Multicasting with key words
April 11, 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.Patent ReferencesApparatus and method for providing decoupling of data exchange details for providing high performance communication between software processes Distributed database system having a center system with a link file and a method for retrieving data from same System for linking hypermedia data objects in accordance with associations of source and destination data objects and similarity threshold without using keywords or link-difining terms Network system for profiling and actively facilitating user activities Pseudonymous server for system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects System for generation of user profiles for a system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects Personalized information retrieval using user-defined profile Method and apparatus for tracking client interaction with a network resource and creating client profiles and resource database Patent #: 5796952 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 827829 filed on 04/11/1997US Classes:707/3, Query processing (i.e., searching)707/4, Query formulation, input preparation, or translation707/10, Distributed or remote access707/104.1, Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)709/206, Demand based messaging709/218Using interconnected networksExaminersPrimary: Black, Thomas G.Assistant: Wallace, Michael J. Jr. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 017/30AbstractA method for distributing timely information over a computer network where a Timely Information Server collects and organizes information from Timely Information Providers and then broadcasts the organized information to endusers in the form of an alerts over a plurality of alert channels. The alert is comprised of keywords and arguments, wherein the keywords describe the subject matter of the alert and the arguments provide content of the alert. The Timely Information Server maintains a dictionary of all possible keywords and the endusers copy a portion of the dictionary to their local computers to create individual keyword profiles which are comprised of keywords and Boolean operators. When an alert satisfies a Boolean equation in a users keyword profile the headline of the alert (stored as an argument) is displayed and the user is given the option to link his/her web browser to an associated URL (also stored as an argument).Other References
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