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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2000

Filed:

Mar. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

William Colyer Hill, Montville, NJ (US);

Loren Gilbert Terveen, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709206 ; 707500 ;
Abstract

Resources are located on a network by searching a database including resource evaluation information obtained from electronic messages. Electronic messages having information evaluating network resources such as files, websites, and utilities are identified. Evaluation information including the network address of the evaluated resource is stored in the database. Resource information from the resource itself is also stored. A useful and manageable number of evaluated resource titles responsive to a user request for information are presented to the user. The user can browse evaluation information and fetch the resource.


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