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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709218 ; 707 10 ;
Abstract
An information apparatus is disclosed in which a network can be used less frequently so as to reduce the load to the network. The apparatus has a storage device for storing a plurality of information items and mutually-related information concerning the information items. An information-item determination device determines one of the information items in response to the user based on the related information. The determined information item indicates a specific information item stored in an information storage system connected to the terminal by way of communications.