System and method for modifying documents sent over a communications network

Patent 5887133 Issued on March 23, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 15, 2017. Estimated 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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Inventors

Assignee

Health Hero Network

Application

No. 784270 filed on 01/15/1997

US Classes:

709/200, MISCELLANEOUS709/206, Demand based messaging715/540, Replacement of element715/911Document page description processing

Examiners

Primary: Rinehart, Mark H.
Assistant: Thompson, Marc D.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Lumen Intellectual Property Services

International Classes

G06F 013/38
G06F 015/17

Abstract

A system and method applied to a communications network which transmits document portions in which an original document portion having an identifier portion and an information portion is replaced or swapped with a substitute document portion. The system has a controller, typically a proxy server, for reading the identifier portion of the original document portion, determining the information portion of the original document portion, and issuing a swap order when an undesired original document portion is found. A substitute document server receives the swap order and sends the substitute document portion to the controller. A swapping device or mechanism inserts the substitute document portion in place of the original document portion and the substitute document portion is passed on to the user set and displayed. The controller and swapping mechanism can be integrated with the user set or with the resources of the service provider and their functionality can reside in software.

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