Abstract: Information items from publishers are furnished to authorized subscribers by processing and storing the information in a central database and logging in each information item. Entitlement tables also are kept which indicate which subscribers are entitled to view the information. Information items which are new or which have not yet been distributed are published on a network distribution server at a central location. The network subscribers have local file servers which contain previously received information items stored in a relational database. Network subscribers who are authorized update their local file servers over the Internet with the undistributed or new information items.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 12, 1999
Date of Patent:
February 25, 2003
Assignee:
divine, inc.
Inventors:
Rodney Bienvenu, Zakhar Khilkevich, Susan Krikston, Mikhail Kuzemchenko