Patent ID: 6430553
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer implemented method for retrieving by a control computer select information from one or more remote computers, said method comprising the steps of:receiving by the control computer information regarding a search query from a requesting computer; analyzing using the control computer said information regarding a search query to determine which of the one or more remote computers to which search queries should be sent; reading by the control computer at least one configuration file containing meta-language information applicable to each of the one or more remote computers for parsing information obtained from each of the one or more remote computers; polling the one or more remote computers by the control computer to fulfill the search query; receiving information in the control computer regarding said search query from the one or more remote computers; parsing the information received from the one or more remote computers using said meta-language instructions to form parsed information; grouping said parsed information into at least one set of aggregated information; and delivering said aggregated information to the requesting computer.