi-mode network interface having loadable software images |
| Feb-17-2004 |
A multi-mode network interface adapter includes a diagnostic mode, a sleep mode and a run-time mode. The network adapter enters the diagnostic mode at least in response to a power-up signal and validates... |
| 6681243 |
Network environment supporting mobile agents with permissioned access to resources |
| Jan-20-2004 |
A method and system are disclosed for providing an environment allowing agents to function on a set of devices having resources, the environment providing services allowing agents access to resources.... |
| 6678743 |
Method for moving objects in a distributed computing environment |
| Jan-13-2004 |
A method for moving objects in a distributed computing system is provided that comprises receiving a move indication (224) at a mobility facet object (206) that is aggregated with a primary facet object... |
| 6665734 |
Blending object-oriented objects with traditional programming languages |
| Dec-16-2003 |
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for blending object-oriented (OO) programming languages with traditional (non-OO) programming languages such that they can... |
| 6662207 |
Agent system and information processing method for same |
| Dec-9-2003 |
A system smoothly performing information processing is realized by dynamically making a decision, when it becomes necessary for an agent currently located at a platform to make use of another platform,... |
| 6615232 |
Mobile agent and method for providing identifying information to mobile agents and subsequent generation agents |
| Sep-2-2003 |
A mobile agent is provided with ancestor gene information and self gene information. The self gene information is encrypted information which indicates how many generations the mobile agent is descendant... |
| 6581101 |
Apparatus for generating and transferring managed device description file |
| Jun-17-2003 |
In a computer network, processing modules exchange data with a peripheral device using managers at the processing module having different management protocols and one or more different management protocol... |
| 6580979 |
Method and apparatus for terrain reasoning with distributed embedded processing elements |
| Jun-17-2003 |
A method and apparatus for computing properties of a physical environment is provided, using a plurality of agents forming a distributed network embedded within the environment. The method comprises determining... |
| 6539416 |
Managing system and managing method of mobile agent |
| Mar-25-2003 |
In a managing system of a mobile agent system, the mobile agent system comprises a plurality of agent systems for generating an agent, executing the agent and performing a movement processing of the agent,... |
| 6519653 |
Method of communicating between agent objects in a computer network |
| Feb-11-2003 |
In a computer network (100), a first agent (102) has a directive to meet with a second agent (140) in order to exchange high speed messages. The first agent (102) moves to the host address and port number... |
| 6516355 |
Methods and apparatus for controlling digital communications switching equipment |
| Feb-4-2003 |
A "generic" switch messaging protocol is disclosed for message handling and switch supervision in conjunction with a number of switching engines, each of which is conversant with the generic messaging... |
| 6513111 |
Method of controlling software applications specific to a group of users |
| Jan-28-2003 |
Computer software application which defines "action items" in order to allow subscriber control of user access to various functionality or features of the application on a user-by-user basis. "Action items"... |
| 6510424 |
Electronic notification agent |
| Jan-21-2003 |
In a data processing system, a method for fetching information through a data network comprising: transmitting information to a client unit for causing the client unit to display a user interface enabling... |
| 6505231 |
Software agent system for acquiring information from server arranged on network |
| Jan-7-2003 |
A plurality of information sources are arranged on a network. An agent program is self-transferred to access the plurality of information sources for executing an information acquiring process. An information... |
| 6496871 |
Distributed agent software system and method having enhanced process mobility and communication in a computer network |
| Dec-17-2002 |
A distributed software system and method are provided for use with a plurality of potentially heterogeneous computer machines connected as a network. The system may comprise at least one agent comprising... |
| 6484211 |
Mobile internet protocol for mobility of access hosts between networks |
| Nov-19-2002 |
A method of enabling roaming of a mobile internet-access terminal from a first to a second internet access network each of which has a home agent for routing internet datagrams between networks. The method... |
| 6480881 |
Information access apparatus and method for cooperatively sharing knowledge about information source |
| Nov-12-2002 |
An agent generated based on a request made by a user accesses an object server on a wide area network to obtain necessary information. If sufficient information cannot be obtained from a database in a... |
| 6480480 |
Wireless local area network comprising a controller and at least one candidate-controller terminal |
| Nov-12-2002 |
The invention relates to a local area network for wireless transmission of control and user information between a plurality of terminals and a terminal working as a controller, i.e. a candidate-controller... |
| 6477563 |
Agent system and information processing method for same |
| Nov-5-2002 |
A system smoothly performing information processing is realized by dynamically making a decision, when it becomes necessary for an agent currently located at a platform to make use of another platform,... |
| 6470398 |
Method and apparatus for supporting a select () system call and interprocess communication in a fault-tolerant, scalable distributed computer environment |
| Oct-22-2002 |
A computing environment (2) includes multiple CPUs (5a-c), multiple nonshared memory spaces and a means for implementing a select system call (10a-c). The connection maintenance system is both fault-tolerant... |
| 6466974 |
Environment for creating and managing network management software objects |
| Oct-15-2002 |
A method for creating and managing a computer network management agent that includes a Java development management kit ("JDMK")-created object is provided. In one embodiment, the method a JDMK agent object... |
| 6466963 |
Agent system with prioritized processing of mobile agents |
| Oct-15-2002 |
This invention provides an agent system that can easily detect an error in the system, and that can prioritize agents to be processed. This invention makes the agent system more flexible than the prior... |
| 6457063 |
Method, apparatus & computer program product for dynamic administration, management and monitoring of daemon processes |
| Sep-24-2002 |
Apparatus, methods and computer program products are disclosed that allow for dynamic administration, management and monitoring of daemon programs executing within a computer. The invention uses service... |
| 6449638 |
Channel definition architecture extension |
