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Method and system for providing interactive electronic catalog for product and constraint information of equality and inequality search

US6324536A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 1997
Grant dateNov 27, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S715/968
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for collecting, categorizing and searching metadata about products which may be the subject of user-input inequality searches. Unique methods are provided for: generating image information at the user interface; inputting of the inequality search; conducting an inequality search based on the metadata in response to input at the user interface; and; displaying the search results appropriately.

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