5. A method of operating an access computing system under control of a first entity comprising: configuring a first access server computing system and a first database coupled to said first access server under control of said first entity; using said first access computing system to access a set of records maintained by a target computing system in a second database over an internet based network, said second database being configured and controlled by a second entity to respond to a user query for said records over said network using a first query protocol presented in a first browser interface which restricts access to no more than one record at one time in response to a single query parameter specified by a user; wherein said first access computing system accesses said target computing system through an Internet browser interface based on emulating a user providing said user query, including by automatically passing a plurality of single locator identifier parameters to said first query protocol sequentially in time to retrieve a corresponding plurality of records in said set of records; automatically generating a prioritized schedule with said first access computing system identifying an ordering for accessing said set of records, which prioritized schedule is based in part on both the following operations: a) processing and identifying a likelihood of new data appearing within said set of records based on historical analysis of data change patterns in said records in said database including computed correlations of occurrence and timing between distinct successive events in such records; b) processing and identifying a likelihood of user interest in selected ones of said set of records based on historical analysis of user access, including other users of the access computing system, to such set of records; wherein said plurality of records are retrieved one at a time automatically by said first access computing system in accordance with said prioritized schedule; storing said set of records in said first database; providing a second query protocol presented in a second browser interface to make said set of records accessible at said first access server computing system; wherein said second query protocol permits multiple records to be retrieved and presented in response to a single query presented to said first access server computing system; automatically updating said first database in response to changes in said second database in accordance with said priority schedule on a periodic basis.
5. A method of operating an access computing system under control of a first entity comprising: configuring a first access server computing system and a first database coupled to said first access server under control of said first entity; using said first access computing system to access a set of records maintained by a target computing system in a second database over an internet based network, said second database being configured and controlled by a second entity to respond to a user query for said records over said network using a first query protocol presented in a first browser interface which restricts access to no more than one record at one time in response to a single query parameter specified by a user; wherein said first access computing system accesses said target computing system through an Internet browser interface based on emulating a user providing said user query, including by automatically passing a plurality of single locator identifier parameters to said first query protocol sequentially in time to retrieve a corresponding plurality of records in said set of records; automatically generating a prioritized schedule with said first access computing system identifying an ordering for accessing said set of records, which prioritized schedule is based in part on both the following operations: a) processing and identifying a likelihood of new data appearing within said set of records based on historical analysis of data change patterns in said records in said database including computed correlations of occurrence and timing between distinct successive events in such records; b) processing and identifying a likelihood of user interest in selected ones of said set of records based on historical analysis of user access, including other users of the access computing system, to such set of records; wherein said plurality of records are retrieved one at a time automatically by said first access computing system in accordance with said prioritized schedule; storing said set of records in said first database; providing a second query protocol presented in a second browser interface to make said set of records accessible at said first access server computing system; wherein said second query protocol permits multiple records to be retrieved and presented in response to a single query presented to said first access server computing system; automatically updating said first database in response to changes in said second database in accordance with said priority schedule on a periodic basis. 8. The method of claim 5 further including a step: generating an alert to one or more users in response to detecting one or more updates matching said users' alert criteria, which criteria can include a change in a computed prediction value for an outcome in an intellectual property proceeding.