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Providing a network communication status description based on user characteristics

  • US 6,353,855 B1
  • Filed: 03/01/1999
  • Issued: 03/05/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing a network communication status description based on user comprehension characteristics, the method comprising:

  • receiving a status indication from a first networked computer in response to a user'"'"'s request for information;

    determining one or more comprehension characteristics of the user who issued the request;

    selecting a first status description from a plurality of status descriptions based upon the one or more comprehension characteristics and the status indication wherein the plurality of status descriptions include the first status description that corresponds to a first received status indication and a first set of determined comprehension characteristics and a second status description that corresponds to the first received status description and a second set of determined comprehension characteristics; and

    providing the first status description.

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