Data communication system that transmits the selected contents and menu onto the network for delivery to the client computer
US6564217B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 13, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99945
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A server computer for a data communication system and adapted to transmit a document via a network, such as the Internet or an intranet, to a client computer in response to a request therefrom. The server includes an article memory for storing a plurality of article documents and respective bibliographic data; processing circuitry for receiving from a system administrator and storing an article document selection rule, and for retrieving from the article memory a subset of the plurality of article documents and assembling a table of contents-type document from at least part of each of the subset of article documents. The subset of article documents is selected according to the respective bibliographic data using the article document selection rule. Transmission circuitry is responsive to the request for transmitting the assembled document onto the network for delivery to the client computer.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.