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A procedure for selecting and storing data elements communicated from a common database to users of the database utilizing a communication link between each transmitter and a concomitant receiver accessible by the user. The transmitted information is augmented with attributes which are used at the r

A procedure for selecting and storing data elements communicated from a common database to users of the database utilizing a communication link between each transmitter and a concomitant receiver accessible by the user. The transmitted information is augmented with attributes which are used at the receiver to select and then store locally only that information of interest to each receiver\s user, wherein the attributes and the user selection pattern determine the criteria for storing information locally. Attributes include: utility of each data element in time; interest categories and level of interest for each of the categories determined for the collective users; repeat time to the data element; and a hyperlink to associated data elements.

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A method for communicating data elements from a common database to each of a plurality of users of the data elements, the method comprising the steps of (a) defining interest categories for the database which express the collective interest of the users, (b) assigning at least one of the interest ca

A method for communicating data elements from a common database to each of a plurality of users of the data elements, the method comprising the steps of (a) defining interest categories for the database which express the collective interest of the users, (b) assigning at least one of the interest categories to each data element, (c) identifying data attributes for each of the data elements, the step of identifying including the step of defining an interest level for each of the interest categories wherein each interest level expresses an estimate of the collective interest of the users in each of the interest categories assigned to each data element, (d) communicating each data element and its associated data attributes to the users, (e) generating a user profile indicative of data elements of interest to each user, (f) selecting and locally storing data elements of interest to each user in correspondence to the selections of each user with respect to the communicated data elements and with reference to the user profile, and (g) modifying the user profile in correspondence to the data attributes of data elements selected by each user, and returning to step (f).