Abstract: The present disclosure provides for affording a network-based tax service database interface. First, tax-related forms are first retrieved in a database. Next, the retrieved tax-related forms are formatted, and the formatted tax-related forms are sent to a governmental entity. Such formatting is based on rules associated with the governmental entity.

Abstract: In a source file for a server, a Web display control division, a CGI script division and a processing program division are separated. The server has a Web server division, a CGI script control division and a processing program division and constitutes an interactive system together with an operation terminal unit in which inputs are made through a Web browser. A display control file describing Web page control information is provided for each Web page to be displayed, and the CGI script control division analyzes the description of the said display control file designated by said Web browser, executes said processing program following the description and outputs the result of the processing from Web server division to said Web browser. The name of processing programs activated for collection of information for the display of a Web page and control of the system and a method for displaying the result of such processing on the Web page are described in a script format in the display control file.

Abstract: Document clustering method and system utilizing both the log-based clustering method and the content-based clustering method are disclosed. The method includes the steps of generating log-based document clusters and combining vectors from the log-based document clusters with individual document clusters for content-based clustering analysis. The log-based document clusters are generated by accessing the retrieval session log, clustering the retrieval sessions, and combining the documents opened during each of the sessions of session clusters.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sending or receiving an E-mail using animated representation as if a pet were going out of or coming into a GUI picture simulating the insides of both a sender's room and a receiver's room for letter delivery and dispatch. Moreover, the pet, represented by animation, is virtually kept. Specifically, agent data updated responsive to experiences acquired by the pet is sent as annexed papers to the E-mail, while the receiver returns only pet data. Thus, animation represented on a GUI picture simulating the insides of both a sender's room and a receiver's room for imparting an impression as if a pet were going out of or coming into a GUI picture simulating the insides of both the sender's room and the receiver's room for letter delivery and dispatch.