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`B. THE SERVER PS (18)
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`FIG. 58 shows a typical particular one of the service and/or information requests
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`101" .IOn (28), designated as the service and/or information request IOn (28), having
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`queries OQn1 ... OQnm (53), corresponding server addresses AQn1 ... AQnm (54), and
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`optional instructions VJ n1 ".VJ nk (52). The server addresses AQn1 ... AQnm (54) and
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`the optional instructions VJn1 ... VJ nk (52) may be optional, and may depend upon the
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`user interface In (14), and/or other information resident within thc server PS (18).
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`QAn1 ... QAnz (51), and optional instructions VJ n1 .,. VJnk (52), and utilization of
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`information therefrom to make the requests Qn1" ,Qnm (29), obtain the responses
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`R n1 ".Rnm (32), and incorporate information therefrom into the particular service
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`and/or information response IRn (34). The current request group QAnc (50) may be
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`any particular one the request groups QAn1 ,.,QAnz (51), which may be selected by the
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`user U, (12).
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`20 Upon receipt of the service and/or information requests IQ1 ... IQn (28) at the server PS
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`(18), communicated therefrom the corresponding clients C 1 .. ,Cn (16), the server PS
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`(18) parses, processes, and/or formats each of the service andlor information requests
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`IQi ... IQn (28) into the corresponding current request groups QAic ... QAne (50)
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`having corresponding queries QQ11 ... QQnm (53) and corresponding server addresses
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`AQi1 ... AQnm (54) to open connections with and make the requests Qii ... Qnm (29)
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`thereof the servers Si"'Sz (20), in accordance with the designation scheme which
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`corresponding to the requests Qii ... Qnm (29) as the corresponding server designations
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`S11",Snm (30), shown for a particular one of the service and/or information requests
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`IQn (28) in FIG. 59.
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`The server PS (18) also parses, processes, and/or formats each of the service and/or
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`information requests 101 ... IOn (28) into the corresponding request groups
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`OAii ... QAnz (51) having corresponding other queries QQia ... QQnz (55) and
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`optional instructions VJ111 ... VJnk (52), also shown for a particular one of the service
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`and/or information requests IQn (28) in FIG. 59.
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`The server PS (18) opens connections with and makes the requests Qn1" .Qnm (29)
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`thereof the servers S1"'Sz (20), in accordance with the designation scheme which
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`designates the certain ones of the servers S1 ... Sz (20) to be communicated with
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`corresponding to the requests Qn1 ... Qnm (29) as the corresponding server designations
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`S11",Snm (30), shown for the particular one of the service and/or information requests
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`IQn (28) corresponding to the corresponding queries QQn1 ... QQnm (53) and the
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`corresponding server addresses AQn1 •.• AQnm (54) therein the current request group
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`QA" (50).
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`The servers 5 1 ••• 5 2 (20) corresponding to the server designations 5 11 ... S nm (30),
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`of the servers 5 1 ••• 5 2 (20) to be communicated with corresponding to the requests
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`Qn1 ••• Qnm (29) as the corresponding server designations 5 11 ",Snm (30), respond to
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`organizes each oftbe responses Rn1 ... Rnm (32) received from the servers 5 1 ... 5 2 (20)
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`corresponding to the server designations 5 n1 ••• 5 nm (30) into corresponding addressable
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`response information groups RGn1 ... RGnm (57).
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`The server PS (18) may also make additional optional requests QPn1 ... QPnm (58) of
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`the optional-database 41, which may be optionally resident within the server P5 (18),
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`and which may reply with the corresponding additional optional responses
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`RAn1 .•. RAnm (40). The server P5 (18) parses, and/or processes, and/or formats,
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`and/or groups, and/or organizes each of the additional optional responses RAn1 ... RAnm
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`(40) into corresponding response infonnation groups RCn1 ... RC nm (59).
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`Infonnation from the current request group QAne (50) having the corresponding queries
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`QQn1 ••. QQnm (53) and the corresponding server addresses AQn1 .•• AQnm (54) is
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`addressable response information groups RGn1 ... RGnm (57) to be incorporated
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`thereinto addressable query information groups Gln1 ... Glnz (S3).
