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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1997
Yoshiaki Sunaga, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Komatsuzawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Tetsuji Ohno, Yokohama, JP;
Noriyuki Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic discussion system of the client/server structure for an electronic exchange of messages which are presented by a plurality of users and shown on a display of a client computer, wherein the servers comprise at least one storage server for holding detailed contents of respective pieces of opinion information, and at least one discussion server for holding opinion indexes showing the storage locations of opinion contents of respective pieces of opinion information, wherein the clients comprise an opinion writing client for transferring and writing the opinion index created from a newly presented piece of opinion information and the opinion content into the discussion server and the storage server, and a reading client for referring to opinion indexes and opinion contents recorded and managed in the discussion server and the storage server.