Moving and agent with a canonical rule from one device to a second device

1. A device-implemented method comprising:

moving an agent with a canonical rule set from a first execution environment embodied on a first device to a second execution environment embodied on a second device, by at least:

encoding the agent including the canonical rule set into transferable form in the first execution environment, wherein the first execution environment includes a rule engine, a working memory, and a compiled rule set in association with the first execution environment, wherein the canonical rule set includes a subset of a total potential rules for the agent, the subset including domain and execution environment specific rules;

sending the encoded agent to the second execution environment, wherein the sending causes the encoded agent to be decoded in the second execution environment;

receiving a notification of completion of movement of the agent to the second execution environment; and

in response to receiving the notification of completion of movement to the second execution environment:

discarding the rule engine in the first execution environment;

discarding the working memory in the first execution environment; and

discarding the compiled rule set in the first execution environment.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the discarding the rule engine in the first execution environment is performed by the agent;

the discarding the working memory in the first execution environment is performed by the agent; and

the discarding the compiled rule set in the first execution environment is performed by the agent.

3. A device-implemented method comprising:

receiving, from a first execution environment embodied on a first device, an encoded agent in a second execution environment embodied on a second device, the encoded agent including a canonical rule set from the first execution environment, the canonical rule set including domain and execution environment specific rules as a subset of a total potential rules for the encoded agent;

decoding the encoded agent including its canonical rule set in the second execution environment;

compiling the canonical rule set by a rule compiler in the second execution environment.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

creating a new rule engine with the compiled canonical rule set in the second execution environment.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

requesting a new working memory from the rule engine in the second execution environment.

6. The method of claim 3 , comprising:

locating a rule engine in the second execution environment.

7. The method of claim 6 , comprising:

supplying the rule engine with the compiled canonical rule set.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

destroying an original version of the agent in the first execution environment.

9. A computer readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

receiving, in a second execution environment, an encoded agent from a first execution environment, wherein the encoded agent is encoded to include a canonical rule set from the first execution environment, and wherein the canonical rule set includes domain and execution environment specific rules as a subset of a total potential rules for the encoded agent;

decoding the encoded agent including its canonical rule set in the second execution environment;

compiling a carried canonical rule set by a rule compiler in the second execution environment;

creating a new rule engine with the compiled canonical rule set in the second execution environment, wherein the new rule engine is configured to execute the domain and execution environment specific rules; and

requesting a new working memory from the rule engine in the second execution environment to hold data that the agent asserts before and during execution of the rule engine.

10. A computer readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

moving an agent with a canonical rule set from a first execution environment embodied on a first device to a second execution environment embodied on a second device, by at least:

encoding the agent including the canonical rule set into transferable form in the first execution environment, wherein the first execution environment includes a rule engine a working memory, and a compiled rule set in association with the first execution environment, wherein the canonical rule set includes a subset of a total potential rules for the agent, the subset including domain and execution environment specific rules;

sending the encoded agent to the second execution environment, wherein the sending causes the encoded agent to be decoded in the second execution environment;

receiving a notification of completion of movement of the agent to the second execution environment; and

in response to receiving the notification of completion of movement to the second execution environment:

discarding the rule engine in the first execution environment; and

discarding the working memory in the first execution environment; and

discarding the compiled rule set in the first execution environment.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the

encoding the agent comprises encoding the canonical rule set into a series of bytes for sending.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the

creating a new rule engine in the second execution environment is performed by the agent.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

requesting, by the agent, a new rule engine from the second execution environment.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the

requesting a new working memory from the new rule engine in the second execution environment is performed by the agent.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:

destroying an original version of the agent in the first execution environment.

16. A system for moving an agent with a canonical rule set from a first execution environment to a second execution environment, comprising:

a first memory configured to store a working memory of the agent in the first execution environment; and

a first processor configured to be communicably coupled to the first memory, wherein the processor is configured to:

discard a rule engine, the working memory and a compiled rule set of the agent;

encode the agent including the canonical rule set into transferable form;

send the encoded agent to the second execution environment; and

destruct an original version of the agent.

17. A system comprising:

a memory configured to store a working memory of an agent in an execution environment; and

a processor configured to be communicably coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:

decode an encoded agent including a canonical rule set received from a different execution environment;

compile the canonical rule set into a compiled rule set;

search to locate a rule engine;

create a rule engine if no rule engine is located;

supply the rule engine with the compiled rule set; and

request a new working memory from the rule engine.