Program for accessing information records
First Claim
1. A program for accessing information records on a computer, the program being adapted for operating on the computer and comprising:
- an indexer adapted to build an index of information records stored in at least two information systems present on the computer, wherein an information system provides access to information records using at least an interface, such as a user interface, a programming interface or a procedure call interface, and an agent adapted to receive requests from a terminal remote from the computer and to serve said requests using said index.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a program for accessing information records on a computer, the program being adapted for operating on the computer and comprising: an indexer adapted to build an index of information records stored in at least two information systems present on the computer; wherein an information system provides access to information records using at least an interface such as a user interface, an application programming interface, or a procedure call interface; an agent adapted to receive requests from a terminal remote from the computer and to serve said requests using said index. A person travelling is thus able to get access to his or her own information stored on his or her personal computer at home or at work, using for instance another computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smartphone. It can furthermore act on these information records, using the service available on his local computer. It can thus reply to an email, delete or move a file, cancel an appointment, or get a local copy of mp3 file he owns on its local computer.
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1. A program for accessing information records on a computer, the program being adapted for operating on the computer and comprising:
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an indexer adapted to build an index of information records stored in at least two information systems present on the computer, wherein an information system provides access to information records using at least an interface, such as a user interface, a programming interface or a procedure call interface, and an agent adapted to receive requests from a terminal remote from the computer and to serve said requests using said index. - 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)
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