Method for automatically obtaining and presenting data from multiple data sources
US5675637A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 16, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/51
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for automatically obtaining, consolidating and displaying the information from a plurality of information sources. An agent workstation receives the initial information item and then sends this information item to the sources specified, receives additional information items from these sources, and displays or presents the information items received. If the initial information item is not adequate to obtain all of the information items desired then the information items received from one source are also used to obtain other information items from other sources so that all of the desired information items are obtained.
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