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`This initiates the request through the NAL. NAL sends the formatted
`message to the appropriate Compute Server.
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`Object Switch
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`plugins. The object switch mostly implements the rules
`specified in the action section of them-script, as
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`order of creation of the objects/components of the
`manipulator 100 and the order in which them-script is
`processed or read. Of note is the fact that the object
`switch 216 is called after service plugins 218. This order
`ensures that the services are all declared. Add.Action
`takes the pointer to those service plugins, and
`AddServicePlugin identifies the compute server executing
`the plugin, its host name, and its port. ObjSw ensures the
`20 GAC 220 may be updated by the object switch with t.he
`results of the service, once executed.
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`media manipulator 100. The media manipulator described in
`the previous sections was used as an intermediate processor
`between the client 106, 116 and the content provider server
`104. In this alternative embodiment, an additional,
`stripped down tunneler version of the manipulator 100' can
`be used to interact between the client 106, 116 and the
`30 media manipulator 100 as described previously. These two
`instances of the manipulator 100, 100' can now perform in
`unison to further enhance the user experience.
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`The tunneler media manipulator 100' and the media
`manipulator 100 exchange a compressed format suitable
`for the transmission over a low-bandwidth connection I
`while the tunneler 100' and the browser(client)
`exchange information in the client's native format.
`Apart from these, the client 106, 116 can be inside a
`firewall f and still use the services of a main media
`manipulator 100, which may be outside the firewall f.
`The tunneler 100' can also be used to set various
`options such as compression quality,
`specific to the
`client's need. These options are forwarded to the main
`media manipulator 100 along with the client's request.
`The main media manipulator 100 can categorically act on
`both the tunneler's and client's request.
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`Apart from compressing images, the tunneler 100'
`and main media manipulator 100 combination can be used
`to compress the HTML page itself. The HTML page is a
`media, and if the service is available to compress it,
`them-script can be modified appropriately to send the
`page to the text-compress-plugin before sending towards
`the client. The tunneler can intercept this and
`decompress the page.
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`The tunneler 100' has following components of the
`media manipulator: 1) media flow manager 210, 2) media
`parser 212, 3) object switch 216, 4) network access
`layer 214, and 5) service plugin 218.
`It does not the
`global access cache 220. The service plugin in the
`tunneler 100' is the compliment of what is used in the
`media manipulator to decompress the images.
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`While this invention has been particularly shown
`and described with references to preferred embodiments
`thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the
`art that various changes in form and detail may be made
`therein without departing from the spirit and scope of
`the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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`What is claimed is:
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`A middle-ware computing system comprising:
`a network access system that supports
`communications with media resources and
`client computers; and
`a media manipulation system that
`operates on media objects received from the
`media resources via the network access system
`prior to forwarding the media objects to the
`client computers.
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`The computing system described in Claim l, wherein
`the media manipulation system comprises:
`a parser that identifies different media
`types within the media objects; and
`service devices that operate on the
`media types.
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`The computing system described in Claim 2, wherein
`the parser searches for images in the media
`objects and service devices include an image
`compressor for performing data compression on the
`images.
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`The computing system described in any of Claims 2-
`3, wherein the parser searches for executable
`files in the media objects and service devices
`include a virus scanner that searches for computer
`viruses in the files.
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`The computing system described in any of Claims 2-
`4, wherein the parser searches for images in the
`media objects and service devices include a
`pornography detector for assessing a probability
`that the images are pornographic.
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`The computing system described in any of Claims 2-
`5, wherein the parser searches for data files in
`the media objects and service devices include an
`format converter for changing a format of the data
`files.
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`The computing system described in any of Claims 2-
`6, wherein the media manipulation system further
`comprises an object switch that passes the media
`types to the service devices to determine
`operations performed on the different media types.
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`The computing system described in any of Claims 2-
`7, wherein the media manipulation system further
`comprises a media flow manager that reassembles
`the media objects for forwarding to the clients
`after the manipulation of the media types.
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`The computing system described in Claim 8, further
`comprising a cache that stores media objects, the
`media flow manager receiving requests for media
`objects and checking for the presence of the media
`objects in the cache to preclude obtaining the
`objects from the media resources.
