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`Barbara Nelson
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`James E. White
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re application of:
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`TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`The present
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`Patent
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`and
`
`co(cid:173)
`
`pending
`
`United
`
`States
`
`Applications:
`
`5
`
`United
`
`States
`
`Patent
`
`No.
`
`5,603,031
`
`to White
`
`et
`
`al.,
`
`entitled
`
`"System
`
`and Method
`
`For Distributed
`
`Computation
`
`Based Upon
`
`the Movement,
`
`Execution,
`
`and
`
`Interaction
`
`of Processes
`
`In a Network;"
`
`United
`
`States
`
`Application
`
`Serial
`
`No. 08/609,699,
`
`10
`
`filed
`
`March
`
`1., 1.996,
`
`entitled
`
`"Method
`
`and Apparatus
`
`For
`
`the
`
`Internet;"
`
`Telephonically
`
`Accessing
`
`and Navigating
`
`United
`
`States
`
`Application
`
`Serial
`
`No.
`
`08/798,675,
`
`filed
`
`February
`
`1.0, 1997,
`
`entitled
`
`"System
`
`and Method
`
`For Distributed
`
`Computation
`
`Based Upon
`
`the Movement,
`
`15
`
`Execution,
`
`and
`
`Interaction
`
`of Processes
`
`In a Network;"
`
`and
`
`United
`
`States
`
`Application
`
`Serial
`
`No.
`
`09/071.,717,
`
`filed
`
`May 1, 1998,
`
`entitled
`
`"Voice User
`
`Interface
`
`With
`
`Personality."
`
`20
`
`The above
`
`patent
`
`and
`
`co-pending
`
`applications
`
`are
`
`assigned
`
`to
`
`the
`
`present
`
`Assignee
`
`and
`
`are
`
`incorporated
`
`herein
`
`by
`
`reference.
`
`-2-
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`
`Advances
`
`in
`
`computer
`
`and
`
`telephony
`
`systems
`
`have
`
`led
`
`to
`
`the
`
`development
`
`of numerous
`
`technology-driven
`
`5
`
`services,
`
`such
`
`as electronic
`
`mail
`
`(e-mail),
`
`voice mail,
`
`electronic
`
`organizers
`
`(for
`
`appointments
`
`and
`
`addresses),
`
`on-line
`
`databases
`
`{e.g.,
`
`for
`
`periodicals
`
`and
`
`stock
`
`quotes),
`
`and
`
`the
`
`like.
`
`An
`
`increasing
`
`popularity
`
`for
`
`these
`
`technological
`
`services
`
`in
`
`recent
`
`years
`
`has
`
`10
`
`spawned
`
`an entire
`
`ind~stry
`
`devoted
`
`to
`
`the
`
`provision
`
`and
`
`integration
`
`of
`
`the
`
`same.
`
`For
`
`example,
`
`numerous
`
`the
`
`companies
`
`now offer
`
`e-mail
`
`service
`
`over
`
`interconnection
`
`of
`
`computers
`
`widely
`
`known
`
`as
`
`the
`
`Internet.
`
`Other
`
`companies
`
`offer
`
`systems
`
`for
`
`voice
`
`mail
`
`15
`
`services
`
`in both
`
`private
`
`branch
`
`exchange
`
`{PBX) and
`
`public
`
`telephone
`
`environments.
`
`Entities
`
`which
`
`offer,
`
`supply,
`
`or otherwise
`
`provide
`
`services
`
`are
`
`referred
`
`to
`
`as
`
`"service
`
`providers."
`
`Entities
`
`which
`
`purchase,
`
`consume,
`
`or otherwise
`
`use
`
`services
`
`are
`
`referred
`
`to
`
`as
`
`20
`
`"subscribers."
`
`Many
`
`technological
`
`services
`
`are
`
`supported
`
`by one
`
`or more
`
`software
`
`applications.
`
`These
`
`software
`
`-3-
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`applications
`
`are
`
`often
`
`developed
`
`with
`
`a broad
`
`spectrum
`
`of
`
`subscribers
`
`in mind.
