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Interactive configuration via network

  • US 5,987,473 A
  • Filed: 12/29/1997
  • Issued: 11/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of controlling the flow of information in a client/server system for interactive configuration, wherein a request to a rule base is processed, comprising the steps of:

  • providing request information, resulting from a first client interaction;

    transferring said request information to the server;

    collecting intermediate information, resulting from at least one second client interaction succeeding said first client interaction;

    creating response information on the server responsive to said request information;

    transferring said response information to the client;

    determining whether said response information indicates conformity with said rule base;

    creating merged information responsive to said intermediate information and said response information;

    determining whether said intermediate information represents a higher level of knowledge than said response information;

    selecting at least one of the following actions according to said determinations;

    use said merged information to update said client or transmit said merged information as a request.

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