Patent Document ID: 20030126501
Application ID: 10034995
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An agent-based distributed reasoning system for managing a computer network with a plurality of hosts, the system comprising: a plurality of interface agents running on the plurality of hosts, the plurality of interface agents assigned to resources within the computer network; a plurality of distributed case-based reasoning agents running on the plurality of hosts, wherein the plurality of distributed case-based reasoning agents is capable of accessing one or more case bases; and a plurality of response agents running on the plurality of hosts, wherein an interface agent in the plurality interface agents sends an input regarding an event in an assigned resource to an appropriate distributed case-based reasoning agent among the plurality of distributed case-based reasoning agents, wherein the appropriate distributed case-based reasoning agent, upon receiving the input, accesses the one or more case bases to select a response and communicates the response to an appropriate response agent in the plurality of response agents, and wherein the appropriate response agent implements the response to resolve the event.