| Sep-10-2002 |
A method for rendering information, such as, available through the Internet on a computer includes storing a content structure file, a data file and a script file. The data file includes data indicative... |
| 6449632 |
Apparatus and method for agent-based feedback collection in a data broadcasting network |
| Sep-10-2002 |
A system for collecting user feedback in a data broadcasting system, the system for collecting user feedback including a multiplicity of user profile agents, each user profile agent being associated with... |
| 6434595 |
Method of executing mobile objects and recording medium storing mobile objects |
| Aug-13-2002 |
A concrete activity defining a job to be executed in each place is carried on a carrier agent for movement to different computer distributed locations. The substances of the mobile objects hold a proxy... |
| 6418458 |
Object-oriented prioritized work thread pool |
| Jul-9-2002 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for scheduling thread execution in a computer. Defined task queues and work crews, comprising workers to complete assigned tasks, are managed by a manager... |
| 6385650 |
Arrangement and method relating to information managing systems |
| May-7-2002 |
A system has a number of managing systems managing a number of managed systems including a number of managed objects of one or more different types representing resources. The managed objects are arranged... |
| 6370590 |
Method and apparatus for providing inter-application program communication using a common view |
| Apr-9-2002 |
According to an approach for providing communication between sub-applications in a vertical application, messages transmitted by sub-applications in message formats supported by the sub-applications are... |
| 6363434 |
Method of managing resources within a network of consumer electronic devices |
| Mar-26-2002 |
A method of managing resources within a network for consumer electronic media devices. In one embodiment, the method is implemented as a software resource manager which provides a centralized resource... |
| 6356931 |
Method and system for remotely browsing objects |
| Mar-12-2002 |
Remote access to objects such as beans is provided by mapping objects onto an HTML page at the network station at which the objects are located. An HTML generator running on the same virtual machine is... |
| 6349342 |
Methods and apparatus for managing computer processes |
| Feb-19-2002 |
A number of methods, apparatus, and data structures are disclosed for managing computer processes. In one aspect, a daemon process which manages server processes includes an active server table and a locator... |
| 6349325 |
Prioritized agent-based hierarchy structure for handling performance metrics data in a telecommunication management system |
| Feb-19-2002 |
A telecommunications performance management system for processing, analyzing and abstracting performance data from a traffic machine (3) in real time using a hierarchial structure of a performance agents... |
| 6343333 |
Service executive apparatus having services and corresponding scripts registered in service and condition tables |
| Jan-29-2002 |
In the case where specification of service to be used is received, the specified service is retrieved from a service table, in which services and script files storing a scripts combined in the services... |
| 6338081 |
Message handling method, Message handling apparatus, and memory media for storing a message handling apparatus controlling program |
| Jan-8-2002 |
The broker agent asks a facilitator agent to locate a service provider agent which is involved in its own job. The broker agent, upon receiving from a regular agent a message packet indicating a request... |
| 6334139 |
Agent system |
| Dec-25-2001 |
The agent system sends both program and data together to a destination to perform execution, and the system is provided with agent re-execution and cancelling procedures, making mission critical application... |
| 6321249 |
Dynamic system configuration using an object-based client-server system |
| Nov-20-2001 |
A method and apparatus are provided to enable other system elements to obtain configuration attribute modifications from a print management system. An attribute broker provides two methods, register and... |
| 6314555 |
Software system generation |
| Nov-6-2001 |
A system for building collaborative software agents is provided with a set of editors for capturing data for installation in the individual agents. The collaborative software agents will normally form... |
| 6289394 |
Agent management system capable of readily monitoring and controlling agent |
| Sep-11-2001 |
An agent managing system which enables a user to readily control, from outside, internal information of an agent performing autonomous coordinating operations. The system comprises a program for requesting... |
| 6289325 |
Computer system, message monitoring method and associated message transmission method |
| Sep-11-2001 |
The customer agent 9 transmits a search request 15a to a manager 4, which in turn transmits a search request 15b to a shop agent 5. The shop agent 5 transmits a product information service message 16a... |
| 6282701 |
System and method for monitoring and analyzing the execution of computer programs |
| Aug-28-2001 |
A software system is disclosed which facilitates the process of tracing the execution paths of a program, called the client. The tracing is performed without requiring modifications to the executable or... |
| 6282582 |
Computer system, agent transmission method and agent reactivation method |
| Aug-28-2001 |
The present invention provides a technique for providing high speed reactivation of an agent received by a receiving computer environment from a sending computer environment. Each agent maintains not only... |
| 6272528 |
Computer method for delivery of financial services |
| Aug-7-2001 |
A computer system is provided for delivery of financial services, such as banking, general insurance, life assurance, pensions and investments, loans and mortgages, and financial planning and advisory... |
| 6256771 |
Method and apparatus for providing a dynamic service composition software architecture |
| Jul-3-2001 |
A method and apparatus for providing a dynamic service composition software architecture. A user requests a software based service through an agent software component, or "netlet," which dynamically selects... |
| 6247013 |
Hyper text reading system |
| Jun-12-2001 |
A hyper text reading system which assures an advantage by protecting the right of a contents provider. A link source confirmation unit confirms a link source of an anchor included in a hyper text. The... |
| 6219718 |
Apparatus for generating and transferring managed device description file |
| Apr-17-2001 |
In a computer network, processing modules exchange data with a peripheral device using managers at the processing module having different management protocols and one or more different management protocol... |
| 6216173 |
Method and apparatus for content processing and routing |
| Apr-10-2001 |
A method and apparatus for incorporating content processing and content routing intelligence into networks. In one embodiment, the content processing and routing (CPR) system is aware of the content and... |
