Patent ID: 6065040
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer for active and inactive mobile agents having an identity data ID, comprising:computer means for establishing a first execution environment for the active and inactive mobile agents;computer means for establishing a second execution environment for the active and inactive mobile agents;a connection module associated with said first execution environment for establishing a connection from said first execution environment through a network to said second execution environment;a retraction module associated with said first execution environment for transmitting a retraction request having an ID of an agent under management of the second execution environment, via the connection established by the connection module;a module associated with said second execution environment for searching for an agent within said second execution environment corresponding to said ID and, based on a result of said search, transmitting a bit sequence representation of an agent corresponding to said ID;notification means for notifying the mobile agent to be retracted if it is in the active state, otherwise forwarding means for forwarding the corresponding pointer of the mobile agent to be retracted to the communication module; anda module associated with said first execution environment for receiving the bit sequence via the established connection.