Software agent for comparing locally accessible keywords with meta-information and having pointers associated with distributed information
Patent 5931907 Issued on August 3, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: July 22, 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.
709/218, Using interconnected networks707/10, Distributed or remote access707/102, Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)709/201, DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING709/202, Processing agent709/203, Client/server709/219, Accessing a remote server715/501.1, Hypermedia715/513, Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA)715/515Compound document
A system for accessing information stored in a distributed information database provides a community of intelligent software agents. Each agent can be built as an extension of a known viewer for a distributed information system such as the Internet WorldWide Web. The agent is effectively integrated with the viewer and can extract pages by means of the viewer for storage in an intelligent page store. The text from the information system is abstracted and is stored with additional information, optionally selected by the user. The agent-based access system uses keyword sets to locate information of interest to a user, together with user profiles such that pages being stored by one user can be notified to another whose profile indicates potential interest. The keyword sets can be extended by use of a thesaurus.
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