`
`As such,
`
`the
`
`respective
`
`technological
`
`services
`
`may address
`
`the
`
`generalized
`
`needs
`
`of many
`
`subscribers,
`
`but
`
`not
`
`the
`
`specialized
`
`5
`
`needs
`
`of
`
`any one particular
`
`subscriber
`
`or group
`
`of
`
`subscribers.
`
`With
`
`previous
`
`techniques,
`
`when
`
`a subscriber
`
`desires
`
`to
`
`alter,
`
`change,
`
`modify,
`
`or otherwise
`
`customize
`
`a service
`
`to
`
`suit
`
`his
`
`or her
`
`own specialized
`
`10
`
`needs,
`
`that
`
`subscriber
`
`must
`
`contact
`
`the
`
`appropriate
`
`service
`
`provider.
`
`If
`
`the
`
`service
`
`provider
`
`deems
`
`that
`
`there
`
`is
`
`sufficient
`
`demand
`
`for
`
`such
`
`customization,
`
`the
`
`provider
`
`will
`
`initiate
`
`a modification
`
`of
`
`the
`
`supporting
`
`software
`
`application
`
`for
`
`the
`
`relevant
`
`service.
`
`15
`
`Software_programmers
`
`or developers
`
`must
`
`then modify
`
`the
`
`existing
`
`software
`
`application
`
`to
`
`address
`
`the
`
`specialized
`
`needs
`
`of
`
`the
`
`requesting
`
`subscriber{s),
`
`and
`
`afterwards,
`
`test
`
`the modified
`
`software
`
`to
`
`ensure
`
`that
`
`it
`
`is
`
`functioning
`
`properly.
`
`Many
`
`iterations
`
`of
`
`20
`
`modification
`
`and
`
`testing
`
`may be performed
`
`before
`
`the
`
`finished,
`
`customized
`
`service
`
`is
`
`available
`
`to
`
`the
`
`subscriber.
`
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`In
`
`light
`
`of
`
`the
`
`above,
`
`it
`
`is
`
`clear
`
`that
`
`previous
`
`techniques
`
`are
`
`problematic
`
`for
`
`numerous
`
`reasons.
`
`For
`
`example,
`
`a service
`
`provider
`
`is
`
`required
`
`to maintain
`
`or
`
`otherwise
`
`employ
`
`a staff
`
`of human
`
`software
`
`developers
`
`5
`
`for making modifications
`
`to
`
`supporting
`
`software
`
`applications.
`
`This
`
`can be expensive.
`
`Furthermore,
`
`a
`
`substantial
`
`amount
`
`of
`
`time may be
`
`required
`
`to develop,
`
`modify,
`
`and
`
`test
`
`supporting
`
`software
`
`applications
`
`in
`
`response
`
`to
`
`the
`
`request
`
`of
`
`a particular
`
`subscriber
`
`or
`
`10
`
`subscribers.
`
`group
`
`of
`
`This
`
`can
`
`lead
`
`to
`
`subscriber
`
`dissatisfaction,
`
`and ultimately,
`
`defection
`
`to
`
`another
`
`service
`
`provider.
`
`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
`
`15
`
`The disadvantages
`
`and problems
`
`associated
`
`with
`
`previous
`
`techniques
`
`for
`
`providing
`
`technological
`
`services
`
`have
`
`been
`
`substantially
`
`reduced
`
`or
`
`eliminated
`
`using
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention.
`
`The present
`
`invention
`
`provides
`
`a network
`
`system
`
`20
`
`extensible
`
`(e.g.,
`
`programmable)
`
`by
`
`•end-users,"
`
`and
`
`a
`
`method
`
`of operation
`
`for
`
`the
`
`same.
`
`In general,
`
`an end-
`
`user
`
`(or
`
`simply
`
`"user")
`
`is
`
`any
`
`individual,
`
`party,
`
`or
`
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`entity
`
`which
`
`somehow
`
`interacts
`
`with
`
`the
`
`network
`
`system.
`
`A user
`
`can
`
`thus
`
`be an entity
`
`known
`
`to
`
`the
`
`network
`
`system
`
`(i.e.,
`
`an entity
`
`having
`
`a
`
`log-in
`
`ID),
`
`such
`
`as,
`
`for
`
`example,
`
`a subscriber
`
`and or an
`
`individual
`
`5
`
`affiliated
`
`with
`
`the
`
`service
`
`provider.
