Information providing method and information providing system and terminal therefor

• US 20030018789A1
• Filed: 06/27/2002
• Published: 01/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ishiguro, Yoshihide
• Application Number:
  US10/180,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20030018789A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

An information providing system permits user to efficiently obtain information retrieved and accessed at an office or a home, later in mobile environment with troubling the user, at an occasion where the information is indeed necessary. An information provides to a user by issuing retrieval demand to an information providing apparatus. In the information providing apparatus, a retrieval demand is received and information retrieval is performed according to the retrieval condition contained in the retrieval demand to obtain information retrieval result. Also, a history retrieval of the stored retrieval history information is also performed according to the user ID of the user terminals and the retrieval condition contained in the retrieval demand. The retrieval result is transmitted to be displayed of the user terminal.

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