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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1998
Graham W. Glass, Dallas, TX (US);
Recursion Software, Inc., Frisco, TX (US);
Abstract
In a computer network ( ), a first agent ( ) has a directive to meet with a second agent ( ) in order to exchange high speed messages. The first agent ( ) moves to the host address and port number where the second agent ( ) is located. The first agent ( ) issues a request to the second agent ( ) for an encounter. If available, the second agent ( ) creates an encounter object ( ) that binds the first agent ( ) to the second agent ( ) for the duration of the encounter. The first agent ( ), through an invoker ( ), invokes a meet callback function in order to establish message exchanges between the first agent ( ) and the second agent ( ) through the encounter object ( ). The first agent ( ) then instructs the second agent ( ) to terminate the encounter. Termination of the encounter frees up the encounter object ( ) for subsequent use within the computer network ( ).