Integrated electronic information system
First Claim
1. A system for receiving electronic information on a computer network, comprising:
- a first electronic information collector in a first user account, said first electronic information collector having a first collector address wherein said first electronic information collector comprises a post input port and a paste input port;
a second electronic information collector in said first user account, said second electronic information collector having a second collector address;
wherein a first electronic message sent to said first collector address is received in said first collector; and
wherein a second electronic message sent to said second collector address is received in said second collector.
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Abstract
An electronic system using collectors, rosters, notifiers, and links provides a uniform system for communications, information management and human organization. Since the collectors have unique addresses, each collector belonging to a user can be used as a separate email inbox to provide a single user account with multiple email inboxes. Furthermore, collectors can have access control attributes to limit access to the collectors. The notifier provides a uniform location to view incoming new messages and documents. The links can be used to automatically transfer information between collectors as well as providing access authorization to collectors. For example, a link in subscription mode from a first collector to a second collector would automatically copy all documents placed in the second collector to the first collector. Similarly, if the same link were in forwarding mode, documents placed in the first collector are copied to the second collector. Rosters contain links to multiple collectors. A link to a roster is equivalent to a link to all the collectors linked in the roster. In addition sending a document to a roster is equivalent to sending a copy of the document to every collector linked in the roster.
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16 Claims
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1. A system for receiving electronic information on a computer network, comprising:
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a first electronic information collector in a first user account, said first electronic information collector having a first collector address wherein said first electronic information collector comprises a post input port and a paste input port; a second electronic information collector in said first user account, said second electronic information collector having a second collector address; wherein a first electronic message sent to said first collector address is received in said first collector; and wherein a second electronic message sent to said second collector address is received in said second collector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for information management comprising:
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a first collector;
a second collector;a link from said first collector to said second collector, said link having a flow direction attribute and having a notification attribute; a first notifier section associated with said first collector; a second notifier section associated with said second collector; and wherein said first collector comprises a first new storage area and a first persistent storage area; and said second collector comprises a second new storage area and a second persistent storage area. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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