US 8,301,503 B2 · System and method for providing requested information to thin clients

Abstract

A system for, and method of, providing requested information to a client. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a core information database that contains core information gleaned from the Internet and restructured according to a predetermined taxonomy and (2) a client communications interface, coupled to the core information database, that receives a request message from a client containing a request for some of the core information, derives a database query from the request message, causes the some of the core information to be retrieved from the core information database, formats the some of the core information into a response message according to display limitations of the client and transmits the response message to the client for display thereby.

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Dependent claims

A system for providing requested information to a thin client having display limitations and couplable to a bandwidth limited transport path, comprising:

a core information database including memory and configured to contain core information gleaned from an Internet and restructured according to a predetermined taxonomy;
and
a client communications interface, operable with a processor and coupled to said core information database, configured to receive a request message from said thin client through said bandwidth limited transport path containing a request for some of said core information, derive a database query from said request message, cause said some of said core information to be retrieved from said core information database, dynamically format said some of said core information into a response message according to said display limitations of said thin client and transmit said response message to said thin client through said bandwidth limited transport path for display thereby, wherein said response message includes a request for a non-monetary rating of a value of said some of said core information therein from said thin client.

A method of providing requested information to a thin client having display limitations and couplable to a bandwidth limited transport path, comprising:

loading a core information database with core information gleaned from an Internet and restructured according to a predetermined taxonomy;
receiving a request message at a server from said thin client through said bandwidth limited transport path containing a request for some of said core information;
deriving a database query with said server from said request message;
causing said some of said core information to be retrieved from said core information database with said server;
dynamically formatting said some of said core information into a response message with said server according to display limitations of said thin client;
and
transmitting said response message to said thin client through said bandwidth limited transport path for display thereby, wherein said response message includes a request for a non-monetary rating of a value of said some of said core information therein from said thin client.

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A system for providing requested information to a client having display limitations and couplable to a bandwidth limited transport path, comprising:

a core information database including memory and configured to contain core information gleaned from an Internet and restructured according to a predetermined taxonomy;
and
a client communications interface, operable with a processor and coupled to said core information database, configured to receive a request message from a client through said bandwidth limited transport path containing a request for some of said core information, obtain a client type from said client, employ said client type to determine said display limitations of said client, derive a database query from said request message, cause said some of said core information to be retrieved from said core information database, format said some of said core information into a response message according to said display limitations of said client and transmit said response message to said client through said bandwidth limited transport path for display thereby without modifying a display configuration of said client, wherein said response message includes a request for a non-monetary rating of a value of said some of said core information therein from said client.

A method of providing requested information to a client having display limitations and couplable to a bandwidth limited transport path, comprising:

loading a core information database with core information gleaned from an Internet and restructured according to a predetermined taxonomy;
receiving a request message at a server from a client through said bandwidth limited transport path containing a request for some of said core information;
obtaining a client type at said server from said client;
employing said client type to determine said display limitations of said client with said server;
deriving a database query with said server from said request message;
causing said some of said core information to be retrieved from said core information database with said server;
formatting said some of said core information into a response message with said server according to display limitations of said client;
and
transmitting said response message to said client through said bandwidth limited transport path for display thereby without modifying a display configuration of said client, wherein said response message includes a request for a non-monetary rating of a value of said some of said core information therein from said client.

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