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System and method for providing requested information to thin clients

US8301503B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 17, 2002
Grant dateOct 30, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/0629
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for, and method of, providing requested information to a client. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a core information database that contains core information gleaned from the Internet and restructured according to a predetermined taxonomy and (2) a client communications interface, coupled to the core information database, that receives a request message from a client containing a request for some of the core information, derives a database query from the request message, causes the some of the core information to be retrieved from the core information database, formats the some of the core information into a response message according to display limitations of the client and transmits the response message to the client for display thereby.

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