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`U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMNIERCE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`TRANSMITTAL LETTER. TO THE UNITED STATES
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`CONCERNING A FILING UNDER 35 U.S.C. 371
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`PCT/US99/01988
`TITLE OF INVENTION
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`28 January 1999
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`30 January 1998
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`Michael De Angelo
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`Applicant herewith submits to the United States Designated/Elected Office (DO/EO/US) the following items and other
`information:
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`This is a FIRST submission of items concerning a filing under 35 U.S.C. 371.
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`This is a SECOND or SUBSEQUENT submission of items concerning a filing under 35 U.S.C. 371.
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`This express request to begin national examination procedures (35 U.S.C. 371 (f)) at any time rather than delay
`examination until the expiration of the applicable time limit set in 35 U.S.C. 371(b) and PCT Articles 22 and 39(1).
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`A proper Demand for International Preliminary Examination was made by the 19th month from the earliest claimed
`priority date.
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`A copy of the International Application as filed (35 U.S.C. 371(c)(2)).
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`is not required, as the application was filed in the United States Receiving Office (RO/US).
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`A translation of the International Application into English (35 U.S.C. 371(c)(2)).
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`Amendments to the claims of the International Application under PCT Article 19 (35 U.S.C. 371(c)(3)).
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`have not been made; however, the time limit for making such amendments has NOT expired.
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`have not been made and will not be made.
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`A translation of the amendments to the claims under PCT Article 19 (35 U.S.C. 371(c)(3)).
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`An oath or declaration of the inventor(s) (35 U.S.C. 371(c)(4)).
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`A translation of the annexes of the International Preliminary Examination Report under PCT Article 36
`(35 U.S.C. 371(c)(5)).
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`Items 1 l. to 16. below concern document(s) or information included:
`An Information Disclosure Statement under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.9
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`An assignment document for recording. A separate cover sheet in compliance with 37 CFR 3.28 and 3.31 is included.
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`A FIRST preliminary amendment.
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`A SECOND or SUBSEQUENT preliminary amendment.
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`A substitute specification.
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`A change of power of attorney and/or address letter.
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`Other items or information: A Verified Statement Claiming Small Entity Status
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`121 The following fees are submitted:
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`CALCULATIONS PTO USE ONLY
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`BASIC NATIONAL FEE (37 CFR 1.492(a)(1)-(5)):
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`Neither international preliminary examination fee (37 CFR 1.482)
`nor international search fee (37 CFR 1.445(a)(2)) paid to USPTO
`and International Search Report not prepared by the EPO or JPO.........$970.00
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`International preliminary examination fee (37 CFR 1.482) not paid to
`USPTO but International Search Report prepared by the EPO or JPO..$840.00
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`International preliminary examination fee (37 CFR 1.482) not paid to USPTO
`but international search fee (37 CFR 1.445(a)(2)) paid to USPTO........$760.00
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`International preliminary examination fee (37 CFR 1.482) paid to USPTO
`but all claims did not satisfy provisions of PCT Article 33(2)-(4)...... $670.00
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`International preliminary examination fee (37 CFR 1.482) paid to USPTO
`and all claims satisfied provisions of PCT Article 33(2)-(4)..............$96.00
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`ENTER APPROPRIATE BASIC FEE AMOUNT =
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`Surcharge of $130.00 for furnishing the oath or declaration later than C] 20
`[j 30 months from the earliest claimed priority date (37 CFR 1.492(e)).
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`Reduction of 1/2 for filing by small entity, if applicable. A Small Entity
`Statement must also be filed (Note 37 CFR 1.9, 1.27, 1.28).
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`$524.00
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`Processing fee of $ 1 30.00 for furnishing the English translation later than D
`20 E] 30 months from the earliest claimed priority date (37 CFR 1.492(1)).
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`TOTAL NATIONAL FEE =
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`Fee for recording the enclosed assignment (37 CFR 1.21(h)). The assignment
`must be accompanied by an appropriate cover sheet (37 CFR 3.28, 3.31).
