Method and system for executable web-object trading

• US 20020010671A1
• Filed: 12/27/2000
• Published: 01/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fu-Chien Tsai
• Original Assignee: Fu-Chien Tsai
• Inventors: Tsai, Fu-Chien
• Application Number:
  US09/747,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20020010671A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A system and method for executable web-object trading for web-site creators is to provide additional features and services for their web-sites. The web-site creators may purchase web-objects, obtain expertise services from network experts, construct a self-defined web-object, or acquire data mining services by using the system. As a result, the web-site creator who only has limited web-site knowledge can also easily organize a web-site with various features by embedding the web-objects into his/her web-pages. In addition, the web-site creator, web-object creator (e.g., network expert) and browsers can have more interactions by using the system of the present invention to provide better services in the network.

Claims

1. An executable web-object trading system comprises:

a mainframe for organizing said system, the mainframe being communicating with a network and capable for allowing at least a user to login the mainframe via the network for accessing the system;

a web-object database for storing a plurality of executable web-objects therein, each web-object being capable to proceed a serial of pre-defined processes for performing a pre-determined feature;

a membership database for recording at least a registered data of the user;

a linking module for comparing a login record of the user with the registered data saved in the membership database to check if the user is authorized to select web-objects from the web-object database; and

a web-object embedding module for embedding the web-object selected by the user onto a web-page for providing said feature.

2. The executable web-object trading system of claim 1, further comprising a trading module for the user to select and purchase web-objects.

3. The executable web-object trading system of claim 2, wherein the users of the system includes browsers, web-site creators and web-object creators, said trading module further comprising:

a network service module for proceeding a procedure for the web-site creator to purchase web-objects, a procedure for the web-object creator to register his/her web-object to the system and stored in the web-object database for others to purchase and a procedure for the web-site creator to register his/her web-site to the system for others to browse;

a web-object constructing module for the web-site creator to set up and modify initial settings and parameters of the web-object for future operations, the web-site creator being able to use the web-object constructing module to publish required features and functions of a self-defined web-object on the system such that the web-object creator will be able to produce the self-defined web-object based on the required features and functions; and

a profit sharing module for recording a profit sharing ratio of the self-defined web-object, profit obtained by further trading of the self-defined web-object will be shared by the web-site creator and the web-object creator based on said profit sharing ratio.

4. The executable web-object trading system of claim 3, wherein the membership database further stores expertise and registered information of the web-object creators.

5. The executable web-object trading system of claim 3 further comprising:

a profit sharing database for recording a profit sharing table, said profit sharing table having the following data;

basic information of the web-object, information of web-object creator, information of web-site creator, and profit sharing ratio between the system, web-object creator and web-site creator; and

a forum database for storing and recording discussions between web-site creator and web-object creator when they are designing the self-defined web-object.

6. The executable web-object trading system of claim 3, wherein the linking module further comprises:

a virtual web-site linking module for the web-site creator to keep and store web-objects in the mainframe of the system, when a browser clicks the web-object, not only the consequent procedures are performed by the mainframe of the system, but also the records generated by using the web-object are stored and processed by the mainframe of the system; and

an actual web-site linking module for the web-site creator to store the web-objects into his/her web-site, records generated by using the web-object or input by users will not be processed by the mainframe of the system, but will be transmitted directly to the web-site and processed by the web-site creator.

7. The executable web-object trading system of claim 1, wherein the web-object embedding module can embed the web-object into the web-page own by a web-site creator, when a browser clicks to use that web-object, the web-object will record some specific information into the web-object database, compile statistics of these recorded information, and report these statistics to the web-site creator via the network periodically.

8. The executable web-object trading system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises:

an invoice database for storing billing and accounting records of the system;

an evaluation database for storing evaluation records which are evaluated by users of the web-objects to be a reference record for others to consider if this web-object is worthy to buy, the evaluation database being related to the membership database such that the evaluation records of the web-object can be further relating to expertise of the creator of that web-object.

19. A method for using the executable web-object trading system of claim 1, comprising the following steps:

(a) the user logging in the system via the network and generating the login record;

(b) the linking module comparing the login record with the membership data stored in the membership database of the system;

(c) the user selecting a web-object from the web-object database;

(d) proceeding a trading procedure when at least one web-object is selected by the user;

(e) embedding the selected web-object into the web-page by the web-object embedding module of the system after completing said trading procedure.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the step (e) further includes the following steps:

(e1) the user deciding to save the web-object in either his/her web-site or the system;

(e2) the system transferring the web-object and the initial parameters to the web-site if the user decides to keep the web-object in that web-site;

(e3) the system requesting the user to transfer the web-page to the system and stored therein, then embedding the web-object into the web-page.

