DATABASE ACCESS SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- a server making available information through a user profile;
providing at least a portion of the information in response receiving an information request regarding the user profile from a computing device; and
providing at least one spurious response to the information request.
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Abstract
An improved human user computer interface system, wherein a user characteristic or set of characteristics, such as demographic profile or societal “role”, is employed to define a scope or domain of operation. The operation itself may be a database search, to interactively define a taxonomic context for the operation, a business negotiation, or other activity. After retrieval of results, a scoring or ranking may be applied according to user define criteria, which are, for example, commensurate with the relevance to the context, but may be, for example, by date, source, or other secondary criteria. A user profile is preferably stored in a computer accessible form, and may be used to provide a history of use, persistent customization, collaborative filtering and demographic information for the user. Advantageously, user privacy and anonymity is maintained by physical and algorithmic controls over access to the personal profiles, and releasing only aggregate data without personally identifying information or of small groups.
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15 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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a server making available information through a user profile; providing at least a portion of the information in response receiving an information request regarding the user profile from a computing device; and providing at least one spurious response to the information request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising:
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a server configured to make information available through a user profile; the server configured to provide at least a portion of the information via an intelligent agent applet operating from at least one of the server or a client computing device in communication with the server, wherein the server is configured to download the intelligent agent applet to the client computing device, in response to receiving an information request regarding the user profile from the client computing device; the server configured to provide at least one spurious response to the information request. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A tangible computer readable medium storing instructions thereon, wherein in response to executing the instructions, a computing device performs operations comprising:
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making available information through a user profile; providing at least a portion of the information in response receiving an information request regarding the user profile from a client computing device; and providing at least one spurious response to the information request. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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