SEARCH SERVICE OFFERING METHOD BASED ON AGENT PLATFORM AND SYSTEM THERE OF

摘要

A method and a system for providing a searching service based on agent are provided to extract only the information proper to a user's request and supply the information to a user as well as to extracts the information corresponding to inputted keywords promptly and offer the corresponding information to the user. An agent(120) means a computer program which performs a work through the cooperation between agents or an agent and a system under a distribution environment. If a user inputs a searching command, the agent creates agent description information corresponding to the searching command in a predetermined format and outputs the agent description information to an agent platform(130). An agent communication channel(ACC)(130-1) is a data transmission path for transmitting each kind of signal thranseived between the agents or the components of the agent platform. An agent management system(AMS)(130-2) provides each agent with a naming service in order for the agent within the agent platform to be recognized as an independent unit. A directory storage(DF)(130-3) stores the data that each agent provides. An agent name sever(ANS)(130-4) stores the mapping between the name and address of each agent.