Patent ID: 6594557
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for sending and receiving information between a vehicle data processing system and a resource data system via a wireless communication system, said vehicle data processing system comprising a vehicle computer for generating an autonomous intelligent software agent and operating a data engine for processing information and identifying needed information, said method comprising the steps of:identifying information needed by said data engine which is available from said resource data system; generating said autonomous intelligent software agent within said vehicle data processing system based on said identified information wherein said autonomous intelligent software agent comprises software routines which collect an information packet when propagated to said resource data system; transmitting said autonomous intelligent software agent to said resource data system via said wireless communication system; executing said software routines within said resource data system to produce said information packet by autonomously searching for said needed information; said autonomous intelligent software agent initiating transmission of said information packet from said resource data system to said vehicle computer via said wireless communication system; and extracting said needed information from said information packet for use by said data engine.