METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE FOR GOAL ORIENTED APPLICATIONS, CONFIGURATIONS AND WORKFLOW SOLUTIONS ON-THE-FLY

摘要

An architecture to deliver web applications to users that is comprised of links to virtual applications that are composed of physical applications (e.g., a software component with special rules). The web applications can be created, combined into larger applications and installed without the typical effort of writing and debugging software code. Building blocks are derived from a standard interface and rules including that none of the components call methods from any other component. The interfaces pass knowledge, and an agent basket holds properties of a job. Data needed to carry out tasks is found from resources other than the interface (e.g., database). Agencies actively monitor job postings (bulletin board posts) and call agents having a highest score for performing the job. Only active agents and components are maintained in computer memory and are killed when finished, minimizing system footprint and reducing hardware cost.