US6647410B1
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Method, apparatus and program for delivery and display of information from dynamic and static data sources
Assignee: Refinitiv US Organization LLC
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Filing: 1999-11-05
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Granted: 2003-11-11
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Expires: 2019-11-05
Abstract
Abstract A method for delivering and displaying dynamic data using information management software, wherein information is extracted from a dynamic datastream and stored in a server folder for user viewing with an information appliance. A dynamic view manager allows the user to create multi-framed views and save those views for future use.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephen J. Scimone
- 👤 Mark S. Kalish
- 👤 Christopher J. Layer
- 👤 Anthony S. Oliveri
- 👤 Joshua A. Fink
- 👤 Robert D. Posner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 09:14
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/107
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A system for delivering dynamic data, comprising: a folder whose contents can be viewed by a client application running on a workstation, the folder being stored on a server; an information extractor unit, which obtains information from a dynamic datastream from an information provider in accordance with a registry of interests for one of a plurality of users; a mail object handling unit, which creates a mail object containing the information obtained by said information extracting unit and stores the mail object in the folder for viewing by a user of the client application.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
94 words
A system for delivering dynamic data, comprising: a folder whose contents can be viewed by a client application running on a workstation, the folder being stored on a server; an information extractor unit, which obtains information from a dynamic datastream from an information provider in accordance with a registry of interests for one of a plurality of users; a mail object handling unit, which creates a mail object containing the information obtained by said information extracting unit and stores the mail object in the folder for viewing by a user of the client application.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
85 words
A method for delivering data, comprising the steps of: creating a folder whose contents can be viewed by a client application running on a workstation, and storing the folder on a server; obtaining information from a dynamic datastream from an information provider in accordance with a registry of interests for one of a plurality of users; creating a mail object containing the obtained information from the dynamic datastream; and storing the mail object in the folder for viewing by a user of the client application.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
85 words
A method for delivering data, comprising the steps of: creating a folder whose contents can be viewed by a client application running on a workstation, and storing the folder on a server; obtaining information from a dynamic datastream from an information provider in accordance with a registry of interests for one of a plurality of users; creating a mail object containing the obtained information from the dynamic datastream; and storing the mail object in the folder for viewing by a user of the client application.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method according to claim 2 , wherein said obtaining step, said mail-object creating step and said mail-object storing step are performed each time new data is published to the stream of data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 2 , wherein the dynamic datastream includes news items, and the information contained in the mail object is information relating to a news item.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method according to claim 2 , wherein the information contained in the mail object includes a headline, date and time information, and information relating to the subject of the news item.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method according to claim 4 , wherein the dynamic datastream includes financial information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 6 , wherein the financial information is viewable as a scrolling ticker stream.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method according to claim 2 , further comprising the step of the user specifying datum from the dynamic datastream a limit value, and the step of providing the user with an alert in response to the limit value being met by datum received in the dynamic datastream.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 2 , further comprising the step of storing financial data relating to one or more companies.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method according to claim 9 , further comprising the step of providing a view in which the user can view the financial data relating to a plurality of the companies.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 10 , wherein said view permits the user to select one of the companies and to view data relating to that company.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
96 words
A computer-readable memory medium storing executable program code for causing execution of a method for delivering dynamic data, said method comprising the steps of: creating a folder whose contents can be viewed by a client application running on a workstation, and storing the folder on a server; obtaining information from a dynamic datastream from an information provider in accordance with a registry of interests for one of a plurality of users; creating a mail object containing the obtained information; and storing the mail object in the folder for viewing by a user of the client application.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
96 words
A computer-readable memory medium storing executable program code for causing execution of a method for delivering dynamic data, said method comprising the steps of: creating a folder whose contents can be viewed by a client application running on a workstation, and storing the folder on a server; obtaining information from a dynamic datastream from an information provider in accordance with a registry of interests for one of a plurality of users; creating a mail object containing the obtained information; and storing the mail object in the folder for viewing by a user of the client application.
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