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`VJn1 ... VJnk (52), which may be entered thereinto the user interface In (14)
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`therethrough the user input Uln (25) by the user Un (12). Grouping and/or sorting
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`criteria may additionally and/or alternatively be optionally resident within the server PS
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`presented to the user U, (12) therethrough the user interface In (14).
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`Gl n1 ••• Gl n, (63). The addressable query pointer/address group QG n1 (62) is, thus.
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`associated therewith the addressable query infonnation group Gln1 (63); the
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`addressable query pointer/address group QGn2 (62) is, thus, associated therewith the
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`addressable query infonnation group Gl n2 (63); the addressable query pointer/address
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`queries QQn1 ... QQnm (53), and/or the corresponding server addresses AQn1 ... AQnm
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`RGn1 ... RGnm (57) is addressed therewith the pointers/addresses PPn11",PPnmr (64)
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`therefrom the query pointer/address groups QGn1 ... QGnz (62), and information and/or
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`services therefrom the addressable response information groups RG n1 ... RG nm (57) is
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`incorporated thereinto the addressable query information groups Gln1 ... G1nz (63)
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`corresponding to the pointers/addresses PPn11,.,PPnmr (64), which are formulated by
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`infonnation OJn (65), for future use.
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`The optional instructions VJn1 ... VJ nk (52) may be used by the server PS (18) in
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`20 making the requests Qn1 ... Qnm (29) and/or the additional optional requests
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`QPn1 ... QPnm (58) of the optional database 41, and/or in processing, formatting,
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`grouping, and organizing the responses Rn1 _ .. Rnm (32) from the ones of the servers
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`51 ... 5z (20) corresponding to the server designations 5 n1 .. . 5 nm (30), and/or the
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`additional optional responses RAn1 ... RAnm (40), into the corresponding service and/or
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`information responses IR1 ... IRn (34), for grouping and/or sorting criteria instructions,
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`request IQn (28) parsed, processed, and/or formatted into a current request group QAn
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`(50), request groups QAn1 ... QAnz (51), and corresponding optional instructions
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`VJn1 ... VJnk (52), and utilization ofinfonnation therefrom to make the requests
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`Qn1 ... Qnm (29), obtain the responses Rn1 ... Rnm (32), and incorporate information
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`simpler grouping/sorting that may be used additionally and/or alternatively to that of
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`The user Un (12) is typically given the option therethrough the optional instructions
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`1 5 VJn1 ... VJnk (52) as to the grouping and/or sorting criteria to be entered thereinto the
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`user interface In (14) therethrough the user input Uln (25) by the user Un (12). The
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`user Un (12) is typically given the choice as to the grouping and/or sorting criteria to be
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`QQn1 ... QQnm (53) and the corresponding server addresses AQn1 ... AQnm (54) is
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`formulated into a corresponding request pointer/address group QY n (68) having
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`pointers/addresses PFn11 ... PFnmr (69) associated therewith, as shown in FIG. 60.
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`Each of the pointers/addresses PFni1 ... PFnmr (69) are directed to point/address the
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`corresponding addressable response information groups RG n1 ... RGnm (57), and aid in
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`obtaining information and/or services therefrom the corresponding addressable response
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`information groups RG n1 ... RG nm (57) to be incorporated thereinto the addressable
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`query information groups Gl n1 ... Gl nz (63), as shown in FIG. 60.
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`therefrom the optional database 41, such as, for example, by category, query, group,
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`page, order of importance, ascending and/or descending order, alphabetically and/or
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`numerically, value, price, and/or other characteristics, and/or to combine and/or
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`interleave the information and/or services therefrom the responses the responses
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`I 5 Rn1 .•. Rnm (32) and/or the additional optional responses RAni ... RAnm (40) one with
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`FIG. 61 shows the particular service and/or information response fR n (34) having a
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`service andlor information group Gn (35), additional request links SLn1 ... SLnw (71),
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`optional order form 72, optional additional advertisements and/or links 73, optional
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`hidden information 74, and the optional service and/or information entry request form
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`IE, (38).
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`The service and/or information group Gn (35) has the query information groups
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`Gl n1 ••• Gl nz (63), optional database response groups 75, and optional additional
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`advertisements and/or links 76.