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`10. A middle-ware computing system comprising:
`a network access system that supports
`communications with media resources to obtain
`media objects from client computers;
`a parser that identifies different media
`types within the media objects;
`service devices that manipulate the
`media types;
`an object switch that passes the media
`types to the service devices to determine
`operations performed on the different media
`types; and
`a media flow manager that reassembles
`the media objects for forwarding to che
`clients after the manipulation of the media
`types.
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`11.
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`The computing system described in Claim 10,
`further comprising a cache that stores media
`objects, the media flow manager receiving requests
`for media objects and checking for the presence of
`the media objects in the cache to preclude
`obtaining the objects from the medi0 resources.
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`A method for facilitating transmission of media
`objects between media resources and client
`computers, the method comprising:
`receiving requests for media objects
`from the client computers to the media
`resources;
`obtaining the media objects;
`manipulating the media objects;
`forwarding the manipulated media objects
`to the client computers.
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`13. The method described in Claim 12, wherein
`manipulating the media objects comprises:
`identifying different media types within
`the media objects; and
`performing separate operations on the
`different media types.
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`14.
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`15.
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`The method described in Claim 13, wherein the step
`of identifying different media types comprises
`searching for images in the media objects and the
`step of performing operations comprises data
`compressing the images.
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`The method described in any of Claims 13-14,
`wherein the step of identifying different media
`types comprises searching for executable files in
`the media objects and the step of performing
`operations comprises scanning the files for
`computer viruses.
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`16. The method described in any of Claims 13-15,
`wherein the step of identifying different media
`types comprises searching for images in the media
`objects and the step of performing operations
`comprises assessing a probability that the images
`are pornographic.
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`l7. The method described in any of Claims 13-16,
`wherein the step of identifying different media
`types comprises searching for data files in the
`media objects and the step of performing
`operations changing a format of the data files.
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`18. The method described in any of Claims 13-17,
`further comprising reassembling the media objects
`for forwarding to the clients after the
`manipulation of the media types.
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`19. The method described in any of Claims 13-18,
`further comprising routing the media types to form
`successive operations on the media types,
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`20. The method described in any of Claims 13-19,
`further comprising caching media objects that have
`been received from the media resources and later
`obtaining the media objects from the cache.
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`21. The method des_cribed in Claim 20, wherein t-he step
`of obtaining the media objects comprises
`requesting the media objects from the media
`resources while checking for the objects in a
`cache; and obtaining the media objects from the
`cache if present.
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`

`PCT
`WORLD INTELLECfUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
`International Bureau
`INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER TI-IE PATENT COOPERATION TREAT'i (PCT)
`(51) International Patent Classification 6 :
`WO 97/49252
`(11) International Publication Number:
`H04L29/O6
`
`(43) International Publication Date:
`
`24 December 1997 (Ztl,. J 2.97)
`
`A3
`
`(21) International Application Number:
`
`PCT/US97/10758
`
`(22) International Filing Date:
`
`20 June 1997 (20.06.97)
`
`(30) Priority Data:
`60/020,094
`
`21 June 1996 (21.06.96)
`
`us
`
`(71) Applicant (for all designated States except US): INTEGRATED
`COMPUTING ENGINES, INC. [US/US]; 460 Totten Pond
`Road, Waltham, MA 02154 (US).
`
`(81) Designated States: AL, AM, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BR,
`BY, CA, CH, CN, CU, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, GB, GE,
`GH, HU, IL, IS, JP, KE, KG, KP, KR, KZ, LC, LK, LR,
`LS, LT, LU, LV, MD, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, NO, NZ,
`PL, PT, RO, RU, SD, SE, so, SJ, SK, TJ, TM, 1R, TI, I
`UA, UG, US, UZ, VN, YU, ARJPO patent (GH, KE, LS,
`MW, SD, SZ, UG, 'ZW), Eurasian patent (AM, AZ, BY,
`KG, KZ, MD, RU, TJ, 1M), European patent (AT, BE, CH,
`DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, iLU, MC, NL, PT,
`SE), OAPI patent (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, ML,
`MR, NE, SN, TD, TG).
