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Recording and retrieval of information relevant to the activities of a user

  • US 5,539,665 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1994
  • Issued: 07/23/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An information recording and retrieval system, comprising:

  • a database for storing information; and

    a plurality of objects, each representing a user or other entity identifiable by the system, each object representing a user being portable, each object comprising;

    an agent;

    means for communicating between said agent and agents of other objects; and

    means for communicating between said agent and said database; and

    a user interface for communicating between a user of said object and said agent;

    wherein said information to be recorded is organized as a set of threads, each thread comprising a chronological sequence of time-stamped facts all of which relate to a single object and at least some of which also represent descriptors of other objects, each fact including an attribute and a value of that attribute for said given object at the time indicated by said time-stamp, said facts being automatically recorded in said database upon physical collocation of two or more objects.

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