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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2001
Charles T. Shotton, Leesburg, VA (US);
Louis P. Slothouber, Leesburg, VA (US);
M. Ellen Dudar, Lovettsville, VA (US);
Charles T. Shotton, Leesburg, VA (US);
Louis P. Slothouber, Leesburg, VA (US);
M. Ellen Dudar, Lovettsville, VA (US);
Biap Systems, Inc., Sterling, VA (US);
Abstract
A system for reliably retrieving information which may be in any one of several possible formats and for subsequent display of that information in any one of several possible formats. User-defined agents are used to retrieve target data based on a heuristic algorithm and to store the target data in a canonical form, ready for republication in whatever form best suits a particular application. The system is particularly well suited to obtaining information over the internet for display on a desktop system, but it is also well suited for applications having only limited display or computational capabilities.