A system and method for integrating an on-line service community with a foreign service (24) such as the Internet World Wide Web. An extension to a user's preferred Web browser (190) is manifested as a toolbar (196) comprised of control buttons and a viewer on a computer user's screen. By interacting with the control buttons of the toolbar (196) and the menus of the viewer, on-line service content (198) is delivered to the user in response to the URLs (22) specified by the user as he or she browses the Web. In addition, control buttons on the toolbar (196) present opportunities for interacting with other community members. Although the user may change URLs (22) and Web sites frequently, the present invention maintains a context for the user's interactions so that on-line service content (198) may be presented and interactions with other community members facilitated.

System for integrating an on-line service community with a foreign service

A method and an apparatus for storing and updating electronic information in a personal profile server for an individual user, and dynamically changing the residence of the electronic information. The electonic information is being transmitted between a computer and a network system. The computer interfaces with a removable non-volatile storage device containing minimum user information on the individual user. The connection is secured between the computer and the network using the minimum user information. Additional user information is transmitted from the personal profile server of the network to the computer. Further, the personal profile server is updated with updates to the additional user information generated on the computer during use.

System for automatically updating personal profile server with updates to additional user information gathered from monitoring user's electronic consuming habits generated on computer during use

A system, method, and computer program product for processing data are described herein. The system maintains first databases of patents, and second databases of non-patent information of interest to a corporate entity. The system also maintains one or more groups. Each of the groups comprises any number of the patents from the first databases. The system, upon receiving appropriate operator commands, automatically processes the patents in one of the groups in conjunction with non-patent information from the second databases. Accordingly, the system performs patent-centric and group-oriented processing of data. A group can also include any number of non-patent documents. The groups may be product based, person based, corporate entity based, or user-defined. Other types of groups are also covered, such as temporary groups. The processing automatically performed by the system relates to (but is not limited to) patent mapping, document mapping, patent citation (both forward and backward), patent aging, patent bracketing/clustering (both forward and backward), inventor patent count, inventor employment information, patent claim tree analysis, and finance. Other functions and capabilities are also covered, including the ability to utilize hyperbolic trees to visualize data generated by the system, method, and computer program product.

Using hyperbolic trees to visualize data generated by patent-centric and group-oriented data processing

A system, method, and computer program product for processing data are described herein. The system maintains first databases of patents, and second databases of non-patent information of interest to a corporate entity. The system also maintains one or more groups. Each of the groups comprises any number of the patents from the first databases. The system, upon receiving appropriate operator commands, automatically processes the patents in one of the groups in conjunction with non-patent information from the second databases. Accordingly, the system performs patent-centric and group-oriented processing of data. A group can also include any number of non-patent documents. The groups may be product based, person based, corporate entity based, or user-defined. Other types of groups are also covered, such as temporary groups. The processing automatically performed by the system relates to (but is not limited to) patent mapping, document mapping, patent citation (both forward and backward), patent aging, patent braketing/clustering (both forward and backward), inventor patent count, inventor employment information, patent claim tree analysis, and finance. Other functions and capabilities are also covered, including the ability to utilize hyperbolic trees to visualize data generated by the system, method, and computer program product.

System, method, and computer program product for patent-centric and group-oriented data processing

A method and system for creating named relations between classes in a dynamic object-oriented programming environment via mappers is disclosed. The mapping objects dynamically bind to the class interfaces of the classes being related. These connections between classes are defined within a visual environment. The relationships can be programmatically attached by name to object instances during program execution. Because these relationships are stored in a resource and are dynamically bound by name to the objects, they can be created and modified without requiring the source code of the objects being associated to be changed. This eliminates hard coded dependencies between objects that impede reuse of the objects in other contexts. The invention requires and takes full advantage of, meta-data, full dynamic binding and probing support in the objects being connected with the invention.

Method for managing dynamic relations between objects in dynamic object-oriented languages

A distributed object based system includes primary and secondary objects. Primary objects can sustain containership links to other objects in the same storage domain and weak links can exist between objects in different storage domains.

Object based system comprising user interface permitting manipulation of objects by users

An object based computer system has viewers which may be directed around the object world of the system. A coupling facility is provided whereby viewers may be linked equally or in a hierarchy so that information is passed between them concerning the objects being viewed. Viewers may thus follow one another voluntarily or automatically for mutual working, demonstration or tuition, for example.

Selective user coupling for shared object oriented computer system

Object based computer system which has objects and object parts which are either (a) semantic, relating to stored data, or (b) presentation, relating to presentation of the semantic objects to the user. Multiple presentation objects, or viewers, can be linked to a particular semantic object so that an intelligible user's model of the system results. Representation objects provide particular forms of presentation of data of the semantic objects and may be linked so that alternative and multiple presentations of the data of a semantic object are possible.

Object based computer system having representation objects for providing interpretative views onto a data object

An object based computer system has viewers which may be directed around the object world of the system between semantic objects. The system includes a sequence object that has a path list specifying a path around a sequence of semantic objects of system. Each viewer can be linked to the sequence object to access the path list held by the latter, thereby enabling the viewer to follow the corresponding sequence of semantic objects, viewing each in turn.

Sequentially navigated object oriented computer system

A distributed object based system (10) comprising primary (P) and secondary (S) objects with provision for containership links between primary objects and objects which they contain and for weak links between objects. A weak link enables a user indirectly to insert an object (or other item, e.g., text) into a target object via an intermediate object weakly linked to the target object.

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Object based system comprising user interface permitting manipulation of objects by users

Selective user coupling for shared object oriented computer system

Object based computer system having representation objects for providing interpretative views onto a data object

Sequentially navigated object oriented computer system

Object based system comprising weak links