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US Patent 5428778 - Selective dissemination of information

US Patent Issued on June 27, 1995
Estimated Patent Expiration Date: Icon_subject September 13, 2014Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
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Abstract

A database method and system for disseminating information to user, and for alerting users to the disseminated information, stores a plurality of parameters in association with information items. The plurality of parameters includes at least one keyword taken from a finite hierarchical set of keywords indicative of the subject matter of the information items, and a priority level value indicative of the perceived importance of the information items. The finite hierarchical set of keywords has a tree structure relating broad keywords to progressively narrower keywords. An interest profile is created for each of the users and comprises a list of keywords, selected from the finite hierarchical set, and a priority level associated with each keyword. The parameters stored in association with each information item, and the stored interest profile for that user, are compared. Each user whose interest profile matches the parameters of the information item is alerted to the presence of the matching information item.

Other References

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Inventor

Assignee

Application

No. 304812 filed on 09/13/1994

US Classes:

707/5Query augmenting and refining (e.g., inexact access)

Examiners

Primary: Black, Thomas G.
Assistant: Von Buhr, Maria N.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

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International Class

G06F 017/30

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