Software agent used to provide instruction to a user for a plura

Details Software agent used to provide instruction to a user for a plura Software agent used to provide instruction to a user for a plura

1993-02-26

1994-05-31

Nguyen, Phu K.

395155, G06F 1564

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053176880

ABSTRACT:
A computing system includes an application object, a computer based training instruction object ("INSTRUCTION object") and an agent engine. The INSTRUCTION object runs concurrently with the application object. The application objects includes a first action processor and a first command processor. The first action processor receives messages which indicate syntactic actions taken by the user and generates semantic commands based on the syntactic actions. The first command processor receives the semantic commands from the first action processor and executes the semantic commands. The INSTRUCTION object receives input from a user through syntactic actions and displays information on a monitor. The information instructs a user as to operation of the first application. The INSTRUCTION object may include an INSTRUCTION action processor and an INSTRUCTION command processor. The INSTRUCTION action processor receives messages which indicate syntactic actions taken by the user and generates semantic commands based on the syntactic actions. The INSTRUCTION command processor receives the semantic commands from the INSTRUCTION action processor and executes the semantic commands. The agent, running a task language program, sends semantic commands to the INSTRUCTION object which direct the INSTRUCTION object as to what information to display. The agent also monitors the application object and the INSTRUCTION object, intercepting semantic commands before they are executed.

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