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`TOTAL FEES ENCLOSED =
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`$564.00
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`Amount to be
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`charged:
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`$564.00
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`A check in the amount of $ 564.00
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`to cover the above fees is enclosed.
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`Please charge my Deposit Account No.
`A duplicate copy of this sheet is enclosed.
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`in the amount of $
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`to cover the above fees.
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge any additional fees which may be required, or credit any
`overpayment to Deposit Account No. 19—2555. A duplicate copy of this sheet is enclosed.
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`NOTE: Where an appropriate time limit under 37 CFR 1.494 or 1495 has n
`or (b)) must be filed and granted to restore the application to pending statu
`SEND ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO:
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`o reviv (37 CFR 1.137 (a)
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`Greg T. Sueoka
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
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`SIGNATURE
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`Greg T. Sueoka
`NAME
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`Two Palo Alto Square
`Palo Alto, CA 94306
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`33 800
`REGISTRATION NUMBER
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`FORM no-1390 (REV 1-98) PAGE 2 of 2
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` Petitioner Apple Inc. - Exhibit 1002, p. 2
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`12 The following fees are submitted:
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`CALCULATIONS PTO USE ONLY
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`BASIC NATIONAL FEE (37 CFR 1.492(a)(l)-(5)):
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`Neither international preliminary examination fee (37 CFR 1.482)
`nor international search fee (37 CFR 1.445(a)(2)) paid to USPTO
`and International Search Report not prepared by the EPO or JPO.........$970.00
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`International preliminary examination fee (37 CFR 1.482) not paid to
`USPTO but International Search Report prepared by the EPO or JPO..$840.00
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`International preliminary examination fee (37 CFR 1.482) not paid to USPTO
`but international search fee (37 CFR 1.445(a)(2)) paid to USPTO........$760.00
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`International preliminary examination fee (37 CFR 1.482) paid to USPTO
`but all claims did not satisfy provisions of PCT Article 33(2)—(4)......$670.00
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`International preliminary examination fee (37 CFR 1.482) paid to USPTO
`and all claims satisfied provisions of PCT Article 33(2)-(4).............. $96.00
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`ENTER APPROPRIATE BASIC FEE AMOUNT =
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`$760.00
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`Surcharge of $130.00 for furnishing the oath or declaration later than D 20
`E] 30 months from the earliest claimed priority date (37 CFR 1.492(e)).
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`CLAIMS
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`TOTAL OF ABOVE CALCULATIONS =
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`Reduction of 1/2 for filing by small entity, if applicable. A Small Entity
`$524.00
`Statement must also be filed (Note 37 CFR 1.9, 1.27, 1.28).
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`SUBTOTAL =
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`$524.00
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`Processing fee of $130.00 for furnishing the English translation later than E]
`20 [j 30 months from the earliest claimed priority date (37 CFR 1.492(t)).
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`TOTAL NATIONAL FEE =
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`$524.00
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`Fee for recording the enclosed assignment (37 CFR 1.21 (h)). The assignment
`must be accompanied by an appropriate cover sheet (37 CFR 3.28, 3.31).
`$40.00 per property
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`$40.00
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`TOTAL FEES ENCLOSED =
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`$564.00
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`Amount to be
`rendered:
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`$564.00
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`A check in the amount of $ 564.00
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`to cover the above fees is enclosed.
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`Please charge my Deposit Account No.
`A duplicate copy of this sheet is enclosed.
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`in the amount of $
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`to cover the above fees.
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge any additional fees which may be required, or credit any
`overpayment to Deposit Account No. 19-2555. A duplicate copy of this sheet is enclosed.