`
`A user
`
`can
`
`also
`
`be an arbitrary
`
`third-party
`
`which
`
`somehow
`
`interacts
`
`with
`
`the
`
`network
`
`system.
`
`With
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention,
`
`users
`
`may extend
`
`or
`
`customize
`
`the
`
`network
`
`system
`
`according
`
`to
`
`their
`
`own
`
`10
`
`particular
`
`needs.
`
`To accomplish
`
`this,
`
`a network
`
`system
`
`the
`
`is
`
`augmented
`
`with
`
`an agent
`
`system.
`
`Capabilities
`
`of
`
`network
`
`system
`
`are
`
`programmatically
`
`exposed
`
`by means
`
`of
`
`one or more
`
`services,
`
`service
`
`resources,
`
`and
`
`service
`
`wrappers.
`
`Each
`
`service
`
`individually,
`
`or
`
`the
`
`network
`
`15
`
`system
`
`as
`
`a whole,
`
`can be extended
`
`by adding
`
`agents
`
`(created
`
`by users)
`
`Furthermore,
`
`the.consumption
`
`of
`
`computational
`
`and
`
`service
`
`resources
`
`are monitored
`
`within
`
`the
`
`network
`
`system,
`
`thus
`
`protecting
`
`the
`
`subscribers
`
`and
`
`the
`
`service
`
`provider
`
`from
`
`harm or
`
`20
`
`misuse,
`
`whether
`
`intentional
`
`or
`
`inadvertent.
`
`Accordingly,
`
`the
`
`network
`
`system
`
`can
`
`admit
`
`agents
`
`programmed
`
`by users.
`
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`In addition,
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention
`
`contemplates
`
`that
`
`a
`
`third
`
`party
`
`may modify
`
`existing
`
`agents
`
`and
`
`create
`
`new agents
`
`in
`
`the
`
`case where
`
`subscribers
`
`lack
`
`the
`
`desire
`
`or
`
`sophistication
`
`to do so
`
`themselves.
`
`The
`
`5
`
`third
`
`party
`
`can
`
`then make
`
`such
`
`customized
`
`agents
`
`commercially
`
`available
`
`to
`
`subscribers.
`
`According
`
`to
`
`an embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention,
`
`a network
`
`system
`
`includes
`
`a service.
`
`An
`
`agent
`
`uses
`
`the
`
`service
`
`on behalf
`
`of
`
`a principal.
`
`An
`
`10
`
`agent
`
`server
`
`mediates
`
`the
`
`use
`
`of
`
`the
`
`service
`
`by
`
`the
`
`agent.
`
`the
`
`present
`
`According
`
`to
`
`another
`
`embodiment
`
`of
`
`invention,
`
`a network
`
`system
`
`includes
`
`a user
`
`interface
`
`which
`
`allows
`
`a user
`
`to
`
`interact
`
`with
`
`the
`
`network
`
`15
`
`system.
`
`An agent
`
`server
`
`is
`
`coupled
`
`to
`
`the
`
`user
`
`interface.
`
`The
`
`agent
`
`server
`
`manages
`
`agent
`
`use
`
`of
`
`the
`
`network
`
`system.
`
`Furthermore,
`
`the
`
`agent
`
`server
`
`in
`
`conjunction
`
`with
`
`the
`
`user
`
`interface
`
`is
`
`operable
`
`to
`
`create
`
`or modify
`
`an agent
`
`in
`
`response
`
`to
`
`interaction
`
`by
`
`20
`
`the
`
`user.
`
`According
`
`to yet
`
`another
`
`embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention,
`
`a method
`
`includes
`
`the
`
`following:
`
`admitting
`
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`a user
`
`to
`
`a network
`
`system
`
`wherein
`
`at
`
`least
`
`one
`
`agent
`
`is
`
`operable
`
`to utilize
`
`a service
`
`to perform
`
`a
`
`task
`
`for
`
`the
`
`user;
`
`and
`
`allowing
`
`the
`
`user
`
`to
`
`create
`
`or modify
`
`the
`
`agent
`
`within
`
`the
`
`network
`
`system.
