Method and device for filtering information from a large number of open and closed sources, according to user settings and providing filtered information to end-users in a format compatible with their access device

摘要

Device (6) for filtering information or data has a receiving device (8) for receiving information from external data sources (2, 4), a filter device (10) for filtering the received information and a transmission device (18) for sending on filtered data. A first processing device (12) is used to control the filter device dependent on user settings, a second device (14) takes into account user specific authentication rights and a third device (16) takes account of the communication capabilities of the user's terminal device (20-28). An Independent claim is made for a method of filtering information to make it available to users according to user requirements and capabilities.