Method and system for database queries and information delivery
AssigneeClient Dynamics, Inc.
InventorsScott Lucas, Erik Moore
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a method and system of importing or creating individual profiles with associated keyphrases and querying all sources of information on a network based on user-based or individual-based keyphrases with relevant objects, such as documents, retrieved based on keyphrase occurrence and based on association to individuals who have matching keyphrases, thereby allowing the user to easily identify interested individuals and electronically mail relevant objects of interest to selected individuals or to add objects to an action list.
Claims20
A method of providing a user with information that is of interest to a group of individuals associated with the user comprising:
- storing in a user database profile data for each individual in the group, said profile data including at least one keyphrase associated with at least one of the individuals in the group;
- searching in at least one external database for objects in which the keyphrase is utilized;
- retrieving the objects in which the keyphrase is utilized;
- associating the retrieved objects to at least one individual in the group with whom the keyphrase is associated;
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- displaying to the user the keyphrase, a list of the objects in which the keyphrase is utilized, and a list of the individuals associated with the keyphrase.
A system for providing a user with information that is of interest to a group of individuals associated with the user comprising:
- a user database for storing profile data for each individual in the group, said profile data including, for at least one individual, at least one keyphrase associated with the individual;
- a search engine that searches in at least one external database and retrieves objects in which the keyphrase is utilized;
- a component for associating the retrieved objects with at least one individual in the group with whom the keyphrase is associated;
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- a user display that displays to the user the keyphrase, a list of the objects in which the keyphrase is utilized, and a list of the individuals associated with the keyphrase.
A system for providing a user with information that is of interest to a group of individuals associated with the user comprising:
- means for storing in a user database profile data for each individual in the group, said profile data including at least one keyphrase associated with at least one of the individuals in the group;
- means for means for searching in at least one external database for objects in which the keyphrase is utilized;
- means for retrieving the objects in which the keyphrase is utilized;
- means for associating the retrieved objects to at least one individual in the group with whom the keyphrase is associated;
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- means for displaying to the user, the keyphrase, a list of the objects in which the keyphrase is utilized, and a list of the individuals associated with the keyphrase.
A machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:
- storing in a user database profile data for each individual in the group, said profile data including at least one keyphrase associated with at least one of the individuals in the group;
- searching in at least one external database for objects in which the keyphrase is utilized;
- retrieving the objects in which the keyphrase is utilized;
- associating the retrieved objects to at least one individual in the group with whom the keyphrase is associated;
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- displaying to the user the keyphrase, a list of the objects in which the keyphrase is utilized, and a list of the individuals associated with the keyphrase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.