Claims
- 1. A method of providing user interfaces for interfacing with intelligent software agents, comprising:
receiving a first request for an user interface for a particular intelligent software agent; and programmatically generating the user interface according to information learned by the particular intelligent software agent, wherein the user interface provides a plurality of agent configuration elements for configuring the particular intelligent software agent.
- 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, via the user interface, user-selected agent configuration input; and configuring the particular intelligent software agent according to the user-selected agent configuration input.
- 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising storing the user selected agent configuration input in a common description language.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein programmatically generating the user interface is performed by the particular intelligent software agent.
- 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a second request for the agent user interface for the particular intelligent software agent; and programmatically generating the user interface according to information learned by the particular intelligent software agent since the first request.
- 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the user interface generated in response to the first request comprises different agent configuration elements than the user interface generated in response to the second request.
- 7. The method of claim 5, wherein generating the agent user interface in response to the first and second requests is performed by the particular intelligent software agent
- 8. A method of providing real-time user interfaces for configuring an intelligent software agent, comprising:
programmatically generating an agent user interface for the intelligent software agent based on a current state of the intelligent software agent, whereby each subsequently generated agent user interface for the intelligent software agent may be different than a previously generated agent customization user interface for the intelligent software agent.
- 9. The method of claim 8, wherein programmatically generating is performed for a plurality of agents.
- 10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
receiving, via the agent user interface, user-selected agent configuration input; and configuring the intelligent software agent according to the user-selected agent configuration input.
- 11. The method of claim 8, wherein programmatically generating the agent user interface is performed in response to a user request.
- 12. The method of claim 8, wherein programmatically generating the agent user interface is performed by the intelligent software agent.
- 13. A computer readable medium containing a program which, when executed, performs a user interface generation operation, comprising:
in response to a first request for a user interface for a particular intelligent software agent: generating the user interface for the particular intelligent software agent according to information learned by the particular intelligent software agent, wherein the user interface provides a plurality of agent configuration elements for configuring the particular intelligent software agent.
- 14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, the operation further comprising configuring the particular intelligent software agent according to user-selected agent configuration input received via the user interface.
- 15. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein generating the user interface is performed by the particular intelligent software agent.
- 16. The computer readable medium of claim 13, the operation further comprising, in response to a second request for the agent user interface, generating another instance of the user interface according to information learned by the particular intelligent software agent since the first request.
- 17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the user interface generated in response to the first request comprises different configuration elements than the user interface generated in response to the second request.
- 18. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein generating the user interface in response to the first and second requests is performed by the particular intelligent software agent.
- 19. A computer, comprising:
an intelligent software agent; and a user interface generator configured to programmatically generate a user interface configuration panel based on a state of the intelligent software agent at a time the request is received, wherein the user interface configuration panel includes a plurality of features for configuring the intelligent software agent.
- 20. The computer of claim 19, wherein the user interface generator is invoked in response to each request for the user interface configuration panel.
- 21. The computer of claim 19, wherein the user interface generator is a component of the intelligent software agent.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is related to U.S. Ser. No. ______, filed on even date herewith by Bigus et al. and entitled “COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INTELLIGENT AGENTS AND HUMANS IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT” (Attorney Docket No. ROC920020206), herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.