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`5 The additional request links SLn1 •.• SLnw (71) allow the user Un (12) to make
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`additional optional selections, based upon information and/or services previously
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`requested by the user Un (12). The additional request links SLn1 ... SLnw (71), which
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`are optional, may typically have Current GrouplNext Group/Previous Group/Group
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`Number Links, Server Names in Each Group, Queries in Each Group, Current
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`PagelNext Page/Previous Page/Page Number Links, Search Display/Link and/or
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`Description Placement/Interleave/Separate. and Link Description
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`Options/Summary/Minimize. Other additional ones of the additional requests links
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`SLn1 ... SLnw (71) and/or combinations thereof may also be incorporated thereinto the
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`service and/or information response IRn (34).
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`The optional order form 72 allows direct placement and/or confirmation of orders
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`and/or purchases therewith the servers S1' .. Sz (20) and/or the optional servers
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`50", ,50p (22), which reside on the network 24, The user U, (12) may enter the
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`order placement thereinto the user interface In (14) therethrough the user input Uln
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`(25), and receive order confinnation therethrough the user interface In (14). The client
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`en (16) may communicate the order placement therefrom the user interface In (14)
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`thereto the server PS (18), which may communicate the order placement thereto the
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`servers 5, ",5, (20) andlor the optional servers 50",,50p (22). The server P5 (18)
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`may alternatively and/or additionally communicate the order confirmation received
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`therefrom the servers 51 ... 5 z (20) andlor the optional servers 501 ••• SOp (22) thereto
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`the client C n (16), which may communicate the order confirmation thereto the user
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`interface In (14) for presentation to the user Un (12). The order placement and/or the
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`order confirmation may be stored within the server PS (18) andlor the client Cn (16).
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`The order placement andlor the order confirmation is typically secure, and may be
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`encrypted, and is typically communicated using secure commW1ications means.
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`C. CERTAIN ONES OF THE CLIENTS
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`requests Q11 ... Qnm (29) thereof the servers 5 1 ... 5 z (20), in accordance with the
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`designation scheme which designates the certain ones of the servers 51 ... 5z (20) to be
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`communicated with corresponding to the requests Q11" .Qnm (29), and formulate the
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`corresponding user service andlor information response ir1 .. .ir n (36), as previously
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`FIG. 62 shows a typical particular one of the user service andlor information requests
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`iQ1 ... iQn (27), designated as the user service andlor information request iqn (27),
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`having the queries QQni •.• QQnm (53), the corresponding server addresses
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`20 AQn1 ... AQnm (54), and the optional instructions VJ ni ... VJ nk (52). The server
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`addresses AQn1 ... AQnm (54) and the optional instructions VJ n1 ... VJnk (52) may be
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`optional, and may depend upon the user interface In (14), and/or other information
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`resident within the client Cn (16).
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`FIG. 63 shows the particular user service and/or information request iqn (27) parsed,
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`processed, andlor formatted into the current request group QAne (50), the request
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`groups QAn1 ... QAnz (51), and the corresponding optional instructions VJn1 ... VJnk
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`(52), and utilization of information therefrom to make the requests Q n1 ... Q nm (29),
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`obtain the responses Rn1 ... Rnm (32), and incorporate information therefrom into the
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`particular user service and/or information response ir n (36);
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`The server PS (18) makes the requests Q11 ... Qnm (29) thereof the servers S1'.'Sz
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`(20), in accordance with the designation scheme which designates the certain ones of
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`the servers S1 ... Sz (20) to be communicated with corresponding to the requests
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`Q11 ... Qnm (29) as the corresponding server designations S11 ... Snm (30), as shown in
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`accordance with the designation scheme which designates the certain ones ofthe
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`servers S1 ... Sz (20) to be communicated with corresponding to the requests Q11 ... Q nm
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`(29) as the corresponding server designations S11.,.Snm (30), as shown in FIG. 63.
