Patent ID: 6334139
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An agent system comprising:a user terminal that creates and transmits a first agent having data and a procedure to process the data;a server including a processing system that receives the first agent transmitted from the user terminal,said server processing the data according to the procedure to execute the first agent without requiring a connection between the user terminal and the server;the server also including a non-volatile memory that can be accessed by the first agent; andan operation log storing an execution status of the first agent, wherein the execution status is control information related to an execution of the first agent's procedure and is used by at least one of said server and said user terminal to initiate re-execution of the first agent when execution of the first agent by said server is interrupted;the processing system storing at least one of the first agent and the operation log in the non-volatile memory.