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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshihiro Maruyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Victor Company of Japan, Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
A plurality of information sources are arranged on a network. An agent program is self-transferred to access the plurality of information sources for executing an information acquiring process. An information service is connected with the network to store an access condition to the plurality of information sources. An agent program is transferred to one of the plurality of information sources according to the access condition necessary for acquiring the information, when the agent program is inputted to the information service , and begins the information acquiring process to acquire the information.