`
`5
`
`According
`
`to
`
`still
`
`another
`
`embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention,
`
`a network
`
`system
`
`includes
`
`an agent
`
`server
`
`which manages
`
`agent
`
`use
`
`of
`
`the
`
`network
`
`system.
`
`An agent
`
`is
`
`operable
`
`to utilize
`
`a service
`
`within
`
`the
`
`network
`
`system.
`
`A service
`
`wrapper,
`
`associated
`
`with
`
`the
`
`10
`
`service,
`
`cooperates
`
`with
`
`the
`
`agent
`
`server
`
`to mediate
`
`agent.
`
`interaction
`
`between
`
`the
`
`service
`
`and
`
`the
`
`According
`
`to yet
`
`another
`
`embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention,
`
`a method
`
`includes
`
`the
`
`following:
`
`allowing
`
`an agent
`
`to utilize
`
`a service;
`
`and mediating
`
`15
`
`interaction
`
`between
`
`the
`
`service
`
`and
`
`the
`
`agent.
`
`A technical
`
`advantage
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention
`
`includes
`
`providing
`
`a network
`
`system
`
`(and
`
`a method
`
`of
`
`operation
`
`therefor)
`
`which
`
`is programmable
`
`by users
`
`(including
`
`subscribers)
`
`according
`
`to
`
`their
`
`own
`
`20
`
`particular
`
`needs.
`
`From
`
`the
`
`standpoint
`
`of
`
`subscribers,
`
`this
`
`facilitates
`
`the
`
`process
`
`of adding
`
`or deleting
`
`new
`
`services
`
`or
`
`extending
`
`existing
`
`services
`
`and,
`
`from
`
`the
`
`-8-
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`standpoint
`
`of
`
`a service
`
`provider,
`
`this
`
`is beneficial
`
`in
`
`that
`
`human
`
`software
`
`developers
`
`and
`
`testers
`
`can be
`
`reduced
`
`or
`
`eliminated
`
`altogether
`
`with
`
`the
`
`automated
`
`system
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention.
`
`5
`
`Other
`
`aspects
`
`and
`
`advantages
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention
`
`will
`
`become
`
`apparent
`
`from
`
`the
`
`following
`
`descriptions
`
`and
`
`accompanying
`
`drawings.
`
`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
`
`10
`
`a more
`
`complete
`
`understanding
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`For
`
`invention
`
`and
`
`for
`
`further
`
`features
`
`and
`
`advantages,
`
`reference
`
`is
`
`now made
`
`to
`
`the
`
`following
`
`description
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`taken
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`in
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`conjunction
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`with
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`the
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`accompanying
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`drawings,
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`in
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`which:
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`15
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`Figure
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`l
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`illustrates
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`a network
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`system
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`extensible
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`by users,
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`according
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`to
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`an embodiment
`
`of
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`the
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`present
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`invention;
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`Figure
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`2
`
`illustrates
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`an exemplary
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`computer-based
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`system
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`that
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`can be used
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`to
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`implement
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`the
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`network
`
`system
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`20
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`shown
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`in Figure
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`1;
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`3
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`illustrates
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`details
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`for
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`a graphical
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`user
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`interface,
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`according
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`to
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`an embodiment
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`of
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`the
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`present
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`invention;
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`Figure
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`4
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`illustrates
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`details
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`for
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`a voice
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`user
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`5
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`interface,
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`according
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`to
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`an embodiment
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`of
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`the
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`present
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`invention;
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`Figure
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`5
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`illustrates
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`details
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`for
`
`an agent
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`server,
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`according
`
`to
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`an embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention;
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`Figure
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`6
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`illustrates
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`details
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`for
`
`a service
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`10
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`wrapper,
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`according
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`to
`
`an embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention;
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`Figure
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`7
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`illustrates
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`details
`
`for
`
`specific
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`exemplary
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`service
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`wrappers,
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`services,
`
`and
`
`service
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`resources;
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`15