`
`(72) Inventors; and
`Published
`(75) Inventors/Applicants (for US only): SHAH, Ashesh, C.
`With international search report.
`[US/US]; 567 Tremont A venue, No.
`31, Boston, MA
`02118 (US). PEDERSEN, Palle [DK/US]; 82 Com- j (88) Date of publication ofthe international search report:
`monwealth Avenue, No. 10, Boston, MA 02116 (US).
`30 Aori! 1998 (30.04.98)
`RP.sDOVIC, Niksa
`[HR/US];
`19 Mountain Avenue,
`'
`Somerville, MA 02143 (US). MANICKA V ASAGAM,
`Senthilkumar [IN/US]; 11 Highland Glen Drive, No. 17,
`Randolph, MA 02368 (US).
`
`(74) Agents: SMITH, James, M. et al.; Hamilton, Brook, Smith &
`Reynolds, P.C., Two Militia Drive, Lexington, MA 02173
`(US).
`
`(54) Title: NETWORK BASED PROGRAMMABLE MEDIA MANWULATOR
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`The m,~dia manipulator is a middle layer between the clients (110, 116) and the remote data servers (104) is the common client-server I
`organizatior __ It transforms the network into a more flexible three-tiered configuration. Requests generated by the clients (110) for media
`objects from media resources are routed to the media manipulator (100). It processes the requests and determines if the media objects may be
`found locally, either cached (220) in the media manipulator (100) itself or in the local data servers (106). When the media objects are
`obtained, the media manipulator (100) can be used to perform operations on those objects such as format translations, to apply protective
`mechanisms for the clients (110), to speed communications between the remote servers (104) and the clients (110), or perform compute
`operations for the clients (110). In one example, a parser (112) of the manipulator (100) searches for images in the media objects so that
`service devices (218) can be called to perform data compression or pornography detection on the images. The parser can also search for
`executable or data files in the media objects and to perform virus scanning or format conversion, respectively.
`
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`Codes used to identify States party to the PCT on the front pages of pamphlets publishing international applications under the PCT.
`
`FOR THE PURPOSES OF INFORMATION ONLY
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`AL
`AM
`AT
`AU
`AZ
`BA
`BB
`BE
`BF
`BG
`BJ
`BR
`BY
`CA
`CF
`CG
`CII
`Cl
`CM
`CN
`cu
`CZ
`DE
`DK
`EE
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`Albania
`Armenia
`Austria
`Australia
`Azerbaijan
`Bosnia and I-krzegovina
`Barbados
`Belgium
`Burkina Faso
`Bulgaria
`Benin
`Brazil
`Belams
`Canada
`Central African Republic
`Congo
`Switzerland
`Cote d'Ivoire
`Cameroon
`China
`Cuba
`Czech Republic
`Gcnnaiiy
`Denmark
`Es,onia
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`Fl
`FR
`GA
`GB
`GE
`GH
`GN
`GR
`HU
`IE
`IL
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`JP
`KE
`KG
`KP
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`KZ
`LC
`LI
`LK
`LR
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`Spain
`Finland
`France
`Gabon
`United Kingdom
`Georgia
`Ghana
`Guinea
`Greece
`Hungary
`Ireland
`Israel
`Iceland
`ltaly
`Japan
`Kenya
`Kyrgyzstan
`Pcmocraric People's
`Republic of Korea
`Republic of Korea
`Kazakstan
`Saim Lucia
`Liechtenstein
`Sri Lanka
`Liberia
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`LU
`LV
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`MD
`MG
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`MW
`MX
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`NZ
`PL
`PT
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`RU
`SD
`SE
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`Lesotho
`Lithuania
`Luxembourg
`Latvia
`Monaco
`Republic of Moldova
`Madagascar
`Thu former Yugoslav
`Republic of Macedonia
`Mali
`Mongolia
`Mauritania
`Malawi
`Mexico
`Niger
`Netherlands
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`Poland
`Portugal
`Romania
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`Sudan
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`Chad
`Togo
`Tajikistan
`Turkmenistan
`Turkey
`Trinidad and Tobago
`Ukraine
`Uganda
`United States of America
`Uzbekistan
`Viet Nam
`Yugoslavia
`Zimbabwe
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`INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT
`
`,nal Applicalion No
`lnte,
`PCT/US 97/10758
`
`A. CLASSIFICATION OF SUBJECT MATTER
`I PC 6 H04L29/06
`
`According to International P"tent Classification (IPC) or to both national ,obssifioation and IPC
`
`B. FIELDS SEARCHED
`Minimum dnoumentation searched (classification system followed by classification symbols)
`I PC
`H04L
`:5
`
`Documentation searched other than minimum documentaiion to the extent that such documents are included in the fields se"rched
`
`Electronic d"ta base consulted during the international search (name oi data base "nd, where practical, search terms used)
`
`C. DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RE LEV ANT
`
`Category 0
`
`Citation of document, wrth indi,oation, where appropriate, of the relevant passages
`
`Relevantto claim No.
