Aggregation system
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1. An aggregation apparatus, comprising:
- a computer,an output device controlled by the computer, andnetworking hardware connecting the computer to a network, the computer programmed so that the aggregation apparatus;
connects to a plurality of sites on the Internet; and
authenticates itself with each of the plurality of sites; and
retrieves information from each of the plurality of sites; and
parses the information from each of the plurality of sites; and
provides user-enabled content management to users, and subject to said content management, produces an aggregation of the parsed information; and
renders the aggregation as output.
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Abstract
An aggregation machine, including: a computer, an output device controlled by the computer, and networking hardware connecting the computer to a network, the computer programmed so that the aggregation apparatus: connects to a plurality of sites on the Internet; and authenticates itself with each of the plurality of sites; and retrieves information from each of the plurality of sites; and parses the information from each of the plurality of sites; and provides user-enabled content management to users, and subject to said content management, produces an aggregation of the parsed information; and renders the aggregation as output.
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119 Claims
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1. An aggregation apparatus, comprising:
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a computer, an output device controlled by the computer, and networking hardware connecting the computer to a network, the computer programmed so that the aggregation apparatus; connects to a plurality of sites on the Internet; and authenticates itself with each of the plurality of sites; and retrieves information from each of the plurality of sites; and parses the information from each of the plurality of sites; and provides user-enabled content management to users, and subject to said content management, produces an aggregation of the parsed information; and renders the aggregation as output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116)
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117. A method of making an aggregation apparatus, the method including:
providing to a computer system, comprising an output device and networking hardware to connect the computer to a network, program instructions so that the aggregation apparatus; connects to a plurality of sites on the Internet; and authenticates itself with each of the plurality of sites; and retrieves information from each of the plurality of sites; and parses the information from each of the plurality of sites; and provides user-enabled content management to users, and subject to said content management, produces an aggregation of the parsed information; and
thenrenders the aggregation as output.
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118. A method of using an aggregation apparatus, the method including:
operating an aggregation apparatus, including a computer, an output device operably associated with the computer, and networking hardware to connect the computer to a network, so that the aggregation apparatus performs the operations of; connecting to a plurality of sites on the Internet; and
thenauthenticating itself with each of the plurality of sites; and
thenretrieving information from each of the plurality of sites; and
thenparsing the information from each of the plurality of sites; and
thenproviding user-enabled content management to users, and subject to said content management, producing an aggregation of the parsed information; and
thenrendering the aggregation as output.
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119. Computer-readable media, tangibly embodying program instructions, which when executed, operate on an aggregation apparatus including a computer operably associated with an output device and with networking hardware to connect the computer to a network, will cause the aggregation apparatus to carry out the operations of:
connecting to a plurality of sites on the Internet; and
thenauthenticating itself with each of the plurality of sites; and
thenretrieving information from each of the plurality of sites; and
thenparsing the information from each of the plurality of sites; and
thenproviding user-enabled content management to users, and subject to said content management, producing an aggregation of the parsed information; and
thenrendering the aggregation as output.
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