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`information requests iqn (27) and/or organize and/or group information and/or services
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`therefrom the addressable response information groups RGn1 ... RGnm (57) thereinto
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`the addressable query information groups Gln1 ... Glnz (63) substantially the same as the
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`server P5 (18) parses, processes, and/or formats the service and/or information
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`requests IQn (28) therefrom the addressable response information groups
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`RGn1 ... RGnm (57) thereinto the addressable query information groups Gln1 .. ·Glnz
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`(63), except that the client Cn (16) may organize the addressable query information
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`groups Gln1 ... Glnz (63) thereinto the user service andlor information response irn (36),
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`as in FIG. 63, and the server P5 (18) organizes the addressable query information
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`groups Gln1 ... G1nz (63) thereinto the corresponding service andlor information
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`response IR, (34), as in FIG. 59.
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`Upon receipt of the user service andlor information requests iq1" .iqn (27) at the
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`corresponding clients C1 •.• Cn (16), certain ones of the corresponding clients C1·• .C n
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`(16) may parse, process, and/or format the corresponding user service andlor
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`information requests iq1" .iqn (27) into the corresponding current request groups
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`15 QA" ... QA" (50) having the corresponding queries QQl1 ... QQ,m (53) and the
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`corresponding server addresses AQ11 ... AQnm (54) to open connections with and make
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`the requests Q11o .. Qnm (29) thereof the servers 5 1 ... 5 z (20), in accordance with the
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`designation scheme which designates the certain oneS of the servers 51.· .5z (20) to be
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`communicated with corresponding to the requests Q11 ... Q nm (29) as the corresponding
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`server designations 511 ... 5nm (30), shown for a particular one of the user service
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`and/or information requests iq1 .. .iqn (27) in FIG. 63.
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`The corresponding clients C1.,.Cn (16) may also parse, process, and/or fonnat the
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`corresponding user service and/or infonnation response ir1 ... irn (36) into the
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`corresponding request groups QA11 ... QAnz (51) having the corresponding other
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`queries QQ1a .. ·QQnz (55) and the corresponding other server addresses AQ1a ... AQnz
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`certain ones of the servers 5 1 •.• 5 z (20) to be communicated with corresponding to the
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`requests Qn1 ... Qnm (29) as the corresponding server designations 5 11 ... 5 nm (30),
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`corresponding to the corresponding queries QQn1 ... QQnm (53) and the corresponding
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`server addresses AQn1 ... AQnm (54) therein the current request group QAnc (50).
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`of the servers 5 1 ... 5z (20) to be communicated with corresponding to the requests
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`the requests Qn1 ··.Qnm (29) with the corresponding responses Rn1 ... Rnm (32).
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`The client C n (16) may parse, and/or process, and/or format, and/or group, and/or
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`organize each of the responses Rn1 ... Rnm (32) received from the servers 5 1 ... S z (20)
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`corresponding to the server designations 5 n1 ... Snm (30) into the corresponding
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`addressable response infonnation groups RG n1 ... RG nm (57).
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`the optional database 42, which may be optionally resident within the client Cn (16),
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`and which may reply with the corresponding additional optional responses
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`RAn1 ... RAnm (40). The client Cn (16) may parse, and/or process, and/or fonnat,
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`server addresses AQn1 ... AQnm (54) is fonnulated into the corresponding request
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`pointer/address group QZn (60) having the pointers/addresses PGn1 ... PGnz (61)
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`Now again, for the client Cn (16), each of the pointers/addresses PGn1 ... PGnz (61) are
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`directed to point/address the corresponding addressable query pointer/address groups
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`QGn1 ... QGnz (62) associated therewith, which aid in obtaining infonnation and/or
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`services therefrom certain ones of the addressable response information groups
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`RGn1 · .. RG nm (57) to be incorporated thereinto the addressable query information
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`groups Glo'" ,GI" (63).
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`Yet again, for the client Cn (16), grouping and/or sorting criteria may be incorporated
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`thereinto the optional instructions VJ n1 .•. VJ nk (52), which may be entered thereinto
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`the user interface In (14) therethrough the user input U1n (25) by the user Un (12).
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`Grouping and/or sorting criteria may additionally andlor alternatively optionally
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`resident within the server PS (18) and/or the client Co (16).
