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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:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1999
John M. Scharber, Livermore, CA (US);
Christopher P. Healey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cacheflow, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of server operation including connecting a plurality of clients to the server and establishing a profile for each of the plurality of clients. A first virtual community is formed with a first group of clients out of the plurality of clients based on the profile for each of the plurality of clients. A first group of ratings is assigned to the first virtual community based on the profile for each of the plurality of clients. A first rating is assigned to a first set of article groups. The first virtual community is provided with access to the first set of article groups if the first rating of the first set of article groups is within the first group of ratings of the first virtual community.