`
`X
`
`A
`
`A
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`EP 0 669 587 A (AT & T CORP) 30 August
`1995
`
`see column 4, line 20 - column 5, line 14;
`figure 1
`see column 7, line 13-34; figure 2
`see column 9, line 17-29
`see column 16, line 39-51
`---
`"Design considerations for the
`THAU R:
`Apache Server API II
`COMPUTER NETWORKS AND ISDN SYSTEMS,
`vol. 28, no. 11, May 1996,
`pages 1113-1122, XP002046988
`see paragraph 4
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`1,12
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`2,3,7,8.
`10,13.
`14,18
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`I
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`2,10,13
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`[]] Further documents are listed in the continuation of box C.
`
`0 Speoial categories of Cited documents :
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`"A" doct.;ment defining the general slate of the art which is not
`cor,sidered to be of particular relevance
`'E" earlier document but published on or after the international
`filing dat"
`"L" document which m,:,.y throw doubts on priorrty cl"im(s) or
`wh'ch ia cited to establish the publication date of another
`citation or other special reason (as speciiied)
`•o• document referring to ar, oral dJSclosu~, 1.ise 1 exhibitior-. or
`other means
`·p• doc:Jmenl published prior to the international filing date but
`lat0rthan the priority date claimed
`
`[I] Patent family members are listed in annex.
`·r later document published after the international filing date
`or priority date and not in conflict with the application but
`cited to understand the principle or theory underlying lhe
`invention
`•x• document of particular relevance; the claimed invention
`cannot be considered novel or cannot be considered to
`involve an inventive step when the document is taken alone
`•y- document of particular relevance; the claimed invention
`cannot be considered to involve an inventive step when the
`document is combined with one or more other such docu•
`ments, such combination being obvious to a person skilled
`in the art.
`·&• document member of the same patent family
`
`7
`
`Date of ·C:1e actual completion of the international search
`
`Dale of mailing of the international search report
`
`20 November 1997
`
`Name a:,d mailing address of the ISA
`European P"tent Office, P .B. 5818 Patentl"an 2
`NL· 2280 HV Rijswijk
`Tel. (+31-70) 340-2040, Tx. 31 651 epo nl,
`Fax: (+31-70) 340-3016
`
`18012.97
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`Authorized officer
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`Dupuis, H
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`INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT
`
`anal Application No
`lnle1
`PCT/US 97/10758
`
`11
`
`C.(Continuation) DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT
`Category° Citation of document, with indication, where .ipprapriate, of the relevant passages
`
`A
`
`A
`
`A
`
`"Exorcising daemons: a
`TREVOR JET AL:
`modular and lightweight approach to
`deploying applications on the Web"
`COMPUTER NETWORKS AND ISDN SYSTEMS,
`vol. 28, no. 11, May 1996,
`pages 1053-1062, XP002046968
`see paragraph 3 - paragraph 3.1
`WO 96 17306 A (ORACLE CORP) 6 June 1996
`
`see page 8, line 16-21
`see page 11, line 29 - page 13, line 22;
`figure 1
`see page 15, line 6-16
`see page 17, line 27 - page 18, line 15
`see page 34, line 2-28
`
`"Protection on the Web"
`HOWLETT D:
`COMPUTERS AND SECURITY,
`vo 1 . 15, no. 4, 1996,
`page 319 XP002046969
`see the whole document
`
`Reiev.int la claim Na.