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`Figure
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`8
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`illustrates
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`details
`
`for
`
`an exemplary
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`agent
`
`object,
`
`according
`
`to
`
`an embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention;
`
`Figure
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`9
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`is
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`a
`
`flow
`
`diagram
`
`of
`
`an exemplary
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`method
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`for
`
`a user
`
`session,
`
`according
`
`to
`
`an embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
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`20
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`present
`
`invention;
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`Figure
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`lO·is
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`a flow
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`diagram
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`of
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`an exemplary
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`method
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`for
`
`executing
`
`a selection
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`command
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`for
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`selecting
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`an
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`agent
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`or
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`an agent
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`template,
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`according
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`to
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`an embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention;
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`Figure
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`11
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`is
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`a
`
`flow
`
`diagram
`
`of
`
`an exemplary
`
`method
`
`for
`
`executing
`
`an agent
`
`template
`
`command,
`
`according
`
`to
`
`5
`
`an embodiment
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`of
`
`the
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`present
`
`invention;
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`Figure
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`12
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`is
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`a
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`flow
`
`diagram.of
`
`an exemplary
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`method
`
`for
`
`executing
`
`an agent
`
`command,
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`according
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`to
`
`an
`
`embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention;
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`Figure
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`13
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`is
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`a block
`
`diagram
`
`detailing
`
`the
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`10
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`controlled
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`consumption
`
`of
`
`service
`
`and
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`computational
`
`an embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`resources,
`
`according
`
`to
`
`invention;
`
`Figure
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`14
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`is
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`a
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`flow
`
`diagram
`
`of
`
`an exemplary
`
`method
`
`for
`
`executing
`
`time
`
`slices
`
`for
`
`an agent
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`population,
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`15
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`according
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`to
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`an embodiment
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`of
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`the
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`present
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`invention;
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`Figure
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`15
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`is
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`a
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`flow
`
`diagram
`
`of
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`an.exemplary
`
`method
`
`for
`
`executing
`
`a
`
`time
`
`slice
`
`for
`
`an agent,
`
`according
`
`to
`
`an embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention;
`
`Figure
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`16
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`is
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`a
`
`flow
`
`diagram
`
`of
`
`an exemplary
`
`method
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`20
`
`for
`
`executing
`
`an event
`
`handler,
`
`according
`
`to
`
`an
`
`embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention;
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`and
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`17
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`is
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`a
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`flow
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`diagram
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`of an exemplary
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`method
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`for
`
`executing
`
`a service
`
`instruction,
`
`according
`
`to
`
`an
`
`embodiment
`
`of
`
`the
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`present
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`invention.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
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`The preferred
`
`embodiments
`
`of
`
`the
`
`present
`
`invention
`
`and
`
`their
`
`advantages
`
`are
`
`best
`
`understood
`
`by
`
`referring
`
`to Figures
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`1 through
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`17 of
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`the
`
`drawings.
`
`Like
`
`numerals
`
`are
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`used
`
`for
`
`like
`
`and
`
`corresponding
`
`parts
`
`of
`
`the
`
`10
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`various
`
`drawings.
`
`Turning
`
`first
`
`to
`
`the
`
`nomenclature
`
`of
`
`the
`
`the
`
`detailed
`
`description
`
`which
`
`follows
`
`specification,
`
`is
`
`represented
`
`largely
`
`in
`
`terms
`
`of processes
`
`and
`
`symbolic
`
`representations
`
`of operations
`
`performed
`
`by
`
`15
`
`conventional
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`computer
`
`components,
`
`such
`
`as
`
`a central
`
`processing
`
`unit
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`(CPU) or processor
`
`associated
`
`with
`
`a
`
`general
`
`purpose
`
`computer
`
`system,
`
`memory
`
`storage
`
`devices
`
`for
`
`the
`
`processor,
`
`and
`
`connected
`
`pixel-oriented
`
`display
`
`devices.
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`These
`
`operations
`
`include
`
`the manipulation
`
`of
`
`20
`
`data
`
`bits
`
`by
`
`the
`
`processor
`
`and
`
`the maintenance
`
`of
`
`these
`
`bits
`
`within
`
`dat