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Method and system for providing business intelligence information over a computer network via extensible markup language

  • US 6,704,723 B1
  • Filed: 06/20/2001
  • Issued: 03/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for exchanging information over a computer network comprising the steps of:

  • receiving, into at least one network server computer system, a query request from at least one client computer system over a computer network;

    formatting the query request into an extensible markup language query document according to an extensible markup language document application program interface, wherein the extensible markup language query document references a document type declaration, wherein the document type declaration is a set of rules defining the guidelines for the extensible markup language query document;

    transmitting the extensible markup language query document to at least one business intelligence server computer system;

    storing on the at least one business intelligence server computer system a copy of a document type declaration file including the referenced document type declaration;

    receiving, into the at least one business intelligence server computer system, the extensible markup language query document;

    retrieving information requested in the extensible markup language query document from at least one data storage device;

    formatting the retrieved information into an extensible markup language results document;

    transmitting the extensible markup language results document to the at least one network server computer system;

    storing on the at least one network server computer system a copy of a document type declaration file including the referenced document type declaration;

    formatting the extensible markup language results document into an browser-executable results document that references the document type declaration; and

    transmitting the browser-executable results document to the at least one client computer system over the computer network.

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