Wow - they just described one of the core uses of any database. Heck - with
search functionality, you could even claim a spreadsheet used to store info
infringes the patent.
I use gnumeric at home to store my movie library.
I've issued searches on it which goes out and identifies any cells (regardless
of the data in the cell) that match my query. If gnumeric uses more then 1
algorithm for the search (a very high likelihood) then I'm infringing that
patent just searching for a movie in my library.
If a "plug-in module"
can be synonymous with "function"
And "information identifier" can be
synonymous with "name"
And "heuristic" is synonymous with
"search"
And "displaying a representation..." is synonymous with
"reporting"
We get:
1. A method for locating information in a
computer system, comprising the steps of:
inputting a persons
personal info like a name
using the persons name in several functions
(for example a function to get the home address, a function to get the persons
golf scores)
reporting the collected information back to the person
issuing the query
Forgive me for being more straightforward in
my word usage then the usual patent legal lingo.
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