MOBILE AGENT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IDENTIFYING INFORMATION TO MOBILE AGENTS AND SUBSEQUENT GENERATION AGENTS

摘要

A mobile agent is provided with ancestor gene information and self gene information. The self gene information is encrypted information which indicates how many generations the mobile agent is descendant from the original agent. When the mobile agent creates a clone (creates a child agent), it generates gene information of its self generation+1 and implants it in the child agent. The mobile agent moving on the network and encountering another mobile agent on a same place obtains gene information from that agent, converts the obtained gene information by a predetermined algorithm, and determines if the agents are descended from the same ancestor.