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`NOTE: Where an appropriate time limit under 37 CFR 1.494 or 1.495 has n
`or (13)) must be filed and granted to restore the application to pending statu
`SEND ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO:
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`een met, a petiti
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`o reviv (37 CFR 1.137 (a)
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`Greg T. Sueoka
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
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`SIGNATURE
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`Greg T. Sueoka
`NAME
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`Two Palo Alto Square
`Palo Alto, CA 94306
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`33 800
`REGISTRATION NUMBER
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`FORM PTO-1390 (REV 1-98) PAGE 2 of 2
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`Title: S stem And Method For Creatin And Mani ulatin Information Containers With D namic Re isters
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`[X] an official of the small business concern empowered to act on behalf of the concern identified below:
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`NAME OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN
`ADDRESS OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN
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`Ematrix Corporation
`104 West Anaamu Suite C
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`Santa Barbara, California 93101
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`I hereby declare that the above identified small business concern qualifies as a small business concern as defined in
`13 CFR 121.12, and reproduced in 37 CFR 1.9(d), for purposes of paying reduced fees to the United States Patent and
`Trademark Office, in that the number of employees of the concern, including those of its affiliates, does not exceed 500 persons.
`For purposes of this statement, (1) the number of employees of the business concern is the average over the previous fiscal year
`of the concern of the persons employed on a full-time, part-time or temporary basis during each of the pay periods of the fiscal
`year, and (2) concerns are affiliates of each other when either, directly or indirectly, one concern controls or has the power to
`control the other, or a third party or parties controls or has the power to control both.
`I hereby declare that rights under contract or law have been conveyed to and remain with the small business concern
`identified above with regard to the invention described in:
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`the application identified above.
`the patent identified above.
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`If the rights held by the above identified small business concern are not exclusive, each individual, concern or
`organization having rights in the invention must file separate verified statements averring to their status as small entities, and no
`rights to the invention are held by any person, other than the inventor, who would not qualify as an independent inventor under
`37CFR 1.9(c) if that person made the invention, or by any concern which would not qualify as a small business concern under
`37 CFR 1.9(d), or a nonprofit organization under 37 CFR 1.9(c).
`Each such person, concern or organization having any rights in the invention is listed below:
`[X] No such person, concern, or organization exists.
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`Separate verified statements are required from each named person, concern or organization having rights to the
`invention averting to their status as small entities. (37 CFR 1.27)
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`I acknowledge the duty to file, in this application or patent, notification of any change in status resulting in loss of
`entitlement to small entity status prior to paying, or at the time of paying, the earliest of the issue fee or any maintenance fee due
`after the date on which status as a small entity is no longer appropriate. (37 CFR 1.28(b))
`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and that all statements made on
`information and belief are believed to be true; and further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false
`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under section 1001 of Title 18 of the United
`States Code, and that such willful false statements may jeopardize the validity of the application, any patent issuing thereon, or
`any patent to which this verified statement is directed.
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`NAME OF PERSON SIGNING Michael De An elo
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`TITLE OF PERSON IF OTHER THAN OWNER
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`Officer
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`information into more useful groupings or makes it more accessible according to factors
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`1. Field of the Invention
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`The present invention relates generally to computer systems in a multi-user mainframe or
`mini computer system, a client server network, or in local, wide area or public networks, and in
`particular,
`to computer networks for creating and manipulating information containers with
`dynamic interactive registers in a computer, media or publishing network,
`in order to
`manufacture information on, upgrade the utility of, and develop intelligence in,
`a computer
`network by offering the means to create and manipulate information containers with dynamic
`registers.
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`2. Description of the Related Art
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`In the present day, querying and usage of information resources on a computer network is
`accomplished by individuals directing a search effort by submitting key words or phrases to be
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`by human input. Similarly, the class of storage medium upon which information resides, it class
`and subclass organizational structures,
`and its routes of access all remain fiindamentally
`unaltered by ongoing user queries and usage. Only the direct and intended intervention of the
`owner of the information content or computer hosting site changes these parameters, normally
`accomplished manually by programmers or systems operators at their own discretion or the
`discretion of the site owner.
