System and method for maintaining special purpose web pages

• US 20040078476A1
• Filed: 08/01/2003
• Published: 04/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Acallto Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Acallto Incorporated
• Inventors: Stout, Michael S., Slater, Daniel R., Karamcheti, Deepak, Razdow, Allen M.
• Application Number:
  US10/470,962
• Publication Number:
  US 20040078476A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A system and method for generating and maintaining special purpose web pages which are associated with access lists of web page visitors. The system provides access to contact information, and other types of information, based on the access lists. The disclosed system further enables web page owners to control access to information provided through the web page on a group or individual visitor basis. In an illustrative embodiment, the special purpose web pages disclosed herein are “contact web pages” which provide contact information relating to the web page visitors to contact web page owners. The disclosed system may be used to provide personal contact web pages for individual and/or business specific contact web pages for business entities.

Claims

1. A method for providing a contact web page, comprising:

storing indication of a plurality of content items;

storing indication of at least one visitor identifier;

storing an association between a first one of said content items and a first access list;

storing an association between a second one of said content items and a second access list;

determining whether said visitor identifier is associated with said first access list;

determining whether said visitor identifier is associated with said second access list;

in the event that said visitor identifier is associated with said first access list, providing access to said first one of said content items; and

in the event that said visitor identifier is associated with said second access list, providing access to said second one of said content items.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said first content item includes at least one hyperlink associated with a predetermined telephone number, wherein clicking on said hyperlink initiates a telephone call to said predetermined number.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein plurality of content items includes at least one directory display, wherein said directory display includes a plurality of user names and associated contact information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said storing of said visitor indentifier further comprises:

presenting a login interface, said login interface for entering an entered username and an entered password;

comparing said entered password with a predetermined password associated with said entered username; and

storing said entered username as said visitor identifier in the event that said entered password matches said predetermined password.

5. A system for providing a contact web page, comprising:

at least one microprocessor;

a memory communicably coupled with said microprocessor;

program code stored in said memory, wherein said program code is executable at least in part on said microprocessor, and wherein said program code is operable to

store indication of a plurality of content items;

store indication of at least one visitor identifier;

store an association between a first one of said content items and a first access list;

store an association between a second one of said content items and a second access list;

determine whether said visitor identifier is associated with said first access list;

determine whether said visitor identifier is associated with said second access list;

in the event that said visitor identifier is associated with said first access list, provide access to said first one of said content items; and

in the event that said visitor identifier is associated with said second access list, provide access to said second one of said content items.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said first content item includes at least one hyperlink associated with a predetermined telephone number, and further comprising program code operable to initiate said telephone call to said predetermined number in response to detecting a user clicking on said hyperlink.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein plurality of content items includes at least one directory display, and further comprising program code operable to display said directory display in response to detecting a user clicking on said hyperlink, and wherein said directory display includes a plurality of user names and associated contact information.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein said program code operable to store said visitor indentifier further comprises program code operable to:

present a login interface, said login interface for entering an entered username and an entered password;

compare said entered password with a predetermined password associated with said entered username; and

store said entered username as said visitor identifier in the event that said entered password matches said predetermined password.

9. A computer program product including a computer readable medium, said computer readable medium having a computer program stored thereon, said computer program for providing a contact web page, said computer program comprising:

program code for storing indication of a plurality of content items;

program code for storing indication of at least one visitor identifier;

program code for storing an association between a first one of said content items and a first access list;

program code for storing an association between a second one of said content items and a second access list;

program code for determining whether said visitor identifier is associated with said first access list;

program code for determining whether said visitor identifier is associated with said second access list;

program code for, in the event that said visitor identifier is associated with said first access list, providing access to said first one of said content items; and

program code for, in the event that said visitor identifier is associated with said second access list, providing access to said second one of said content items.

10. A system for providing a contact web page, comprising:

means for storing indication of a plurality of content items;

means for storing indication of at least one visitor identifier;

means for storing an association between a first one of said content items and a first access list;

means for storing an association between a second one of said content items and a second access list;

means for determining whether said visitor identifier is associated with said first access list;

means for determining whether said visitor identifier is associated with said second access list;

means for, in the event that said visitor identifier is associated with said first access list, providing access to said first one of said content items; and

in the event that said visitor identifier is associated with said second access list, providing access to said second one of said content items.