Document conversion and network database system
First Claim
1. A method for providing subscriber-customized documents to clients of multiple subscribers, each subscriber having a computer system on a distributed computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) maintaining a main document set on a central computer system on the distributed computer network, the main document set comprising text-containing documents for use by the multiple subscribers; and
(b) for each subscriber of the multiple subscribers, providing a subscriber document set containing converted text-containing documents by automatically modifying the text of selected documents of the main document set so that at least some of each subscriber'"'"'s converted text-containing documents are different from corresponding documents in the main document set and different from the converted text-containing documents of other subscribers,wherein clients of each subscriber have access to corresponding subscriber'"'"'s converted text-containing documents,wherein the modifications to the selected documents are not made to the text of the main document set, andwherein the modifying comprises converting each selected document by dynamically replacing embedded tags of each selected document of the main document set with subscriber identification data.
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Abstract
A network database system wherein clients of subscribing entities are authorized network access to reliable documents that are identified by each entity as being relevant to clients of that entity. Features that can be included in the system are customization of the documents to reflect sourcing by particular subscribers, automated formatting of the documents for storing in a network database, client access facilitated by subscriber-maintained databases, and the avoidance of cookies remaining on clients'"'"' computer hard drives following document access. Also disclosed is a method for processing repeated data requests on a distributed computer database.
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1. A method for providing subscriber-customized documents to clients of multiple subscribers, each subscriber having a computer system on a distributed computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) maintaining a main document set on a central computer system on the distributed computer network, the main document set comprising text-containing documents for use by the multiple subscribers; and (b) for each subscriber of the multiple subscribers, providing a subscriber document set containing converted text-containing documents by automatically modifying the text of selected documents of the main document set so that at least some of each subscriber'"'"'s converted text-containing documents are different from corresponding documents in the main document set and different from the converted text-containing documents of other subscribers, wherein clients of each subscriber have access to corresponding subscriber'"'"'s converted text-containing documents, wherein the modifications to the selected documents are not made to the text of the main document set, and wherein the modifying comprises converting each selected document by dynamically replacing embedded tags of each selected document of the main document set with subscriber identification data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for providing subscriber-customized documents to clients of multiple subscribers, each subscriber having a computer system on a distributed computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) maintaining a main document set on a central computer system on the distributed computer network, the main document set comprising text-containing documents for use by the multiple subscribers; (b) requesting a subscriber document set from the main document set the subscriber document set containing converted text-containing documents prepared by automatically modifying the text of selected documents of the main document set so that at least some of the subscriber'"'"'s converted text-containing documents are different from corresponding documents in the main documents set and different from the converted text-containing documents of other subscribers, wherein the modifications to the selected documents are not made to the text of the main document set, and wherein the modifying comprises converting each selected document by dynamically replacing embedded tags of each selected document of the main document set with subscriber identification data; (c) receiving requests from clients of subscriber to have access to the converted text-containing documents; and (d) delivering to the clients the requested converted text-containing documents.
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