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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Cefn R Hoile, Ipswich, GB;
Nicholas J Kings, Ipswich, GB;
Nicholas J Davies, Colchester, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a network of computers, e.g. the internet, each computer records the information sources it accesses, and these records are used to identify computers whose users share common interests, as indicated by the sources they access. A virtual network is created linking computers whose users have been identified as sharing similar interests data on what sources have been accessed by each user are shared with neighbouring computers, a defined by the virtual network. Computers can also pass on information on sources accessed received from one neighbour to other neighbours.