21. The method of claim 19 further comprising a web-object constructing procedure which will be performed if the user cannot find any suitable web-object from the web-object database in step (c), wherein the web-object constructing procedure includes the following steps:

(c1) requesting the user to fill in a requirement table for stating required features and specifications of the web-object and due date for completing the web-object;

(c2) publishing the required specifications and features of the web-object on a Bulletin Board of the system to allow a web-object creator to access these information via the network;

(c21) checking the due date, if the due date has expired then delete the published specifications and features from the Bulletin Board;

(c3) performing a meeting by the user and the web-object creator for discussing future selling price, profit sharing ratio and detailed features of the web-object;

(c4) the web-object creator completing the web-object and transferring the web-object to the user via the system.

9. An executable web-object trading method comprises the following steps:

(a) logging in an executable web-object trading system via a network and generating a login record;

(b) comparing the login record with a membership data stored in a membership database of the system;

(c) selecting a web-object from a web-object database of the system;

(d) proceeding a trading procedure when at least one web-object is selected;

(e) embedding the selected web-object into a web-page for providing a pre-determined feature by a web-object embedding module of the system after completing said trading procedure.

10. The executable web-object trading method of claim 9, wherein there are users, browsers, web-site creators and web-object creators who can log in the system, a membership registering procedure will be performed when no membership data can be found to match the login record in step (b).

11. The executable web-object trading method of claim 9 further comprising the following steps:

(d1) setting up initial parameters of the web-object to suit the web-page, the step (d1) is performed between step (d) and step (e);

wherein the step (e) further includes the following steps;

(e1) deciding to save the web-object in either a web-site own by a web-site creator or the system;

(e2) the system transferring the web-object and the initial parameters to the web-site if the web-site creator decides to keep the web-object in that web-site;

(e3) the system requesting the web-site creator to transfer the web-page to the system and stored therein, then embedding the web-object into the web-page.

12. The executable web-object trading method of claim 9 further comprising a web-object constructing procedure which includes the following steps:

(c1) requesting a user to fill in a requirement table for stating required features and specifications of the web-object and due date for completing the web-object;

(c2) publishing the required specifications and features of the web-object on a Bulletin Board of the system to allow a web-object creator to access these information via the network;

(c21) checking the due date, if the due date has expired then delete the published specifications and features from the Bulletin Board;

(c3) performing a meeting by the user and the web-object creator for discussing future selling price, profit sharing ratio and detailed features of the web-object;

(c4) the web-object creator completing the web-object and transferring the web-object to the user via the system.

13. The executable web-object trading method of claim 11, wherein the step (c2) further comprises the following steps:

(c22) searching for and selecting a suitable web-object creator from an evaluation database of the system to make the web-object;

(c23) the system notifying the web-object creator selected by the user, the selected web-object creator may then make contact with the user to discuss about the price and detailed features of the web-object.

14. The executable web-object trading method of claim 9 further comprising a web-object registering procedure for a web-object creator to register his/her web-object in the system for other users to purchase, said web-object registering procedure including the following steps:

(a) inputting basic information and data of the web-object which the web-object creator wants to sell;

(b) the system checking the input information and data;

(c) transferring and storing the web-object and the data thereof into the system;

(d) testing the web-object;

(e) once the web-object passing the test, storing the web-object in the web-object database for other users to select and purchase.

15. The executable web-object trading method of claim 14 further comprising the following steps:

(a1) filling in a profit sharing table for stating profit sharing ratios of the web-object, when this web-object is sold, the profit obtained will be shared by the system, user and web-object creator with the predetermined ratio as which stated in the profit sharing table, this step (a1) being performed after the step (a) of claim 14;

(d1) notifying the web-object creator to correct errors of the web-objects if the web-object did not pass the test mentioned in step (d) of claim 14.

16. The executable web-object trading method of claim 9 further comprising a browsing procedure for a browser to browse and search for web-pages or web-sites in the system, said browsing procedure comprising the following steps:

(a) the browser inputting keywords for searching the web-sites or web-pages, the system sending back searching result to the browser for browsing;

(b) checking if there is any web-object embedded in the web-page which the browser is currently browsing;

(c) the browser clicking the web-object and actuating a serial of procedures predefined by the web-object;

(d) the web-object requesting the browser to input data for operation of the web-object;

(e) the web-object proceeding the predefined procedures based on these input data, and then sending back results to the browser after operation;

(f) the web-object keeping and storing the input data into the web-object database;

(g) the system analyzing the input data periodically and sending statistic reports of the input data to web-site creators.

17. The executable web-object trading method of claim 16, the system sending back the search result of web-pages to the browser, said search result being displayed on a screen of the browser, wherein at least the following frames are displayed on the screen:

a search result listing frame for listing hyperlinks (URL addresses) of the web-sites or web-pages;

a web-page presenting frame for displaying one of the web-pages which is chosen by the browser by “

clicking”

the hyperlink; and

a web-object frame for showing the embedded web-objects.

18. The executable web-object trading method of claim 17, wherein the frames displayed on the screen further comprises:

a briefing frame for displaying title and brief description of the web-page which is shown in the web-page presenting frame.