Personalized Library Interface For Providing Data To A User
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1. A method for providing data to a user from one or more data sets, said method comprising:
- accepting from a user and storing one or more search strategies, each of said one or more search strategies associated with one or more of said one or more data sets; and
accepting from a user a request to view information, and, based on said request, selectively providing data set information comprising at least one of (a) recent information from said one or more associated data sets corresponding to one of said search strategies;
(b) all information corresponding to one of said search strategies;
or (c) preselected information from said one or more data sets, said information having been pre-selected by an entity other than the user.
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Abstract
A personalized library interface that can be modified by a user and provides and that allows access to one or more data sets. A user indicates search strategies, and access to stored preselections is provided. Depending on user indication, the user is provided with information relevant to the search strategy or to information preselected by an entity other than a user, for example, an expert or advertiser. Searches from other entities may also be saved and used as an interface to the data sets.
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1. A method for providing data to a user from one or more data sets, said method comprising:
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accepting from a user and storing one or more search strategies, each of said one or more search strategies associated with one or more of said one or more data sets; and
accepting from a user a request to view information, and, based on said request, selectively providing data set information comprising at least one of (a) recent information from said one or more associated data sets corresponding to one of said search strategies;
(b) all information corresponding to one of said search strategies;
or (c) preselected information from said one or more data sets, said information having been pre-selected by an entity other than the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for providing data to a user, comprising:
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user interface and storage means for accepting from a user and storing one or more search strategies, each of said one or more search strategies associated with one or more of said one or more data sets; and
user input and display means for accepting from a user a request to view information, and selectively providing data set information comprising at least one of (a) recent information from said one or more associated data sets corresponding to one of said search strategies;
(b) all information corresponding to one of said search strategies;
or (c) preselected information from said one or more data sets.
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13. A method for providing data to a user from one or more data sets, said method comprising:
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accepting from a user and storing one or more search strategies, each of said one or more search strategies associated with one or more of said one or more data sets;
accepting from a user a request to view information;
providing data set information comprising information from said one or more associated data sets corresponding to one of said search strategies; and
providing data set information comprising preselected information from said one or more data sets. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for providing data to a user, comprising:
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user interface and storage means for accepting from a user and storing one or more search strategies, each of said one or more search strategies associated with one or more of said one or more data sets;
data input means for accepting from a user a request to view information;
display means for providing data set information comprising information from said one or more associated data sets corresponding to one of said search strategies; and
display means for providing data set information comprising preselected information from said one or more data sets.
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