Apparatus and method for extracting data

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for extracting data from another location and saving it in a local environment.
According to one embodiment, the other location may be remote and accessible using the Internet.
A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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1 is a block diagram illustrating the hardware configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In this figure, a central processing unit (CPU) 101 is operative to perform operations for various processing and make a logical decision or the like and further controls each composing element connected to a bus 107.
A RAM 102 temporarily stores variables and intermediate data generated during the processing.
A program from an external source may be loaded into the RAM 102.
A ROM 103 is used to store programs, which correspond to individual flowcharts that will be described later and which are to be executed by the CPU 101, and fixed data.
A keyboard (KB) 104 is used for inputting data and an instruction by a user.
A mouse or other input devices may be used with the keyboard 104.
Display 105 displays data and a hard disk drive (HDD) stores data of a database, a program, and the like.
The bus 107 is used to transfer an address signal indicating a composing element to be controlled by the CPU 101, a control signal used for controlling each composing element and data to be exchanged between the composing equipments.
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2 shows the functional block diagram of information processing system embodying the present invention.
Browser 201 is used for information browsing of the Web.
Filing system 202 is for filing and managing files.
Document Management System 203 is for managing documents.
Information Management System 204 is for managing information other than documents.
KPT System interacts and acts as a controlling system as explained in detail in this embodiment to Browser 201, Filing System 202, Document Management System 203 and Information Management System 204