Computerised service provision system using automatically self reconfigurable agents

摘要

The service provision system for making services available by means of one or more communications networks comprises software agents in a computing environment co-operating to provide access to services for a system user. At least one of the agents is self-reconfigurable to modify functionality of the system available to the user. The self-reconfigurable agent reconfigures itself in response to a user input to the system. The self-reconfigurable agent has an available set of software modules and adopts a configuration at least partly by selecting modules from the set to make available to run in use of the system. A means is provided for changing the available set of software modules for the purpose of upgrading or modifying the service provision system.