Appeal 2007-0275 Application 09/313,278 THE INVENTION The disclosed invention relates generally to the accessing of medical information and management. More particularly, the disclosed invention provides an interactive virtual doctor system using a network (Specification 1). Independent claim 39 is illustrative: 39. A method of providing one of the group consisting of medical, veterinary, and other health care information on subjects of interest to a user, the method comprising: accepting an inquiry from the user; determining a level of service based on the user inquiry; and if the level of service is a first level of service: determining a user sophistication based on the user inquiry; searching a database at an initial level using the search request, in order to identify information requested in the user inquiry; conditioning the search results based on the user sophistication; and providing the conditioned search results at the initial level to the user. THE REFERENCE Douglas US 6,039,688 Mar. 21, 2000 (filed Oct. 31, 1997) 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
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