System and Method for Providing Requested Information to Thin Clients
First Claim
1. An apparatus operable with an information system configured to contain core information, comprising:
- a processor; and
memory including computer program code, said memory and said computer program code configured to, with said processor, cause said apparatus to perform at least the following;
generate a request message containing a request for some of said core information;
receive a response message including said some of said core information and a request for a non-monetary rating of a value of said some of said core information; and
display said some of said core information and said request for said non-monetary rating of said value of said some of said core information.
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Abstract
A system for, and method of, providing requested information to a client. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a core information database that contains core information gleaned from the Internet and restructured according to a predetermined taxonomy and (2) a client communications interface, coupled to the core information database, that receives a request message from a client containing a request for some of the core information, derives a database query from the request message, causes the some of the core information to be retrieved from the core information database, formats the some of the core information into a response message according to display limitations of the client and transmits the response message to the client for display thereby.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus operable with an information system configured to contain core information, comprising:
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a processor; and memory including computer program code, said memory and said computer program code configured to, with said processor, cause said apparatus to perform at least the following; generate a request message containing a request for some of said core information; receive a response message including said some of said core information and a request for a non-monetary rating of a value of said some of said core information; and display said some of said core information and said request for said non-monetary rating of said value of said some of said core information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method operable with an information system configured to contain core information, comprising:
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generating a request message containing a request for some of said core information; receiving a response message including said some of said core information and a request for a non-monetary rating of a value of said some of said core information; and displaying said some of said core information and said request for said non-monetary rating of said value of said some of said core information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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