System and method for retrieving and displaying data, such as economic data relating to salaries, cost of living and employee benefits

• US 20050216436A1
• Filed: 01/07/2005
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David J. Thomsen
• Original Assignee: David J. Thomsen
• Inventors: Thomsen, David J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,647,322 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/08 providing for individual presentation of information to a plurality of student stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/959 Network
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A system and method for retrieving and displaying data, such as economic data. The method can include receiving over a computer network a user request for a first item of economic data, retrieving the first item of economic data from a database, and providing a display description for view by the user over the computer network with the display description including the first item of economic data. The method can further include receiving a second item of economic data from the user over the computer network and at least reducing a fee from the user for receiving the first item of economic data. In another embodiment, the method can include displaying a plurality of discrete data items to the user and receiving a selection of one of the discrete data items from the user resulting from the user at least aligning a cursor on the graphical display with the selected discrete data item. The method can further include retrieving additional data corresponding to the selected discrete data item and providing instructions for displaying the additional data to the user.

Claims

1. A method in a computer system for exchanging economic data with a user, comprising:

receiving a request from a user for a first item of economic data, the first item including at least one of wage data, cost of living data, cost of labor data and employee benefit data;

retrieving the first item of economic data from a database;

providing over the Internet a web page for view by the user, the web page displaying the first item of economic data;

receiving a second item of economic data from the user over the Internet in exchange for the first item of economic data, the second item of economic data including at least one of wage data, cost of living data and employee benefit data;

checking the second item of economic data for validity by determining whether the second item of economic data is consistent with economic data in the database of the same type as the second item of data;

updating the database to include the second item of data if the second item of data is determined to be valid; and

providing the first item of economic data to the user free of charge.

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