Data gathering and distribution apparatus and methods
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A data gathering method comprising:
- determining criteria for transferring a selected data portion from a source to at least one destination;
interfacing with said source;
gathering said selected data portion and other data according to said criteria; and
distributing said data and said other data to at least one destination according to said criteria.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A novel data gathering method includes determining criteria for transferring a selected data portion from a source to at least one destination, interfacing with the source, gathering the selected data portion and other data according to the criteria, and distributing the data and the other data to at least one destination according to said criteria. Optionally, the gathered data is manipulated and/or augmented according to the gather criteria. Such processing of the data may occur before, during, and/or after the gathering and/or distribution of the data. A system for implementing the novel method is also disclosed.
-
Citations
108 Claims
-
1. A data gathering method comprising:
-
determining criteria for transferring a selected data portion from a source to at least one destination;
interfacing with said source;
gathering said selected data portion and other data according to said criteria; and
distributing said data and said other data to at least one destination according to said criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
-
-
58. A data-gathering method, comprising:
-
identifying source data to be gathered;
automatically gathering at least a portion of the source data; and
automatically distributing the gathered data to at least one selectable destination.
-
-
73. A data gathering method comprising:
-
determining criteria for transferring a selected data portion from a source to at least one destination;
gathering said selected data portion from said source;
manipulating said data portion according to said criteria; and
distributing said manipulated data portion to at least one destination according to said criteria. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75)
-
-
76. A data gathering method comprising:
-
determining criteria for transferring a selected data portion from a source to a plurality of destinations;
gathering said selected data portion from said source; and
distributing copies of said selected data portion to each of said plurality of destinations according to said criteria. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105)
-
-
79. A data gathering system comprising:
-
a memory device for storing data and code, said code including a gather engine responsive to an initiate signal, and operative to determine criteria for transferring a selected data portion from a source to at least one destination, gathering said selected data portion and other data according to said criteria, and distributing said data and said other data to at least one destination according to said criteria; and
a processing unit for executing said code.
-
-
106. A data gathering system comprising:
-
means for determining criteria for transferring a selected data portion from a source to at least one destination;
means for interfacing with said source;
means for gathering said selected data portion and other data according to said criteria; and
means for distributing said data and said other data to at least one destination according to said criteria.
-
-
107. A data gathering system comprising:
-
means for determining criteria for transferring a selected data portion from a source to at least one destination;
means for gathering said selected data portion from said source;
menas for manipulating said data portion according to said criteria; and
means for distributing said manipulated data portion to at least one destination according to said criteria.
-
-
108. A data gathering system comprising:
-
means for determining criteria for transferring a selected data portion from a source to a plurality of destinations;
means for gathering said selected data portion from said source; and
means for distributing copies of said selected data portion to each of said plurality of destinations according to said criteria.
-
Specification