Patent ID: 6260059
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: G06N

Abstract:
An agent knowledge provider system comprising a plurality of knowledge provider agents and plurality of user apparatuses respectively interconnected for exchange of messages via a data communication network, with each of said messages including at least a sender identifier, a destination identifier, and a content portion, each of said knowledge provider agents comprising:script storage means having stored therein a script containing message processing information comprising a knowledge segment containing at least one knowledge combination formed of a query item and a response information set corresponding to said query item, and a rule segment containing a content format descriptor which corresponds to a predetermined format of an information request message and which indicates a position of a query item within said format, andscript execution and message handling means for judging that a message received via said network is an information request message,when an information request message is received, reading out said script from said storage means, executing a first pattern matching operation of comparing a content portion of said message with said content format descriptor, and when said content portion is found to match said content format descriptor, extracting said query item from a section of said content portion that is indicated by said content format descriptor, executing a second pattern matching operation of comparing said extracted query item with said knowledge segment contents, and when matching success is achieved, obtaining from said knowledge segment a response information set corresponding to said extracted query item, generating a response message having said response information set as the content portion thereof and transmitting said response message via said network to a sender of said information request message, whilewhen at least one of said pattern matching operations is not successful, transmitting an information request message containing said content portion to at least one predetermined other knowledge provider agent.