Method for associating content objects with a database

• US 20060288072A1
• Filed: 08/23/2006
• Published: 12/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: HowZone.com Inc
• Inventors: Snyders, Edward K.E., Knapp, John R.
• Granted Patent: US 7,680,881 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A method is provided for associating content objects with a database wherein the content objects are accessible over a network communication medium by a user. The method includes: receiving a suggestion for a new content object for addition to the database; approving the suggested content object; generating a list of information users desiring the approved content object; compelling an information provider to provide the desired content object based at least in part on demand identified by the generated list; and making the generated content object available to the database.

Claims

1. A method for associating content objects with a database wherein the content objects are accessible over a network communication medium by a user, comprising:

receiving a suggestion for a new content object for addition to the database;

approving the suggested content object;

generating a list of information users desiring the approved content object;

compelling an information provider to provide the desired content object based at least in part on demand identified by the generated list; and

making the generated content object available to the database.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of contributing the generated content object to the database comprises storing a link to the content object in the database.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of generating a list of information users desiring the content object comprises requesting users of a networked computer system to identify desired content objects.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of generating a list of information users further comprises compiling a group of user requests from users desiring the same content object.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of generating a list of information users comprises generating a waitlist of users desiring the requested content objects.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising notifying users on the waitlist when a requested content object is made available.

5. The method of claim 5 wherein the network communication medium comprises the Internet, and the personalized access point is accessed with a client.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the client comprises a client computer.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the client comprises a wireless web appliance.