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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
LaTondra Alyce Murray, Raleigh, NC (US);
Loren Gilbert Terveen, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., Middletown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
706 45 ; 706 60 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for a user to program a personal software agent using an agent manager. The agent manager receives instructions for creating a rule. The rule is placed in a hierarchical order. A determination is made as to whether the rule is valid within the hierarchical order. If the rule is not valid, repairs are suggested to make the rule valid.