Online/offline multimedia directory system
First Claim
1. An integrated multimedia directory system comprising:
- a multiplicity of directory user accessible multimedia listing pages and at least one directory page;
a multiplicity of point and click control panel pages for a hierarchy of directory management levels comprising a listing subscriber control panel page, an administrator control panel page, and a system manager control panel page wherein said listing subscriber control panel page further comprises a multimedia file input feature;
an online version that comprises a web server and a database and an offline version that comprises a linked collection of pages directly readable in a web browser on an offline computing applicance;
a server-side offline directory publishing system wherein said server-side offline directory publishing system can be used to create said offline version;
and a multimedia file authoring system wherein said multimedia file authoring system comprises an input file reader, an output file parameter interpreter, a multimedia file generator, and a file sender.
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Abstract
According to the invention, an integrated multimedia directory system permitting a user to access a multiplicity of web pages containing multimedia is disclosed. The system includes point and click control panel pages for a hierarchy of directory management levels such as a listing subscriber, an administrator, one or more levels of resellers, and a system manager. The multimedia directory system creates both an online version driven by a database and an offline version that uses a linked collection of HTML pages directly readable in a web browser without using a database. The offline version is created using a server-side publishing system. The multimedia directory system further includes a multimedia file authoring system that uses one or more pre-defined templates, an input file reader, an output file parameter interpreter, a multimedia file generator, and a file sender.
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1. An integrated multimedia directory system comprising:
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a multiplicity of directory user accessible multimedia listing pages and at least one directory page;
a multiplicity of point and click control panel pages for a hierarchy of directory management levels comprising a listing subscriber control panel page, an administrator control panel page, and a system manager control panel page wherein said listing subscriber control panel page further comprises a multimedia file input feature;
an online version that comprises a web server and a database and an offline version that comprises a linked collection of pages directly readable in a web browser on an offline computing applicance;
a server-side offline directory publishing system wherein said server-side offline directory publishing system can be used to create said offline version;
and a multimedia file authoring system wherein said multimedia file authoring system comprises an input file reader, an output file parameter interpreter, a multimedia file generator, and a file sender. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-implemented method for producing a multimedia directory, the method comprising the steps of:
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producing a multiplicity of multimedia files;
producing a multiplicity of directory user accessible multimedia listing pages;
producing at least one directory page;
producing a listing subscriber control panel page;
producing an administrator control panel page;
producing a system manager control panel page wherein said system manager control panel page can add an administrator and assign administrator rights;
making said multimedia directory available over the internet; and
publishing said multimedia directory for offline computing appliances. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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