Patent ID: 6266667
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for finding and retrieving electronic information in a network, wherein:a first interest agent sends an information object to a second interest agent;said information object comprises electronic information, a first array of references to interest agents recommending said electronic information and a second array of references to interest agents which are indifferent to said electronic information;said second interest agent comprises a third array where each position in said third array comprises at least a reference to an interest agent and a corresponding confidence value, and said second interest agent presents said electronic information to a user in dependence on the confidence value of the first interest agent;the second interest agent further comprises a first model of interest, and when the confidence in said first interest agent is not high enough to present the information, the electronic information is presented if the electronic information in said information object and said first model of interest of the second interest agent match; andthe first model of interest comprises a first hash table, in which table a unique word has a unique position and where each position has a value indicating the importance of said position.