Method and apparatus for providing access control and content management services
First Claim
1. A method for providing access control and content management services for a plurality of service providers comprising:
- accepting content from the plurality of service providers at a server;
modifying one or more UTRL links of the content to point to the server; and
transmitting the content to a user through a single session connected between a user and the server.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing access control and content management services for users and service providers of the Internet is provided. Service providers can upload content to a central server for publication to a plurality of users. URL links within the content are re-directed to point to the central server, and the processed content is transmitted to a user through a single session connecting the user and the central server, for display in a web browser, frame, instance, portal, or portlet on the user'"'"'s computer. Content responsive to an action taken by the user is provided to the user through the same single session. The central server allows actions of a plurality of users and service providers to be tracked centrally, and allows content from a plurality of service providers to be displayed in the users'"'"' web browser without requiring the spawning of a separate browser instance or frame.
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52 Claims
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1. A method for providing access control and content management services for a plurality of service providers comprising:
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accepting content from the plurality of service providers at a server;
modifying one or more UTRL links of the content to point to the server; and
transmitting the content to a user through a single session connected between a user and the server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of providing interactive web browsing for a user comprising:
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establishing a single session between a central server and a web browser located at the user;
publishing content from the central server through the single session for display in the web browser, the content originating from one or more service providers connected to the central server;
allowing the user to initiate an action in the web browser in response to the content; and
publishing responsive content from the central server through the single session for display in the web browser, the responsive content originating from the one or more service providers. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus for providing access control and content management services for one or more service providers comprising:
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a central server;
means at said central server for receiving content from the one or more service providers;
means for modifying at least one URL link of the content to point to the central server;
a single session connected between a web browser of a user and the central server; and
means for transmitting the content to the user through the single session. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An apparatus for providing interactive web browsing comprising:
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a central server;
means at said central server for establishing a single session between a web browser of a user and the central server;
means for publishing content through the single session to the web browser of the user, the content originating from one or more service providers connected to the central server;
means for detecting an action initiated in the web browser in response to the content; and
means for publishing responsive content through the single session to the web browser of the user, the responsive content originating from the one or more service providers. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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