22. A method for searching for a product by a consumer, comprising in combination the steps of: selecting a decision agent manager to supervise the subsequent steps; composing a decision query; creating a decision agent; delivering the decision agent to a specified market; accepting the decision agent by the market; and searching for the product.
24. A method for searching for a product according to claim 22 wherein the step of creating a decision agent comprises, in combination, the steps of: creating a decision agent with a unique identifier; storing a reference to a personal agent of the consumer, a reference to the market that is to be searched, the search expiry time, the delivery media, time, and period, and the query; and logging the creation of the decision agent with the decision agent's log function.