`
`2,3,7,8,
`10, 13,
`14,18
`
`1,6,
`9-12,17,
`20,21
`
`4,15
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`7
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`INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT
`Information on patent family members
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`lnte1
`,nal Application No
`PCT/US 97/10758
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`c:ied in search report
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`'.:P 0669587 A
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`l.r/0 9617306 A
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`I
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`Publication
`date
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`30-08-95
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`06-06-96
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`I
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`member(s)
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`CA 2140850 A
`
`I
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`Publicaiion
`date
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`25-08-95
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`NONE
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`I_.,
`
`AUSTRALIA
`Patents Act 1990
`
`COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
`
`APPLICANf: Dudley John :MILLS
`
`ADDRESS: 30 Hutchison Crescent,
`Kambah, ACT 2902
`
`ACTUAL INVENTOR: Dudley John MILLS
`
`ADDRESS FOR SERVICE: Dudley J. Mills,
`30 Hutchison Crescent,
`Kambah, ACT2902
`
`ASSOCIATED PROVISIONAL: P05254 Filed 21 February 1997
`
`INVENTION TITLE: NETWORK-BASED CLASSIFIED
`INFORMATION SYSTEMS
`
`The following is a full description of the invention including the best method of
`performing it known to me;
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`AU9853031
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`( 12) PA TENT ABSTRACT
`(11) Document No. AU-A-53031 /98
`(19) AUSTRALIAN PATENT OFFICE
`
`(5.i) Title
`NETWORK-BASED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS
`lnlerriational Patent Classitication(s)
`(51}6 G06F 017/30
`(21) Application No. : 53031 /98
`(30) Priority Dara
`
`(22} Application Dare : 10/02/98
`
`(33) Country
`AU AUSTRALIA
`
`(31) Number
`(32) Date
`P0525•
`21 /02/97
`(43) Publication Date : 27 /08/98
`(71) Applicant(s)
`DUOLEY JOHN MILLS
`lnventor(s)
`DUDLEY JOHN MILLS
`
`(72)
`
`(57)
`
`A system for automatically creating databases containing industry. seNice, produd and
`subject classification data, contact data, geographic location data (CCG-data) and links to web
`pages from HTML, XML or SGML encoded web pages posted on computer networks such as
`the Internet or lntranets The web pages containing HTML, XML or SGML encoded CCG-dafB,
`database update controls and web browser display controls are created and modified by using
`simple text editors. HTML. XML or SGML editors or purpose built editors. The CCG databases
`may be searched for references (URLs} to web pages by use of enquiries which reference one
`or more of the items of the CCG-data_ AJtematively, enquiries referencing the CCG-data in the
`databases may supply contact data without web page references. Data duplication and
`coordination is reduced by including In the web page CCG-data dispfay controls which are
`used by web browsers to format for display the same data that is used to automatic.ally update
`the databases.
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`2
`
`TITLE:
`
`NETWORK BASED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS
`
`FIELD OF INVENTION
`This invention relates to network based dassified information systems, to metl7ods of
`5 automatically building searchable databases of classified information derived from web pages
`posted on a network, and, to web pages for use in such systems and methods.
`
`The information systems and databases of most relevance to this invention are those which
`include classified product and service catalogues similar to the Yellow Pages teiephone books,
`10 contaci indexes similar to the White Pages telephone books, and/or subject indexes similar to
`Library catalogues. Suc::h information systems and databases
`typically include sets of
`associated classification, contact and/or geographic items of information. For convenience,
`classification. contact and/or geographic information will be hereinafter called CCG-data.
`
`15 The networks with which
`this
`invention
`is concerned are
`the worldwide public
`computer/communications network commonly known as the Internet and private networks -
`sometimes called intranets -which allow common access to markup documents on computers
`connected to the network. Markup documents are text files prepared using various markup
`languages such as HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Extensible Markup Language
`20 (XML) which are implementations (or dialects) of the Standard Generalised Markup Language
`(SGML). The system of accessible files on the Internet is called the World Wide