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`I 0 Now again, the grouping and/or sorting criteria gives the user Un (12) the ability to
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`formulate the query information groups Gl n1 .•. Gl nz (63) and the way in which
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`information from the addressabJe response information groups RG n1 ... RG nm (57) is
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`presented to the user Uo (12) therethrough the user interface In (14).
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`I 5 Now again, for the client Cn (16), each of the addressable query pointer/address groups
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`QG n1 .•. QG nz (62) are associated therewith the corresponding ones of the addressable
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`query infonnation groups Gln1 ... Gl nz (63). Each of the addressable query
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`pointer/address groups QG n1 ••• QG nz (62) is formulated based upon the grouping
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`andlor sorting criteria, which may be incorporated thereinto the optional instructions
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`VJn1 ,.,VJnk (52), andlor which may additionally andlor alternatively optionally be
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`resident within the server PS (18) and/or the client Cn {16" andlor information within
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`the current request group QAne (50).
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`Now again, for the client Cn (16), each of the addressable query pointer/address groups
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`QGn1 ... QGnz (62) has pointers/addresses PPn11",PPnmr (64) directed to
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`address/point services and/or information therein the addressable response information
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`groups RGn1 ... RGnm (57) based upon the grouping and/or sorting criteria, which may
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`be incorporated thereinto the optional instructions VJn1 ... VJ nk (52), and/or which may
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`additionally and/or alternatively optionally be resident within the server PS (18) and/or
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`the client Cn (16), and/or the corresponding queries QQn1 ... QQnm (53), and/or the
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`corresponding server addresses AQn1 ... AQnm (54) within the current request group
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`QAno (50).
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`10
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`Yet again, for the client Cn (16), the information and/or services therein each of the
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`addressable response information groups RG n1 ... RGnm (57) is addressed therewith the
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`pointers/addresses PPn11",PPnmr (64) therefrom the query pointer/address groups
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`QGn1 ... QGnz (62), and information and/or services therefrom the addressable response
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`information groups RGn1 ... RGnm (57) is incorporated thereinto the addressable query
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`information groups Gln1 ... Glnz (63) corresponding to the pointers/addresses
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`PPn11 ... PPnmr (64), which are formulated by the addressable query pointer/address
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`groups QGn1 ... QGnz (62), in accordance with the grouping and/or sorting criteria.
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`20 Yet again, for the client Cn (16), the corresponding other queries QQna ... QQnz (55)
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`and the corresponding other server addresses AQna ... AQnz (56) therein the
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`corresponding request groups QAn1 ... QAnz (51) may be used for other ones of the
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`requests Qni- .. Qnm (29), and may be incorporated into the user service and/or
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`infonnation response ir n (36), as part of other infonnation OIn (65), for future use.
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`Now again, for the client Cn (16), each of the addressable query infonnation groups
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`5 Gln1 ... Glnz (63) is incorporated thereinto the service and/or information group Gn
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`(35). The service and/or infonnation group Gn (35) and the other infonnation OIn
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`(65) are incorporated thereinto the service andlor information response 1Rn (34).
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`The optional instructions VJni ... VJnk (52) may be used by the client Cn (16), in
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`I 0 making the requests Qn1 ... Qnm (29) andlor the additional optional requests
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`QPn1 ... QPnm (58) of the optional database 42, and/or in processing, fonnatting,
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`grouping, and organizing the responses Rn1 ... Rnm (32) from the ones of the servers
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`51 ... 5 z (20) corresponding to the server designations 5n1 ... 5 nm (30), andlor the
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`additional optional responses RAni ... RAnm (40), into user service and/or infonnation
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`I 5
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`response irn (36), for grouping and/or sorting criteria instructions, and/or may be used
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`for other purposes.
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`FIG. 64 is a schematic representation of the particular user service and/or information
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`request iqn (27) parsed, processed, and/or fonnatted into the current request group
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`20
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`QAnc (50), the request groups QAn1 ... QAnz (51), and the corresponding optional
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`instructions VJn1 ... VJnk (52), and utilization ofinfonnation therefrom to make the
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`requests Qn1 ... Qnm (29), obtain the responses Rn1 ... Rnm (32), and incorporate
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`information therefrom into the particular user service and/or infonnation response ir n
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`(36), having simpler grouping/sorting that may be used additionally and/or alternatively
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`to that of FIG. 63.
