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US6026374:
System and method for generating trusted descriptions of information products
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Chess, David M.; Mohegan Lake, NY
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International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY
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| Published / Filed: |
2000-02-15
/ 1996-05-30
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| Application Number: |
US1996000655138
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G06Q 20/00;
G06Q 30/00;
G07F 7/00;
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IPC-7:
G06F 15/21;
H04L 9/30;
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| ECLA Code: |
G06Q20/00K1; G06Q20/00K2B; G06Q20/00K3B; G06Q30/00C; G07F7/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
705/026;
705/027;
705/039;
705/040;
Original:
705/026;
705/027;
705/039;
705/040;
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| Field of Search: |
705/026,27,39,40
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| Priority Number: |
| 1996-05-30 |
US1996000655138 |
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| Abstract: |
A system and method using of a trusted third party to provide a description of an information product to potential buyers without disclosing the entire contents of the information products, which might compromise the interests of the seller. The buyer trusts the third party to give an accurate description of the information that is for sale, while the seller trusts the third party not to reveal an excessive amount of the information product's content. The system can include a seller of information products, a buyer of such products, and a trusted third party summarizer, each operating as a node in a communications network, such as the internet.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
McGinn & Gibb, P.C. ;
Shofi, Esq., David M. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
MacDonald, Allen R.; Myhre, James W.
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None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A system, comprising:
- an information product vending system;
- an information product buying system;
- analyzing means, including a computer program, for analyzing one or more information products offered by the information product vending system, and for outputting a result indicative of the probable value of the product or products, the result being suitable for forwarding to the buying system without disclosing the entire contents of any of the information products; and
- transmittal means, for sending part or all of the analyzing means, including said computer program, to the information product vending system, wherein said computer program is executed, and all or part of its output is returned to the product buying system,
- wherein said analyzing means provides a filtered communication link between said buying system and said computer program such, that said computer program returns information on whether or not the information products are worth buying and for preventing the information products from being transmitted to the buying system.
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| Other Abstract Info: |
DERABS G2000-194748
DERABS G2000-194748
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| Other References: |
Amazon.com, "About Amazon.com", http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/misc/company-info.html/002-8168496-5505654, p 1-2 & 1-3, Jul. 1998.
Simba Information, Inc., "Amazon.com Offers 1 Million Titles From 20,000 Publishers On Internet", BP Report, p 1, Oct. 1995.
Gray, Robert S., "Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: Transportable Agents", Dartmouth PCS-TR95-261, May 19, 1995, pp 1-47.
Franklin, Stan and Graesser, Art, "Is it an Agent, or Just a Program?: A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents", Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages, Springer-Verlag, 1996, pp. 1-10, Jan. 1996.
Connolly, "Mobile Code", W3C, v 1.10, Dec. 9, 1996, pp 1-3.
Finin, Tim, "Mobile Agents", UMBC Agent Web, updated Dec. 17, 1998, pp. 1-4.
Chess, David, "Massively Distributed Systems", IBM Research, downloaded Feb. 1, 1999, pp. 1-2.
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