4. The method of claim 1 further comprising: identifying cases in a case base database that include the specified symptom attribute values; and transmitting the identified cases and the temporary case records to the requestor.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising: identifying cases in a case base database that include the specified symptom attribute values; and transmitting the identified cases and the temporary case records to the requestor. 5. The method of claim 4 further comprising deleting the temporary case records after performing the transmitting.