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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Applicants:
Klaus Röhrle, Stuttgart, DE;
Ernö Kovacs, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Klaus Röhrle, Stuttgart, DE;
Ernö Kovacs, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Sony Deutschland GmbH, Cologne, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique for managing the migration of mobile agents to nodes of a communication network is proposed. The trustworthiness of at least one node () of the network is checked (). In case the trustworthiness exceeds a pre-set trust threshold, a trust token for the checked node () is generated () and the trust token is stored () in the network. In advance to a migration of a mobile agent () to a node of the network it is verified () if a valid trust token is existing for the corresponding node (). The migration of the mobile agent () is restricted () to nodes having a valid trust token.