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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Babak Esfandiari, Ottawa, CA;
Michael Weiss, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Mitel Corporation, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/760 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/760 ;
Abstract
A multi-agent system for selecting a service based on competing bids, comprising a Bid Manager agent for issuing a call for bids, receiving the bids and selecting a best bid from among the received bids taking into consideration Quality of Service, and a plurality of Bidder agents for issuing the bids in response to the call for bids, wherein one of the Bidder agents issues the best bid and provides the service upon selection of the best bid by the Bid Manager.