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`There exists currently in the art a limited means of interfacing a computer user with the
`information available on computer networks such as the world wide web. Primarily, these
`means are search engines. Search engines query thousands or tens of thousands of index pages
`per second to suggest the location of
`information while the user waits. While factual
`information can be accessed, the more complex, particular or subtle the inquiry,
`the more
`branches and sub-branches need to be explored in a time consuming fashion in order to have
`any chance of success. Further, there are no such automatic devices that reconstruct
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`attached to the content by the content creator such as the space or time relevancy of its content,
`or factors attached to the content by the system’s compilation and analysis of the accumulated
`biography ofthat specific content’s readership.
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`The utility of wide area and public computer networks is thus greatly limited by the static
`information model and infrastructure upon which those networks operate.
`One problem is that on a wide area or public network, specific content such as a
`document remains inert, except by the direct intervention of users, and is modified neither by
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`computer system can be utilized in constructing, or re—constructing
`observant network
`information resources. Where content resides in a fixed location and structure, “information”
`becomes something defined by the mind of the information provider rather than the mind of the
`information user, where the actual construction and utility of information exists.
`Information
`remains, like raw ore, in an unrefined state.
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`Another problem is that the class of storage medium upon which data resides cannot be
`system or user managed and altered according to the actual recorded and analyzed hierarchically
`graded usage of any given information resource residing on that storage medium except by
`statistical analysis of universal, undefined “hits” or visits to that page or site.
`Another problem is that information resource groupings remain fixed on the given
`storage medium location according to the original installation by the resource author, not altered
`according to the actual recorded and analyzed hierarchically graded usage of that given
`. information resource. Content itselfremains inert, with no possibility of evolution.
`A further problem with the prior art is that neither the search templates generated by
`those more knowledgeable in a given field of inquiry, nor the search strategies historically
`determined to be successful, or system—constructed according to analyses of search strategies
`historically determined to be successful, are available to inquiring users. A search template is
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`time—consuming examination of multiple information resources or locations, with no historical
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`relation to the success of any given search strategy.
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`A further problem is that there is limited means to add to, subtract from, or alter the
`information content of documents, databases, or sites without communicating with the owners
`or operators of those information resources, e.g., contacting, obtaining permission, negotiating
`and manually altering, adding or subtracting content. Additionally, once so altered, there is not a
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`means to derive a proportionate value, and thereby a proportionate royalty as the information is
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`A final problem is that the physical residence of a body of data or its cyberspace location
`may not serve its largest body of users in the most expedient manner of access. Neither the
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`expert intelligence of other information users nor the expert
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`intelligence of an observant
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`computer system is presently utilized by inherent network intelligence to analyze, re-design and
`construct access routes to information medium except by statistical analysis of universal,
`undefined “hits” or visits to that page or site.
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`Therefore, there is a need for a system and methods for creating and manipulating
`information containers with dynamic interactive registers defining more comprehensive
`information about contained content in a computer, media or publishing network, in order to
`manufacture information on, upgrade the utility of, and develop intelligence in, a computer
`network by providing a searching user the means to utilize the searches of other users or the
`historically determined and compiled searches of the system, a means to containen'ze
`information with multiple registers governing the interaction of that container, a means to re-
`classify the storage medium and location of information resources resident on the network, a
`means to allow the reconstruction of content into more useful formations, and a means to
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`reconstruct the access routes to that information.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`invention is a system and methods for manufacturing information on,
`The present
`upgrading the utility of, and developing intelligence in, a computer or digital network, local,
`wide area, public, corporate, or digital-based, supported, or enhanced physical media form or
`public or published media, or other by offering the means to create and manipulate information
`containers with dynamic registers.
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`The system of the present invention comprises an input device, an output device, a
`processor, a memory unit, a data storage device, and a means of communicating with other
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`computers, network of computers, or digital—based, supported or enhanced physical media forms
`or public or published media.
`These components are preferably coupled by a bus and
`configured for multi—media presentation, but may also be distributed throughout a network
`according to the requirements of highest and best use.
