Method, apparatus and program for delivery and display of information from dynamic and static data sources
AssigneeReuters Limited
InventorsStephen J. Scimone, Mark S. Kalish, Christopher J. Layer, Anthony S. Oliveri, Joshua A. Fink, Robert D. Posner
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Abstract
A method for delivering and displaying dynamic data using information management software, wherein information is extracted from a dynamic datastream and stored in a server folder for user viewing with an information appliance. A dynamic view manager allows the user to create multi-framed views and save those views for future use.
Claims12
A system for delivering dynamic data, comprising:
- a folder whose contents can be viewed by a client application running on a workstation, the folder being stored on a server;
- an information extractor unit, which obtains information from a dynamic datastream from an information provider in accordance with a registry of interests for one of a plurality of users;
- a mail object handling unit, which creates a mail object containing the information obtained by said information extracting unit and stores the mail object in the folder for viewing by a user of the client application.
A method for delivering data, comprising the steps of:
- creating a folder whose contents can be viewed by a client application running on a workstation, and storing the folder on a server;
- obtaining information from a dynamic datastream from an information provider in accordance with a registry of interests for one of a plurality of users;
- creating a mail object containing the obtained information from the dynamic datastream;
- and
- storing the mail object in the folder for viewing by a user of the client application.
A computer-readable memory medium storing executable program code for causing execution of a method for delivering dynamic data, said method comprising the steps of:
- creating a folder whose contents can be viewed by a client application running on a workstation, and storing the folder on a server;
- obtaining information from a dynamic datastream from an information provider in accordance with a registry of interests for one of a plurality of users;
- creating a mail object containing the obtained information;
- and
- storing the mail object in the folder for viewing by a user of the client application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.