Method for handling an information item
First Claim
1. A method for handling an information item (10) which originates from an information provider, is made available by a service provider and can be called via a communications network, comprising the following method steps:
- a) having the service provider allocate an ident code (15) which identifies the information item (10) to the information provider;
b) transferring the information item (10) from the information provider to the service provider, and making the transferred information item (10) publicly accessible at an identified address on the communication network;
c) determining whether the ident code (15) has been transmitted to the service provider by the information provider within a monitoring period, deleting the information item from the service provider if the ident code has not been transmitted, and resetting the monitoring period and repeating step c) if the ident code has been transmitted to the service provider by the information provider;
wherein the ident code is different from the identified address on the communication network.
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Abstract
A method for handling an information item (10) which originates from an information provider, is made available by a service provider and can be called via a communications network (5). The service provider allocates to the information provider an ident code (15) which identifies the information item (10). If the information provider does not sign on at the service provider within a specific time period by transmitting the ident code (15), preferably together with a handling instruction (20, 30, 40) relating to the information item (10), the service provider deletes the information item (10).
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20 Claims
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1. A method for handling an information item (10) which originates from an information provider, is made available by a service provider and can be called via a communications network, comprising the following method steps:
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a) having the service provider allocate an ident code (15) which identifies the information item (10) to the information provider; b) transferring the information item (10) from the information provider to the service provider, and making the transferred information item (10) publicly accessible at an identified address on the communication network; c) determining whether the ident code (15) has been transmitted to the service provider by the information provider within a monitoring period, deleting the information item from the service provider if the ident code has not been transmitted, and resetting the monitoring period and repeating step c) if the ident code has been transmitted to the service provider by the information provider; wherein the ident code is different from the identified address on the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for establishing the currency of an information item that is made generally accessible, comprising the following steps:
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transmitting an information item from an information provider to a service provider; transmitting from the service provider to the information provider an ident code; making the information item publicly accessible over a communication network through the service provider accessible at an identified address on the communication network; monitoring by the service provider to determine whether the information provider has transmitted the ident code to the service provider within a predetermined monitoring period, and deleting the information item from the service provider at a conclusion of the predetermined monitoring period if the information provider has not transmitted the ident code to the service provider within the predetermined monitoring period, and resetting the predetermined monitoring period and repeating the monitoring step is the information provider has transmitted the ident code to the service provider within the predetermined monitoring period; wherein the ident code is different from the identified address on the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for handling an information item (10) which originates from an information provider, is made available by a service provider and can be called via a communications network, comprising the following method steps:
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a) having the service provider allocate an ident code (15) which identifies the information item (10) to the information provider; b) transferring the information item (10) from the information provider to the service provider, and making the transferred information item (10) publicly accessible at an identified address on the communication network; and c) deleting the information item (10) from the service provider if the ident code (15) is not transmitted to the service provider by the information provider within a monitoring period; wherein the information item on the service provider is information posted on an internet message board; and wherein the ident code is different from the identified address on the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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