Content management system and method
First Claim
1. A method of providing a website on a network so that users seeking common interests can access one another on the network, the method comprising:
- creating on the network a web portal;
granting web portal access to the users on the network;
providing to the users access to a components database connected to the network;
providing to the users a shared database connected to the network, the shared database based on criteria subsets chosen from the components database; and
providing a medium connected to the network through which a subset of users that match the criteria subsets can access so that the subset of users who share common interests can interact via the medium.
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Abstract
A modular site design system, method, and application service provider platform that creates, deploys, and publishes an electronic presence. The system employs a graphical user interface (GUI), also known as a wizard that allows a portal owner to create, deploy, and publish their electronic presence quickly to interactive devices. The GUI includes modules and filters, located on the application service provider (ASP) platform, which portal owners can utilize to alter their end user'"'"'s experience. The modules are typically owned by the ASP. When a portal owner completes their selection and customization of electronic modules, the ASP platform generates a package, including the modules, database schemes, and other information used as the blueprint to create the electronic presence stored on the ASP. Once deployed the portal owners end users can access the products, service offerings, and personalized workflow that was originally conceived from the portal owners selections on the ASP platform.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of providing a website on a network so that users seeking common interests can access one another on the network, the method comprising:
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creating on the network a web portal;
granting web portal access to the users on the network;
providing to the users access to a components database connected to the network;
providing to the users a shared database connected to the network, the shared database based on criteria subsets chosen from the components database; and
providing a medium connected to the network through which a subset of users that match the criteria subsets can access so that the subset of users who share common interests can interact via the medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. The method as claimed in 10 wherein updating one of the web portals comprises:
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forwarding an updated version of one of the modules to an application service provider using the one of the modules;
storing, at the application service provider, the updated version of the one of the modules; and
replacing, in a directory structure at the application service provider, a first pointer to an existing version of the one of the modules with a second pointer to the updated version of the one of the modules.
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12. A network-based method, comprising:
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providing a member database having data related to individual users, the users being members of a plurality of network websites;
providing a component database having pre-selected data components;
providing access for a member to choose a subset of the pre-selected data components to form a filter that selects a subset of data related to individual users from the first database; and
forming a second data base being populated with the subset of data that has been selected based on the subset of pre-selected data components of the component data base. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method of network-based development of virtual communities, comprising:
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accessing a network portal through a membership that provides access to the portal, the membership related to an interest;
using a graphical user interface having a series of fields into which data can be entered, the data relating to specific criteria subsets related to the interest;
submitting the data to the network, that data being used for a filter;
receiving return data to the graphical user interface from a shared database, wherein data in the shared interface has been received through the filter from a membership database populated with users who share membership access to the network portal; and
using the return data to access a subset of users based on the filter criteria, thereby forming a virtual community of users who share common interests, the subset of users being formed from filtering a larger community of users in the membership database. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. The method as claimed in 15 further comprising rendering payment for membership with a prepaid dating card.
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