Patent ID: 7469239
Filing Date: 2008-12-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An agent-based distributed reasoning system for resolving an event on a computer network having components comprising a plurality of hosts, the system comprising: a plurality of interface agents running on the plurality of hosts, each of the plurality of interface agents running on an assigned component and monitoring a respective resource thereon; a plurality of distributed reasoning agents running on the plurality of hosts, each of the plurality of distributed reasoning agents having both at least one respective knowledge base of situations and a respective working memory, and wherein each of the distributed reasoning agents is capable of synchronizing its knowledge base and working memory with the knowledge bases and working memories of other reasoning agents in at least one subset of less than all the reasoning agents in the plurality thereof; and a plurality of response agents running on the plurality of hosts; wherein an interface agent in the plurality thereof formats and reports an event occurring in its assigned resource to one of the distributed reasoning agents to which the interface agent is connected; wherein the distributed reasoning agent receiving the report of the event: