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Home page update notification apparatus comparing notification time and update time to determine home page update status in an information communication system using computer network and program recording medium

US6065044A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 12, 1998
Grant dateMay 16, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/2358
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A home page updating notification apparatus is provided for avoiding useless access operations for accessing the same content of home page several times, so that updated necessary information opened in home pages can be effectively acquired. A home page formed in a home page forming apparatus and then transferred is written into a home page storage portion of a memory, so that updating of this home page is detected. When updating of this home page is detected, a document of an electronic mail, and an address of a transmission destination of this electronic mail are read which have been previously stored. Then, an electronic mail is formed based on the read document and the read address, and the formed electronic mail is transmitted to an address of a transmission destination. As a result, a user of a terminal allocated to this address can be notified by such a fact that the home page is updated by observing the electronic mail.

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