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`The memory unit advantageously includes an information container made interactive
`with dynamic registers, a container editor, a search interface, a search engine, a search engine
`editor,
`system—wide hierarchical container gateways interacting with dynamic container
`registers, a gateway editor, a register editor, a data collection means with editor, a data reporting
`means with editor, an analysis engine with editor, an executing engine with editor, databases,
`and a means of communicating with other computers as above. These components may reside in
`a distributed fashion in any configuration on multiple computer systems or networks.
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`for creating
`invention advantageously provides a container editor
`The present
`containers, containerizing storing information in containers and defining and altering container
`registers. A container is an interactive nestable logical domain configurable as both subset and
`superset,
`including a minimum set of attributes coded into dynamic interactive evolving
`registers, containing any information component, digital code, file, search string, set, database,
`network, event or process, and maintaining a unique network-wide lifelong identity.
`The container editor allows the authoring user to create containers and encapsulate any
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`identity, characteristics, and parameters and rules of interaction. The authoring user defines and
`sets the register with a starting counter and/or mathematical description by utilizing menus and
`simple graphing tools or other tools appropriate to that particular register. The registers
`determine the interaction of that container with other containers, system components, system
`gateways, events and processes on the computer network.
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`Containers and registers, upon creation, may be universal or class—specific. The editor
`provides the means to create system-defined registers as well as the means to create other
`registers. The editor enables the register values to be set by the user or by the system, in which
`case the register value may be fixed or alterable by the user upon creation. Register values are
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`evolving or non—evolving for the duration of the life of the container on the system. Evolving
`registers may change through time, space, interaction, system history and other means.
`System-defined registers comprise:
`(1) an historical container register,
`logging the
`history of the interaction of that container with other containers, events and processes on the
`network, (2) an historical system register, logging the history of pertinent critical and processes
`on the network, (3) a point register accumulating points based upon a hierarchically rated
`history of usage, (4) an identity register maintaining a unique network Wide identification and
`access location for a given container, (5) a brokerage register maintaining a record of ownership
`percentage and economic values, and others.
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`The present invention also includes user-defined registers. User defined registers may be
`created wholly by the user and assigned a starting value, or simply assigned value by the user
`when that register is pre—existent
`in the system or acquired from another user, and then
`appended to any information container, or detached from any container.
`Exemplary user-defined registers comprise (1) a report register, setting trigger levels for
`report sequences, content determination and delivery target, (2) a triple time register, consisting
`of a range, map, graph, list, curve or other representation designating time relevance, actively,
`assigning the time characteristics by which that container will act upon another container or
`process, passively, assigning the time characteristics by which that container be acted upon by
`another container or process, and neutrally, assigning the time characteristics by which that
`container will interact with another container or process, (3) a triple space register, consisting of
`a range, map, graph, list, curve or other representation designating the domain and determinants
`of space relevance, actively, assigning the space characteristics by which that content will act
`upon another container or process, passively, assigning the space, characteristics by which that
`content will be acted upon by another container or process, and neutrally, assigning the space
`characteristics by which that container will interact with another container or process, (4) a
`domain of influence register, determining the set, class and range of containers upon which that
`container will act, (5) a domain of receptivity register, determining the set, class and range of
`containers allowed to act upon that container, (6) a domain of neutrality register, determining
`the set, class and range of containers with which that container will interact, (7) a domain of
`containment register, determining the set, class and range of containers which that container I
`may logically encompass, (8) a domain of inclusion register, determining the set, class and
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`range of containers by which that container might be encompassed, (9) an ownership register,
`recording the original ownership of that containers, (10) a proportionate ownership register,
`determining the proportionate ownership of that containers, (11) a creator profile register,
`describing the creator or creators of that container,
`(12) an ownership address register,
`5 maintaining the address of the creator or creators of that container, (13) a value register,
`assigning a monetary or credit value to that container, and (14) other registers created by users
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`Containers are nestable and configurable as both subset and superset and may be
`designated hierarchically according to inclusive range, such as image component, image, image
`file,
`image collection, image database, or if text, text fragment, sentence, paragraph, page,
`document, document collection, document, database, document library, or any arrangement
`wherein containers are defined as increasingly inclusive sets of sets ofdigital components.
