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Electronic bulletin board system and mail server

  • US 20010018704A1
  • Filed: 01/09/2001
  • Published: 08/30/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic bulletin board system including a server computer with an electronic bulletin board function communicating with at least one user computer via a network for mediating information exchange therebetween, said server computer comprising:

  • a database as a notable words collection storing a plurality of words that are appropriately selected, each of the notable words in the database being linked with a corresponding URL;

    a logic device inspecting a message text sent from a user computer of a person who wants to post a message by consulting the notable words collection, wherein the inspected message text is posted on the bulletin board when the message text does not include a notable word in the notable words collection; and

    the notable word in the message text is converted into a hypertext format having a URL to which the word is linked as a link destination, and the message text is posted on the bulletin board when the message text includes a notable word in the notable words collection.

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