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          Appeal No. 2000-0935                                                        
          Application 08/567,447                                                      

               a control system coupled to a user interface                           
               accessible to the user;                                                
               a search engine coupled to the control system                          
               and operable to access a business information                          
               database;                                                              
               the business information database comprising a                         
               plurality of data repositories, each data repository                   
               storing a plurality of abstracts of information                        
               associated with activities of the business;                            
               a data storage system operable to store raw                            
               business data associated with the plurality of                         
               abstracts of information stored in the data                            
               repositories of the business information database;                     
               and                                                                    
               a data access manager coupled to the control                           
               system and operable to access the data storage                         
               system and to retrieve the raw business data                           
               responsive to requests from the user.                                  
               12.  A method of processing business information                       
               comprising the steps of:                                               
                    storing key word tables and accessing the key                     
               word tables through a search engine;                                   
                    parsing raw business information associated with                  
               past business activities to create abstracts of the                    
               raw business information;                                              
                    storing the abstracts of the business                             
               information in a business information database;                        
                    linking the abstracts of the business                             
               information to the key word tables within the search                   
               engine;                                                                



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