US Patent No: 5,799,318

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Method and apparatus for collecting and displaying information from diverse computer resources

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Abstract

A method and apparatus is disclosed for organizing and reviewing information from diverse computer applications. An item, describing the information and referring to an attached file, is formed for each piece of information. In turn, each item is grouped into a selected view for a particular user. An external file or object, corresponding to an item, is accessible from the present invention. Changes or additions in information, within an item such as an external file or object as well as a view, are determined and indicated with respect to each user.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONREDWOOD SHORES, CA3707
CALICO COMMERCE, INC. DESAN JOSE, CA1
FIRSTFLOOR SOFTWARESAN JOSE, CA1
FIRST FLOOR SOFTWARE, INC.SAN JOSE, CA1

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cardinal, David J Portola Valley, CA 1 186
March, Rod G Palo Alto, CA 1 186

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