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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK

  • US 20020002596A1
  • Filed: 09/03/1998
  • Published: 01/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1998
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for retrieving information from a network and forwarding the retrieved information to a user access device, comprising:

  • means for storing one or more user configuration files, each said configuration file being associated with a user, specifying one or more types of information to be retrieved, and specifying how the retrieved information is to be formatted; and

    means for responding to an information request from a requesting user by associating said information request with said requesting user, retrieving one of said configuration files corresponding to said requesting user, retrieving and formatting information from the network in accordance with said corresponding configuration file, and forwarding said formatted information to the access device of said requesting user.

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