Patent ID: 6912533

Claim:
In a data mining agent executing in a computer system, a method of data mining comprising the steps of: examining a request queue comprising at least one request for data mining processing; determining if the at least one request for data mining processing can be processed; accepting the at least one request for data mining processing if it is determined that the at least one request for data mining processing can be processed; and processing the accepted request for data mining processing in the computer system; wherein the determining step comprises the steps of: determining if an algorithm required to process the at least one request for data mining processing is supported by the computer system; if the algorithm required to process the at least one request for data mining processing is supported determining whether the computer system is available for additional processing; if the computer system is not available for additional processing, determining whether the computer system will become available for additional processing before other computer systems that might process the at least one request; if the computer system is available for additional processing, or if the computer system will become available for additional processing before other computer systems that might process the at least one request, determining whether the computer system will be able to complete requested processing in an allotted time; and if the computer system will be able to complete the requested processing in the allotted time, determining that the computer system can process the at least one request for data mining processing.