Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-24
2007-04-24
Wong, Don (Department: 2163)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
C719S318000, C709S207000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10375250
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate timely delivery of notifications and performance of automated actions for users in the framework of an ad-hoc rules processing environment. An information agent operates as a distributed application to perform automated actions for users in accordance with user preferences and context. Various rules can be executed to delay, inhibit, and/or enable an action such as sending notifications according to the preferences and current user states as determined from the context. The rules can include data centric matching logic, set-oriented execution rules, rule ordering/interaction hierarchies, and ad-hoc Boolean combinations, for example.
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