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System for enabling information marketplace

  • US 5,872,850 A
  • Filed: 03/31/1997
  • Issued: 02/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for enabling an information marketplace, comprising:

  • a central server connected to a network, said server having access to a memory for storing profile data in a plurality of profiles;

    a data structure accessible by said server associating each of the profiles with at least one associated node, said data structure indicating whether each associated node has authorization to access profile data of the associated profile; and

    the central server receiving a request from a requesting node to obtain profile data from at least one profile and accessing the data structure to make a determination whether the requesting node has the authorization to access profile data of each profile requested, and for each profile requested, returning profile data to the node if the node has the authorization for that profile.

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