Patent ID: 6272528
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method of operating a computer system for delivery of services to a plurality of users, the system comprising a plurality of user computers connected to at least one server computer by way of a network, said method comprising the steps:(a) in response to a user successfully logging in to the system at one of said user computers, transporting an agent-manager mobile agent over said network from said server computer to said one of said user computers;(b) operating said agent-manager mobile agent in said one of said user computers to present a list of service-provider mobile agents that are available for the user to select;(c) in response to one of said service-provider mobile agents being selected by the user, operating said agent-manager mobile agent to send a mission statement to the server computer;(d) in response to said mission statement being received at the server computer, creating a service-provider mobile agent in said server computer and operating the service-provider mobile agent to deliver a service to the user.