Collaborative internet data mining system

• US 20030208535A1
• Filed: 06/12/2003
• Published: 11/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: About Incorporated (IAC, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: About Incorporated (IAC, Inc.)
• Inventors: Anderson, Jim, Day, William, Appleman, Kenneth H., Kurnit, Scott Philip, Maier, Elizabeth A., Germaise, Scott C., Taller, Olga
• Application Number:
  US10/461,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20030208535A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A collaborative Internet data mining system for facilitating a group effort from a plurality of guides to the Internet, by automatically processing the information provided by the guides and thereby create a branded or uniform look and feel to the web sites supported by the plurality of guides.

Claims

1. A method for collaborative HTML processing comprising the steps of:

providing HTML page templates to a plurality of workers;

providing HTML global data at a server computer, said HTML global data for working on conjunction with said HTML page templates;

providing instructions to include the HTML global include instructions;

processing said HTML templates to generate complete HTML pages wherein said HTML global data interacts with said HTML template to form a composite web page.

2. The method of collaborative HTML processing of claim 1 comprising the further steps of:

modifying said HTML global data;

processing said HTML global data from said step of modifying to combine said HTML global data with a plurality of HTML templates to effect a global change to the web pages on said server computer.

3. A computer apparatus for collaborative mass production of HTML web pages comprising:

a server computer;

a storage device operatively connected to said server computer, said storage device storing HTML global data files;

a collaborative web page generator executing on said server computer, said web page generator combining said HTML global data files with a HTML template file, to create a completed HTML web page wherein said HTML global data interacts with said HTML template to form a combined response.

4. A collaborative data system for use on the Internet comprising:

a guide acquisition system for initially screening perspective guides from the Internet;

an application processing system operationally connected to said guide acquisition system, said application processing system providing further screening of said guides from said guide acquisition system;

a mass mentoring system operationally connected to said application processing system, said mass mentoring system providing an on-line education and forum for said guides selected from said application processing system said mass mentoring;

system distributing HTML templates to said guides;

a collaborative page generator system operationally connected to said mass mentoring system said collaborative page generator system generating a complete web page, wherein said complete web page combines global HTML data with data in said HTML template;

a frames system operationally connected to said collaborative page generator system, said frames system receiving information from a web browser to determine whether a banner frame has been previously loaded by said web browser and then responding to said information with the properly framed data response if the banner frame is not present.