Information storage system
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1. Information storage system for providing information to customers, the system comprising:
- a central database for storing information;
at least one user interface via which information can be read out from the central database;
a data entry interface having a plurality of import interfaces suitable for receiving information, each of said import interfaces receiving information from an associated one of a plurality of external data sources and in a different data format, converting the information so received from all of said plurality of data sources to corresponding unified data streams having a unified data format, and storing the unified data streams in the central database; and
wherein each one of the import interfaces periodically imports updated information from one of the external data sources associated with said one import interface.
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Abstract
Method and customer information system with a processor and memory, from which information is retrievable, whereby such system:
- can communicate with several remote data sources;
- can import from those several data sources several data streams, which may have a different data format in each instance;
- can convert the several data streams to unified data streams with a unified data format;
- can store the unified data streams in the memory;
- can import updated data at predetermined times from the associated external data source.
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1. Information storage system for providing information to customers, the system comprising:
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a central database for storing information; at least one user interface via which information can be read out from the central database; a data entry interface having a plurality of import interfaces suitable for receiving information, each of said import interfaces receiving information from an associated one of a plurality of external data sources and in a different data format, converting the information so received from all of said plurality of data sources to corresponding unified data streams having a unified data format, and storing the unified data streams in the central database; and wherein each one of the import interfaces periodically imports updated information from one of the external data sources associated with said one import interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Information storage system for providing information to customers, the system comprising:
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a central database for storing information; an operator processor through which an operator can retrieve information stored in the central database; at least one user interface via which information can be read out from the central database; a data entry interface suitable for receiving information, which can have a different data format in each instance, from associated ones of a plurality of external data sources, converting the information so received from all of said external data sources to unified data streams having a unified data format, and storing the unified data streams in the central database; and an online services interface for establishing a communications line between the operator processor and online telecommunications services.
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12. Method for providing information to customers through an information storage system, wherein the information storage system comprises a central database for storing information and at least one user interface, via which information can be read out from the central database, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving information, which may have a different data format in each instance and through a plurality of import interfaces, from associated ones of a plurality of external data sources; converting the information so received from all of said external data sources to unified data streams with a unified data format; storing the unified data streams in the central database; periodically importing updated information from the associated external data source. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Method for providing information to customers through an information storage system, wherein the information storage system comprises a central database for storing information, an operator processor through which an operator can retrieve information stored in the central database, and at least one user interface via which information can be read out from the central database, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving information, which may have a different data format in each instance, from associated ones of a plurality of external data sources; converting the information so received from all of said external data sources to unified data streams with a unified data format; storing the unified data streams in the central database; and establishing a communications line between the operator processor and online telecommunications services for receiving online information.
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19. Method for providing information to customers through an information storage system, the information storage system having a central database for storing information and at least one user interface having an operator processor, via which information can be read out from the central database, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving information, which may have a different data format in each instance, from associated ones of a plurality of external data sources; converting the information so received from all of said external data sources to unified data streams with a unified data format; storing the unified data streams in the central database; and establishing a communications line between the operator processor and online telecommunications services for receiving online information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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