US6073170A
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Information filtering device and information filtering method
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1997-11-14
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Granted: 2000-06-06
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Expires: 2017-11-14
Abstract
Abstract A topic storage section organizes the addresses for an information providing sources entered from a topic managing section, the pointers to information acquisition drivers stored in an information acquisition driver storage section, and the pointers to search conditions stored in a search condition storage section into groups. The topic storage section then stores such groups by each of the topics classified hierarchically. Then, an information selecting section acquires information from the information providing source for the topic stored in the topic storage section by means of the information acquisition driver corresponding to the information providing source. Thereafter, the information selecting section compares each of the acquired pieces of information with the search condition for the topic stored in the topic storage section and chooses only the pieces of information that conform to the search condition.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuo Sumita
- 👤 Tatsuya Uehara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:38
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/953; G06F16/9535
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
An information filtering device comprising: a topic managing section configured to organize addresses for information providing sources, search conditions and information acquisition drivers for acquiring information from the information providing sources into groups and managing the groups by each of previously registered topics, wherein each of the information acquisition drivers is set so as to correspond to the type of the information providing source; and an information selecting section configured to acquire information from the information providing source identified by the address for information providing source managed by said managing section and selecting pieces of information from acquired information by using the search condition and information acquisition driver belonging to the same group as that of the address for the information providing source corresponding to said acquired information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
An information filtering device comprising: a topic managing section configured to organize addresses for information providing sources, search conditions and information acquisition drivers for acquiring information from the information providing sources into groups and managing the groups by each of previously registered topics, wherein each of the information acquisition drivers is set so as to correspond to the type of the information providing source; and an information selecting section configured to acquire information from the information providing source identified by the address for information providing source managed by said managing section and selecting pieces of information from acquired information by using the search condition and information acquisition driver belonging to the same group as that of the address for the information providing source corresponding to said acquired information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
An information filtering device according to claim 1, wherein said topic managing section manages said topics hierarchically.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
An information filtering device according to claim 2, further comprising a topic registering section for registering said topics.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
An information filtering device according to claim 1, further comprising a topic registering section for registering said topics.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
An information filtering device according to claim 2, further comprising a creation section for creating a screen that displays the pieces of information selected by said information selecting section for each of said topics.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
An information filtering device according to claim 1, further comprising a creation section for creating a screen that displays the pieces of information selected by said information selecting section for each of said topics.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
An information filtering device according to claim 1, further comprising a changing section for changing the topics registered in said topic managing section.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
An information filtering device according to claim 1, further comprising a delete section for deleting the topics registered in said topic managing section.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
116 words
An information filtering method comprising the steps of: organizing addresses for information providing sources, search conditions and information acquisition drivers for acquiring information from the information providing sources into groups and managing the groups by each of the previously registered topics, wherein each of the information acquisition drivers is set so as to correspond to the type of the information providing source; and acquiring information from the information providing source identified by the address for the information providing source and selecting pieces of information from acquired information by using the search condition and information acquisition driver belonging to the same group as that of the address for the information providing source corresponding to said acquired information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
116 words
An information filtering method comprising the steps of: organizing addresses for information providing sources, search conditions and information acquisition drivers for acquiring information from the information providing sources into groups and managing the groups by each of the previously registered topics, wherein each of the information acquisition drivers is set so as to correspond to the type of the information providing source; and acquiring information from the information providing source identified by the address for the information providing source and selecting pieces of information from acquired information by using the search condition and information acquisition driver belonging to the same group as that of the address for the information providing source corresponding to said acquired information.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
An information filtering method according to claim 9, further comprising creating a screen that displays said selected pieces of information for each of said topics.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
120 words
An information filtering method comprising the steps of: classifying topics hierarchically and registering classified topics; organizing addresses for information providing sources, search conditions and information acquisition drivers for acquiring information from the information providing sources into groups and managing the groups by each of previously registered topics, wherein each of the information acquisition drivers is set so as to correspond to the type of the information providing source; and acquiring information from the information providing source identified by address for the information providing source and selecting pieces of information from said acquired information by using the search condition and information acquisition driver belonging to same group as that of the address for the information providing source corresponding to acquired information.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
120 words
An information filtering method comprising the steps of: classifying topics hierarchically and registering classified topics; organizing addresses for information providing sources, search conditions and information acquisition drivers for acquiring information from the information providing sources into groups and managing the groups by each of previously registered topics, wherein each of the information acquisition drivers is set so as to correspond to the type of the information providing source; and acquiring information from the information providing source identified by address for the information providing source and selecting pieces of information from said acquired information by using the search condition and information acquisition driver belonging to same group as that of the address for the information providing source corresponding to acquired information.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
An information filtering method according to claim 11, further comprising creating a screen that displays said selected pieces of information for each of said topics.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
166 words
A computer program produce for operating a computer, comprising: a computer readable medium; first program instruction means for instructing a computer processor to organize addresses for information providing sources, search conditions and information acquisition drivers for acquiring information from the information providing sources into groups and manage the groups by each of the previously registered topics, wherein each of the information acquisition drivers is set so as to correspond to the type of the information providing source; and second program instruction means for instructing the computer processor to acquire information from the information providing source identified by the address for the information providing source and select pieces of information from acquired information by using the search condition and information acquisition drivers belonging to same group as that of the address for the information providing source corresponding to said acquired information, wherein each of said program instruction means is recorded on said medium in executable form and is loadable into the computer for execution by the processor.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
166 words
A computer program produce for operating a computer, comprising: a computer readable medium; first program instruction means for instructing a computer processor to organize addresses for information providing sources, search conditions and information acquisition drivers for acquiring information from the information providing sources into groups and manage the groups by each of the previously registered topics, wherein each of the information acquisition drivers is set so as to correspond to the type of the information providing source; and second program instruction means for instructing the computer processor to acquire information from the information providing source identified by the address for the information providing source and select pieces of information from acquired information by using the search condition and information acquisition drivers belonging to same group as that of the address for the information providing source corresponding to said acquired information, wherein each of said program instruction means is recorded on said medium in executable form and is loadable into the computer for execution by the processor.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
31 words
A computer program according to claim 13, further comprising third program instruction means for instructing the computer processor to create a screen that displays by topic said selected pieces of information.
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