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1997-11-19

2001-02-06

Maung, Zarni (Department: 2758)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Distributed data processing

Processing agent

C709S200000, C709S206000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06185599

ABSTRACT:

This application is related to U.S. patent application entitled “A Communication Circulation System And Method For Communication In A Network” (Attorney Docket No.YOUN 1) filed on even date herewith under common assignees.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to network communications.
2. Description of Related Art
Networks provide communications using directional destination-specific addresses such as e-mail, for example. A party sends a message to a particular destination in the network and the message is routed through the network to the specified destination address. Additional flexibility is provided by multicast and broadcast capabilities where a message may be destined to multiple addresses or simply made available to be received at any address. On the Internet, bulletin boards act much like broadcasting in that messages are destined to the bulletin board address and become information that is made available to any party who accesses the bulletin board. However, available network communication technology such as described above do not provide support for a party to send a message without a destination address but hopes to find another party or a message of another party who shares a common area of interest. Thus, new technology is needed to provide such a communication scheme.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention provides a communication circulation system that receives a first party message that is addressed or “destined” to an area of interest (of the first party). The communication circulation system circulates the message until either the message is deleted (dies) or until a second party message or a second party who also has a similar area of interest as the first party is identified. When such a message or party is identified, communication between the first and the second parties may be established.
The communication circulation system includes a communication circulation device that receives messages from parties (subscribers) and circulates the messages throughout a network. Each message is tagged with a code that identifies the area of interest or content of the message and the message is circulated based on the tag.
Control units of the communication circulation device such as servers or routers of the network maintain a database regarding messages that have passed through each respective control unit and also receive information from other control units that assist in redirecting a message to other parts of the network. When two messages are identified to have corresponding tags, the subscribers associated with the messages are notified of this “match” and communication between the subscribers may be established.
The communication circulation system may be used to facilitate communication between trading parties, for example, so that an electronic marketplace is created where buyers and sellers conduct business via messages. The messages in the electronic marketplace may be handled by electronic agents that perform negotiations within the communication circulation system.


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