A system for conducting computer-based on-line commerce using intelligent agents to collect packages of related items

摘要

According to the present invention, a client computer issues a group of interrelated commerce requests, and each of the plurality of server computers can service at least one of the requests. CLAIMS 1. A method for causing an intelligent agent to perform based on-line commerce, comprising: receiving the group of interrelated commerce requests from the client computer; And using the client's preference level indicative of at least one preferred value that the client wants the agent to use for finding a server that meets the request for each request. Discovering a server to meet, wherein the discovering step further comprises using a client's importance level, which represents a relative importance to the request relative to other requests in the group. Provide a way to do it.