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`The user Un (12) is typically given the option therethrough the optional instructions
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`VJn1 •.• VJnk (52) as to the grouping and/or sorting criteria to be entered thereinto the
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`user interface In (14) therethrough the user input U1n (25) by the user Un (12). The
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`user Un (12) is typically given the choice as to the grouping and/or sorting criteria of
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`FIG. 63, and/or the grouping and/or sorting criteria of FIG. 64.
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`10 Now again, the client Cn (16) may parse, process, and/or format the user service and/or
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`information requests iqn (27) and/or organize and/or group information and/or services
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`therefrom the addressable response information groups RGn1 ... RGnm (57) thereinto
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`the addressable query information groups Gln1 ... Glnz (63) substantially the same as the
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`server PS (18) parses, processes, and/or formats the service and/or information
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`requests IQn (28) therefrom the addressable response information groups
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`RGn1 ... RGnm (57) thereinto the addressable query information groups Gln1 · .. Glnz
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`(63), except that the client Cn (16) may organize the addressable query information
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`groups Gln1 ... Glnz (63) thereinto the user service and/or infoonation response irn (36),
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`as in FIG. 64, and the server PS (18) organizes the addressable query information
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`20
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`groups Gl n1 .•. Glnz (63) thereinto the corresponding service and/or information
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`response IR, (34), as in FIG. 60.
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`Now again, for the client en (16), information from the current request group QAnc
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`(50) having the corresponding queries QQn1 ... QQnm (53) and the corresponding
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`server addresses AQn1 ... AQnm (54) is formulated into the corresponding request
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`pointer/address group QY n (68) having the pointers/addresses PFn11·.·PFnmr (69)
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`associated therewith, as shown in FIG. 64.
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`Now again, for the client Cn (16), each of the pointers/addresses PFn11 ... PFnmr (69)
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`are directed to point/address the corresponding addressable response information groups
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`RGn1 ... RGnm (57), and aid in obtaining information and/or services therefrom the
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`corresponding addressable response information groups RGn1 ... RGnm (57) to be
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`incorporated thereinto the addressable query information groups Gln1 ... Glnz (63), as
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`shown in FIG. 64 .
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`Again, the grouping andlor sorting criteria allow the user Un (12) to direct the server
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`PS (18) and/or the client Cn (16) to sort information andlor services therefrom the
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`responses the responses Rn1 ... Rnm (32) andlor the additional optional responses
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`RAn1 ... RAnm (40) therefrom the optional database 41, such as, for example, by
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`category, query, group, page, order of importance, ascending and/or descending order,
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`alphabetically and/or numerically, value, price, and/or other characteristics, and/or to
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`combine and/or interleave the information and/or services therefrom the responses the
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`responses Rn1" .Rnm (32) and/or the additional optional responses RAn1 ·· .RAnm (40)
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`one with the other, such as, for example, by order of relevance and/or other parameters.
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`FIG. 65 shows the particular user service and/or information response irn (36) having
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`the service and/or information group Gn (35), the additional request links 5Ln1 ... 5Lnw
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`(71), the optional order form 72, the optional additional advertisements and/or links
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`73, the optional hidden information 74, and the optional service and/or information
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`5
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`entry request form IE, (38).
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`Now again, the service andlor information group Gn (35) has the query information
`
`groups Gln1 ... Glnz (63), the optional database response groups 75, and the optional
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`additional advertisements andlor links 76.
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`10
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`Yet again, the additional request links 5Ln1 ... 5Lnw (71) allow the user Un (12) to
`
`make additional optional selections, based upon information and/or services previously
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`requested by the user Un (12). The additional request links 5Ln1 ... 5Lnw (71), which
`
`are optional, may typically have Current GrouplNext Group/Previous Group/Group
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`15 Number Links, Server Names in Each Group, Queries in Each Group, Current
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`PagelNext Page/Previous Page/Page Number Links, Search Display/Link andlor
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`Description PlacementlInterleave/Separate, and Link Description
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`Options/Summary/Minimize. Other additional ones of the additional request links
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`SLn1 ••• SLnw (71) and/or combinations thereof may also be incorpor

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