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Information filtering device and information filtering method

  • US 6,073,170 A
  • Filed: 11/14/1997
  • Issued: 06/06/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An information filtering device comprising:

  • a topic managing section configured to organize addresses for information providing sources, search conditions and information acquisition drivers for acquiring information from the information providing sources into groups and managing the groups by each of previously registered topics, wherein each of the information acquisition drivers is set so as to correspond to the type of the information providing source; and

    an information selecting section configured to acquire information from the information providing source identified by the address for information providing source managed by said managing section and selecting pieces of information from acquired information by using the search condition and information acquisition driver belonging to the same group as that of the address for the information providing source corresponding to said acquired information.

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