Information system and method for disseminating technology information
First Claim
1. A method of disseminating technology information between requestor servers and purveyor servers using a host computer system having a data structure, a search engine communicating with the data structure, and an application server communicating with the data structure and search engine, the data structure including one or more of a first data array, a second data array, and a third data array, the first data array containing a plurality of data entries each with technology and purveyor data, the second data array containing links to a plurality of available external informational sources, and the third data array containing requestor data including requestor registered external informational sources, said requestor registered external informational sources being a subset of the available external informational sources, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing the requestor with the option of conducting an available technology search to identify closely matching data entries in the data structure or an external informational search including one or more of a requested technology search, published media search, and a production data search, wherein the published media search report includes a copy of each of the identified published media documents from the requestor registered external informational sources;
receiving a search request from the requestor server, the search request including a technology parametric;
identifying data entries having technology data closely matching the technology parametric;
accessing purveyor data associated with one or more of the identified data entries; and
sending a search request notice to one or more of the identified purveyors using the purveyor data;
providing the requestor with information on the available external informational sources containing an identified published media document that are not included in the requestor registered external informational sources; and
permitting the requestor to add available external informational sources to the requestor registered external informational sources, wherein upon requestor selection of a published media search, the method further includes the steps of;
receiving a search request from the requestor server, the search request including a technology parametric;
conducting a parametric search in each of the available external informational sources to identify published media documents having information pertaining to the technology parametric; and
communicating a published media search report to the requestor.
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Abstract
An informational system for disseminating technology information between requestors and purveyors as well as a method for using the system for this purpose. The informational system generally includes requestor and purveyor servers as well as a host system having a data structure, a search engine communicating with the data structure, and an application server communicating with the data structure and search engine. The data structure includes a plurality of data arrays for storing, among other information, a plurality of data entries each with technology and purveyor data as well as requestor data including requestor registered external informational sources. The application server is configured to receive a search request having a technology parametric from a requestor, to cause the search engine to conduct a search in one of the data arrays, and communicate a search report to the requestor. The application server optionally includes a number of search modules for identifying suitable available technology as well as accessing external informational sources for further exploring the suitability of technology for the requestor'"'"'s application or industry.
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7 Claims
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1. A method of disseminating technology information between requestor servers and purveyor servers using a host computer system having a data structure, a search engine communicating with the data structure, and an application server communicating with the data structure and search engine, the data structure including one or more of a first data array, a second data array, and a third data array, the first data array containing a plurality of data entries each with technology and purveyor data, the second data array containing links to a plurality of available external informational sources, and the third data array containing requestor data including requestor registered external informational sources, said requestor registered external informational sources being a subset of the available external informational sources, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing the requestor with the option of conducting an available technology search to identify closely matching data entries in the data structure or an external informational search including one or more of a requested technology search, published media search, and a production data search, wherein the published media search report includes a copy of each of the identified published media documents from the requestor registered external informational sources; receiving a search request from the requestor server, the search request including a technology parametric; identifying data entries having technology data closely matching the technology parametric; accessing purveyor data associated with one or more of the identified data entries; and sending a search request notice to one or more of the identified purveyors using the purveyor data; providing the requestor with information on the available external informational sources containing an identified published media document that are not included in the requestor registered external informational sources; and permitting the requestor to add available external informational sources to the requestor registered external informational sources, wherein upon requestor selection of a published media search, the method further includes the steps of; receiving a search request from the requestor server, the search request including a technology parametric; conducting a parametric search in each of the available external informational sources to identify published media documents having information pertaining to the technology parametric; and communicating a published media search report to the requestor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of disseminating technology information between requestor servers and purveyor servers using a host computer system having a data structure, a search engine communicating with the data structure, and an application server communicating with the data structure and search engine, the data structure including one or more of a first data array, a second data array, and a third data array, the first data array containing a plurality of data entries each with technology and purveyor data, the second data array containing links to a plurality of available external informational sources, and the third data array containing requestor data including requestor registered external informational sources, said requestor registered external informational sources being a subset of the available external informational sources, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing the requestor with the option of conducting an available technology search to identify closely matching data entries in the data structure or an external informational search including one or more of a requested technology search, published media search, and a production data search, wherein the published media search report includes a copy of each of the identified published media documents from the requestor registered external informational sources; receiving a search request from the requestor server, the search request including a technology parametric; identifying data entries having technology data closely matching the technology parametric; accessing purveyor data associated with one or more of the identified data entries; sending a search request notice to one or more of the identified purveyors using the purveyor data; determining whether the requestor wishes to conduct a published media search in any of the available external informational sources not included in the requestor registered external informational sources; and permitting the requestor to add available external informational sources to the requestor registered external informational sources, wherein, upon the requestor selection of a published media search, the method further includes the steps of; conducting a parametric search in each of the requestor registered external informational sources to identify published media documents having information pertaining to the technology parametric; and communicating a published media search report to the requestor. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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