SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON SELECTED TOPICS TO INTERESTED USERS
First Claim
1. A computer controlled method for interaction among a plurality of independent users, said method comprising:
- accepting information from a plurality of said users pertaining to one or more items associated individually with each said user;
said information for each item having attributes and actions associated with that item, said information accepted into one or more databases; and
determining user communities among said users, said user communities centered about accepted ones of said items, said determining accomplished under processor control based, at least in part, on said item attributes.
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Abstract
There are disclosed systems and methods which provide for an inter-action between unrelated databases such that information provided to a first database by a first provider can be pushed from the first database to a user based, at least in part, on data provided by that user to a second database unrelated to the first database. This then allows a user to have information pushed to him/her based upon information previously obtained from that user or about that user. In one embodiment, the user enters his/her information into one or more databases and the entered information forms the basis for information to be pushed to that user from any database even if the pushed information resides in a non-related database. In another embodiment, the data required from a provider is determined based upon data gathered from other providers for similar items. In some situations certain data is gathered without active participation from the provider.
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44 Claims
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1. A computer controlled method for interaction among a plurality of independent users, said method comprising:
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accepting information from a plurality of said users pertaining to one or more items associated individually with each said user;
said information for each item having attributes and actions associated with that item, said information accepted into one or more databases; anddetermining user communities among said users, said user communities centered about accepted ones of said items, said determining accomplished under processor control based, at least in part, on said item attributes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A database management system comprising:
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at least one database; means for associating in said at least one database items with specific users, each said associated item comprising attributes and desired actions; means for determining when a specific item has associated therewith an action pertaining to a transaction said user associated with said specific item would like to occur with respect to said specific item; and a processor for forming a user community among users having associated with them like items to said specific item. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer controlled method of creating interaction between databases and users, said method comprising:
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users associating information to themselves or each other in at least one database said information comprising items having attributes and actions; and mining said information to forecast trends based on said associated information. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer controlled method for interaction among a plurality of independent users, said method comprising:
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accepting information for items pertaining to a user;
said information for each item having attributes and actions associated therewith, said information accepted into a plurality of independent databases; andsending a computer system controlled action oriented message to said user notifying said user of a pending action that can be taken with respect to a particular item, said sending controlled at least in part by said item actions across a multiplicity of databases. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A user community management system comprising:
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a plurality of independent databases; means for accepting information for items pertaining to a user;
said information for each item having attributes and actions associated therewith, said information accepted into said plurality of independent databases;means for sending a computer system controlled action oriented message to said user notifying said user of a pending action that can be taken with respect to a particular item, said sending controlled at least in part by said item actions across a multiplicity of databases; and a processor for associating said items, said attributes, said actions, and for sending said computer controlled action oriented messages.
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