Information retrieval system using an internet multiplexer to fo

Details Information retrieval system using an internet multiplexer to fo Information retrieval system using an internet multiplexer to fo

1996-12-20

1999-11-23

Rinehart, Mark H.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Remote data accessing

Using interconnected networks

345327, G06F 1338, G06F 1517

Patent

active

059917997

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a method and system for receiving incoming information from multiple information sources, both interactive and passive, and for engagingly presenting that information to a recipient on a presentation interface. The system includes a "background" element, which interacts with interactive information sources and receives from passive information sources, and determines whether information from those sources is likely to be interesting to the recipient, possibly using one information source to determine priority for another. The system also includes a "foreground" element, which presents information to the recipient when active, but not when inactive. The background is operative even when the foreground element is inactive, and when the background detects new information of interest to the recipient (for example, exceeding a selected threshold of interest or satisfying a selected criterion for interest), it causes the foreground to become active and engage the recipient to select and view that new information. The threshold or criterion may be adaptively responsive to recipient preferences, whether explicitly expressed or implied, but may also be relatively fixed, such as a scheduled time of day.

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