Electronic information appraisal agent
First Claim
1. In an electronic information distribution system, a method comprising:
- obtaining, on behalf of a user, electronic information from an electronic information server based on user preference information corresponding to the user;
providing at least a portion of the obtained electronic information to a consumer consumption device for consumption by the user;
repeating the obtaining and providing to obtain new electronic information which has been updated since the previously obtained electronic information; and
ordering the at least a portion of the obtained electronic information according to the user preference information prior to providing the at least a portion of the obtained electronic information to the consumer consumption device.
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Abstract
An electronic information appraisal agent which operates within an electronic information distribution system and includes an electronic information server having multiple electronic information units. Requests for electronic information are transferred from the appraisal agent to an electronic information server, which compares the contents of the server to a set of search criteria. In one embodiment, the server returns a set of electronic information to the appraisal agent which matches the search criteria. In another embodiment, the server returns information indicating whether the search criteria matched any information in the server. In one embodiment, the electronic information distribution system also includes a metering server which is coupled to the electronic information server and the client system. The metering server allows multiple client systems to receive electronic information units from the electronic information server.
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11 Claims
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1. In an electronic information distribution system, a method comprising:
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obtaining, on behalf of a user, electronic information from an electronic information server based on user preference information corresponding to the user; providing at least a portion of the obtained electronic information to a consumer consumption device for consumption by the user; repeating the obtaining and providing to obtain new electronic information which has been updated since the previously obtained electronic information; and ordering the at least a portion of the obtained electronic information according to the user preference information prior to providing the at least a portion of the obtained electronic information to the consumer consumption device. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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- 3. The method of claim 3, wherein the repeating comprises repeating the obtaining and providing at periodic intervals.
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5. In an electronic information distribution system, a method comprising:
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receiving information identifying a plurality of times when a user desires to receive data corresponding to a set of search criteria; identifying electronic information corresponding to the set of search criteria at each of the plurality of times; transferring the identified electronic information to a consumer consumption device; and accessing a remote electronic information server via a network.
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6. In an electronic information distribution system comprising:
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metering logic operative to obtain, on behalf of a user, electronic information from an electronic information server based on user preference information corresponding to the user; session management logic, communicatively coupled to the metering logic, to provide at least a portion of the obtained electronic information to a consumer consumption device for consumption by the user; and wherein the metering logic periodically obtains new electronic information which has been updated since the previously obtained electronic information from the electronic information server and transfer the obtained electronic information to the session management logic for providing at least a portion of the obtained electronic information to the consumer consumption device.
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7. In an electronic information distribution system comprising:
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first control logic to receive user preferences information corresponding to a user from a client consumption device; second control logic, communicatively coupled to the first control logic, to repetitively identify, in response to a period of time elapsing, electronic information corresponding to the user preferences information; and third control logic, communicatively coupled to the second control logic, to transfer at least a portion of the identified electronic information to the client consumption device. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. In an electronic information distribution system comprising:
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first control logic to receive information identifying a plurality of times when a user desires to receive data corresponding to a set of search criteria; second control logic, communicatively coupled to the first control logic, to identify electronic information corresponding to the set of search criteria at each of the plurality of times; and third control logic, communicatively coupled to the second control logic, to transfer the identified electronic information to a consumer consumption device. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A machine-readable storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions that implements the functions of:
- obtaining, on behalf of a user, electronic information from an electronic information server based on user preference information corresponding to the user;
providing at least a portion of the obtained electronic information to a consumer consumption device for consumption by the user;repeating the obtaining and providing to obtain new electronic information which has been updated since the previously obtained electronic information; and ordering the at least a portion of the obtained electronic information according to the user preference information prior to providing the at least a portion of the obtained electronic information to the consumer consumption device.
- obtaining, on behalf of a user, electronic information from an electronic information server based on user preference information corresponding to the user;
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