Patent ID: 6477563
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A platform which performs information processing in a network that has a plurality of platforms including the platform, the platform comprising:a movement section configured to cause an agent to move between platforms; a cooperation section configured to cause cooperation to be performed between a plurality of agents; a storage section configured to store at least one of a platform profile which represents information that is used as a basis for a judgment with regard to agent movement for each platform and that includes information with regard to whether each of the platforms can accept a transferred agent and support the operation of the agent, and an agent profile which represents information that is used as a basis for a judgment with regard to movement for each agent and that includes information with regard to whether each of the agents has the ability to move between platforms; and a decision section configured to make a decision, when an agent currently located at a platform needs to make use of another platform, whether to cause the agent to move to the other platform or cause the agent to cooperate with another agent that exists at the other platform, based on at least one of said platform profile and said agent profile.