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Enhanced electronic encyclopedia

  • US 5,706,493 A
  • Filed: 04/19/1995
  • Issued: 01/06/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An enhanced electronic encyclopedia for a user wherein relatively important or relatively popular articles are selected objectively for expansion with supplemental articles, said electronic encyclopedia comprising:

  • (A) a database stored in at least one memory, said database including;

    (i) a plurality of base articles, each of said base articles having an assigned article identifier, an assigned article text and an assigned objective rating, wherein said objective rating is an objective measure of relative importance or relative popularity of the base article to which said objective rating is assigned as compared to other said base articles,(ii) at least one supplemental article corresponding to selected base articles wherein said selected base articles have an assigned objective rating that is greater than a predetermined minimum objective rating, each said supplemental article having an assigned label identifying supplemental article characteristics;

    (B) a processor connected to said memory for manipulating said database;

    (C) an input device connected to said processor for receiving an article identifier selection and a supplemental article label selection from such user; and

    (D) an output device connected to said processor for communicating to such user a base article and a supplemental article corresponding to said article identifier selection and to said supplemented aricle selected respectively.

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