Patent ID: 7729825

Claim:
A method of intelligent agent management using an agent interface within an intelligent agent system for a vehicle, said method including the steps of: receiving an agent by a local intelligent agent system for the vehicle, wherein the agent includes a processor and a memory associated with the processor and the local system includes a processor having a memory and a database; transferring instructions carried by the agent to an interface within the local system via a communication network, wherein the interface includes a memory and a processor and the instructions includes information regarding a task to be performed by the agent; copying predetermined information from a host system database to the interface via the communications network; assembling together the agent instructions and information stored in the local system memory by the interface processor to produce assembled operating instructions; transferring the assembled operating instructions from the interface to the local system processor; transferring the assembled operating instructions from the local system processor to the agent; and executing the assembled operating instructions by the agent.