`The present
`invention also includes, structurally integrated into each container, or
`strategically placed within a network at container transit points, unique gateways, nestable in a
`hierarchical or set and class network scheme. Gateways gather and store container register
`information according to system-defined, system-generated,
`or user determined rules as
`containers exit and enter one another, governing how containers system processes or system
`components interact within the domain of that container, or after exiting and entering that
`container, and governing how containers, system components and system processes interact
`with that unique gateway,
`including how data collection and reporting is managed at that
`gateway. The gateways record the register information of internally nested sub and superset
`containers, transient containers and search templates, including the grade of access requested,
`and, acting as an agent of an analysis engine and execution engine, govern the traffic and
`interaction of those containers and searches with the information resource of which they are the
`gateway and other gateways. The gateways’ record of internally nested and transient container
`registers, and its own interaction with those containers, is made available, according to a rules—
`based determination, to the process of the analysis engine by the data collection and/or data
`reporting means.
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`The present invention also includes a means of data storage at any given gateway.
`The present invention also includes a data collection means, residing anywhere on the
`network, or located at one or more hierarchical
`levels of nestable container gateways for
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`gathering information from other gateways and analysis engines according to system, system-
`generated or user determined rules. The data collection means manages the gathering of data
`regarding network-wide user choices, usage and information about information, by collecting it
`from container and gateway registers as those containers and gateways pass through one
`another. Such statistics as
`frequency, pattem, and range of time, space and logical class is
`collected as directed by the analysis engine, and made that data available to the analysis engine
`by advancing it directly to the analysis engine, or
`incrementally,
`to the next greater
`hierarchically inclusive collection level. The rules of data collection may be manually set or
`altered by the system manager, or set by the system and altered by the system in its evolutionary
`capacity.
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`located at one or more
`The present invention also includes a data reporting means,
`hierarchical levels of nestable container gateways for submitting information to other gateways
`and analysis engines according to system, system-generated or user determined rules. The data
`reporting means manages the sending of data from the registers, gateways and search templates
`in a frequency, pattern, and range of time, space and logical class as directed by the analysis
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`established to work in concert,
`in redundancy, or in contiguous or interwoven threads of
`hierarchically nested containers.
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`The present invention also includes an analysis engine that receives, reports and collects
`information regarding the interaction of user searches with gateways and container registers, as
`well as container registers with other container registers, and container registers with gateways.
`The analysis engine analyzes the information submitted by the gateways and instructs the
`execution engine to create new information containers, content assemblages, storage schemes,
`access routes, search templates, and gateway instructions. The analysis engine includes an editor
`that prov1des a system manager w1th a means of edlting the operating prmc1ples of that engine,
`governing data reporting, data collection, search template loading, gateway instructions, and
`other.
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`The present invention also includes an execution engine, fulfilling the instructions of the
`analysis engine, to create new information containers, content
`sun and superset assemblages,
`storage schemes, access routes, search templates, and gateway instructions. The execution
`engine includes an editor that provides a system manager with a means of editing the operating
`principles of that engine, governing data reporting, data collection, search template loading,
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`gateway instructions, and other.
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`provides a means for a searching user to submit, record and access search streams or phrases
`generated historically by himself, other users, or the system. Search streams or phrases of other
`users are those that have been historically determined by the system to have the highest
`probability of utility to the searching user. Search streams or phrases generated by the system
`are those that have been constructed by the system through the analysis engine based upon the
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`same criteria.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first and preferred embodiment of a system constructed
`according to the present invention.
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`FIG. 2 A is block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the memory unit.
`FIG. 2 B is an exemplary embodiment of a computer network showing computer servers,
`personal computers, workstations, Internet, Wide Area Networks, Intranets in relationship with
`containers and gateways.
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`FIG. 2B1 is an exemplary embodiment of a computer network showing computer servers,
`personal computers, workstations, Internet, Wide Area Networks, Intranets in relationship with
`containers and