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Method and system for providing access for categorized information from online internet and intranet sources

  • US 6,236,991 B1
  • Filed: 11/26/1997
  • Issued: 05/22/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for a provider computer system to provide user access to electronic documents comprising the steps of:

  • obtaining at least one user profile of user interests by receiving input from said user and determining query categories for said user profile from said input;

    gathering a plurality of first electronic documents from at least one electronic content source external to said provider computer location;

    receiving a plurality of second electronic documents from at least one electronic content source local to said provider computer system;

    categorizing said plurality of first electronic documents by topic categories;

    organizing said plurality of second electronic documents into topic categories;

    storing said topic categories and said first and second electronic documents at said provider computer location;

    matching each of said at least one user profiles to said topic categories; and

    retrieving said stored first and second electronic documents in topic categories matched to said at least one user profile;

    wherein said determining comprises the steps of;

    organizing said user input into a plurality of query items;

    assigning a token ID to each of said plurality of query items; and

    hashing each said token ID into a query vector.

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