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Title: US6085178: Apparatus and method for communicating between an intelligent agent and client computer process using disguised messages
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Inventor: Bigus, Joseph Phillip; Rochester, MN
Cragun, Brian John; Rochester, MN
Delp, Helen Roxlo; Rochester, MN

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY
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Published / Filed: 2000-07-04 / 1997-03-21

Application Number: US1997000822119

IPC Code: Advanced: G06F 9/44; G06F 9/46; G06F 9/50; G06F 15/16; G06F 15/18; G06N 3/00; H04L 9/28; H04L 29/06; H04L 29/08;
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IPC-7: G06F 13/00;

ECLA Code: H04L29/06C8; G06F9/46R6M;

U.S. Class: Current: 705/080; 283/017; 283/056; 283/073; 283/901; 380/056; 380/059; 705/050;
Original: 705/080; 705/050; 380/056; 380/059; 283/017; 283/056; 283/073; 283/901;

Field of Search: 395/200.32 706/025 380/025,3,21,56,59 705/050,80 283/017,56,73,901

Priority Number:
1997-03-21  US1997000822119

Abstract:     An intelligent agent and its client communicate using a selector known by both parties to generate and interpret messages and thereby effectively disguise confidential information transmitted in the messages from third parties. Moreover, a neural network is used to implement the decision logic and/or the message disguising functions of an agent such that the logic employed in such functions is not readily reverse compiled or scanned by third parties.

Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wood, Herron & Evans L.L.P. ;

Primary / Asst. Examiners: Voeltz, Emanuel Todd; Aluarez, Raquel

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
    This application is related to the following U.S. Patent Applications, all of which were filed on even date herewith by Bigus et al: U.S. application Ser. No. 08/821,935 entitled "INTELLIGENT AGENT WITH NEGOTIATION CAPABILITY AND METHOD OF NEGOTIATION THEREWITH", U.S. application Ser. No. 08/826,107 entitled "APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPUTER TASKS USING MULTIPLE INTELLIGENT AGENTS HAVING VARIED DEGREES OF DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE" and U.S. application Ser. No. 08/822,993 entitled "APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPUTER TASKS USING INTELLIGENT AGENT WITH MULTIPLE PROGRAM MODULES HAVING VARIED DEGREES OF DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE". The disclosures of all of these applications are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

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What is claimed is:     1. A method of communicating between an intelligent agent computer program and a client computer process, comprising the steps of:
  • (a) selecting a message from a plurality of messages based upon a selector and information to be transmitted between the intelligent agent and the client computer process to disguise the information from discovery by a third party; and
  • (b) transmitting the selected message between the intelligent agent and the client computer process.


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