INTERNET-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING A DATA-RECIPIENT-SPECIFIC DATA RECORD

摘要

An internet-based information system for selectively presenting data e-mails (8) from a multiplicity of data providers (X, Y), said presentation being able to be called up for a multiplicity of data recipients (E), comprises a central information server (1) having an e-mail interface unit (4), a web interface unit (10), a memory device (6), which has at least one supply memory unit (7) for storing data e-mails (8) from the data providers (X, Y), and a selection device (13), a multiplicity of data processing installations (2), which are respectively associated with a provider (X, Y) and which have an e-mail interface (5X, 5Y) which is capable of communicating with at least one provider-specific e-mail address (4X,A, 4X,B, 4Y,B, 4Y,C) for the e-mail interface unit (4) of the central information server (1), and a multiplicity of portal servers (3), which respectively have a web interface (11A, 11B, 11C) and which can be connected to the web interface unit (10) of the central information server (1). In this case, the portal servers (3) have access to specific data e-mails (8X,A, 8X,B, 8Y,B, 8Y,C) which are stored in the supply memory unit (7) and which are automatically ascertained by the selection device (13) on the basis of the identity of the respective portal server (3A, 3B, 3C), and are then able to present these data via a link on a homepage (16A, 16B, 16C), wherein the central information server (1) also has a hyperlink-identification and manipulation device (17) which can be used to automatically identify hyperlinks (18) which are present within the data e-mails (8) and to automatically manipulate said hyperlinks such that selection of a manipulated hyperlink (19) which is present in a data e-mail (8) presented via a portal server (3) first of all triggers an interrogation routine (20) for ascertaining a data-recipient-specific data record (21), the data recipient (E) being forwarded to the URL of the hyperlink (18) originally present in the data e-mail only when the interrogation routine (20) has been successfully terminated.