Message multicasting
When multicasting a message to agents, a message monitor 5 executes the steps of: receiving preferential destination information designated by a user and a message; determining to which agents the message is to be sent, by referring to the preferential destination information; and sending the messag...
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Main Authors | , |
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Format | Patent |
Language | English |
Published |
22.03.2000
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Edition | 7 |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | When multicasting a message to agents, a message monitor 5 executes the steps of: receiving preferential destination information designated by a user and a message; determining to which agents the message is to be sent, by referring to the preferential destination information; and sending the message to the agents determined as destinations. This preferential destination information designated by a user is the information representing a user's "taste" which is represented, for instance, by an agent name and a priority (or weight). It is also possible that the destination determining step comprises a step of referring to a messaging policy data defining priorities of agents to which the message can be sent. By doing so, it becomes possible to reflect a policy of a market's sponsor on message sending. Moreover, it is also possible to transform it so that a message destination is determined by referring only to a messaging policy data rather than preferential destination information designated by a user. Application is to online shopping on WWW. |
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Bibliography: | Application Number: GB19990012256 |