Method, system and computer readable product for management, personalization and sharing of web content

• US 20090265607A1
• Filed: 04/16/2009
• Published: 10/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Razoss Limited
• Original Assignee: Razoss Limited
• Inventors: Ross, Gali, Raz, Rami
• Application Number:
  US12/385,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20090265607A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/233
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/197 Version control for software G06F8/71
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A computerized system and method for managing, annotating and sharing web pages comprising: a system server comprising a server application and a www server, the system server communicating over the internet with one or more client computers, each S comprising a www browser and a client application, the system server storing, for each the client computers, a plurality of web-project folders, each web-project comprising links to web-pages accessed by the client computer'"'"'s user and annotations added by the user to the web-pages, the server application comprising means for managing the stored data, each client application comprising means for viewing the stored server data; means for managing the stored server data; means for selecting a web project; means for selecting a web-page for display; means for selecting an annotation for display; means for annotating the displayed web-page and means for saving the web projects, the web-pages and the annotations on the server.

Claims

1. A computerized system for managing, annotating and sharing web pages comprising:

a system server comprising a server application and a www server, the system server communicating over the internet with one or more client computers, each comprising a www browser and a client application,

said system server storing, for each said client computers, a plurality of web-project folders, each web-project comprising links to web-pages accessed by said client computer'"'"'s user and annotations added by said user to said web-pages,

said server application comprising means for managing said stored data,

each said client applications comprising means for viewing said stored server data;

means for managing said stored server data;

means for selecting a web project;

means for selecting a web-page for display;

means for selecting an annotation for display;

means for annotating said displayed web-page and means for saving said web projects, said web-pages and said annotations on the server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said system server additionally stores permissions granted by said user to other persons to at least one of view and update at least part of said stored information and wherein said client application additionally comprises means for sharing said stored server data with other persons.

3. The system of claim 2, additionally comprising GUI means for indicating one of a changed web-project and a changed web-page within a web-project.

4. The system of claim 1, additionally comprising means for automatically displaying a web-page according to predefined criteria.

5. The system of claim 2, additionally comprising means for automatically displaying a web-page according to predefined criteria.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein said predefined criteria are time dependent.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein said predefined criteria are time dependent.

8. The system of claim 1, additionally comprising means for capturing entire screens of displayed web-pages, said screen captures stored in said web-projects on said web server.

9. The system of claim 2, additionally comprising means for capturing entire screens of displayed web-pages, said screen captures stored in said web-projects on said web server.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein each said web projects additionally comprises attributes, said attributes selected from the group consisting of:

title, date, category and description.

11. The system of claim 2, wherein each said web projects additionally comprises attributes, said attributes selected from the group consisting of:

title, date, category and description.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein said title, category and description are editable.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein said title, category and description are editable.

14. The system of claim 2, wherein said web-projects comprise sharing options.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said sharing options are selected from the group consisting of:

single persons, groups of persons and publishing to websites.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein at least one of said persons is not a user of the application.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said sharing options comprise means for sending an e-mail to said at least one person, said e-mail comprising a link to the application server'"'"'s database.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein said publishing to websites comprises means for saving links to web-projects and web-pages on the server and means for embedding said links in websites.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for viewing said stored server data comprise GUI means for displaying said web-projects, said web-pages within each web-project and said annotations.

20. The system of claim 2, wherein said means for viewing said stored server data comprise GUI means for displaying said web-projects, said web-pages within each web-project and said annotations.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein said GUI means comprise a transparent overlay over the viewed web page.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein said GUI means comprise a transparent overlay over the viewed web page.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein said means for viewing said web-projects comprises means for indicating a web-project changed by another user.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for viewing the web-project comprise means for selecting a display size, each said selectable display sizes comprising a different level of details.

25. The system of claim 20, wherein said means for viewing the web-project comprise means for selecting a display size, each said selectable display sizes comprising a different level of details.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein said client application'"'"'s means for managing said stored server data comprise GUI means for manipulating said displayed web-projects, said means for manipulating selected from the group consisting of:

adding/deleting a web-project and adding/deleting a page to/from a web-project.

27. The system of claim 2, wherein said client application'"'"'s means for managing said stored server data comprise GUI means for manipulating said displayed web-projects folders, said means for manipulating are selected from the group consisting of:

adding/deleting a web-project, adding/deleting a page to/from a web-project and adding/deleting viewing permissions to a web-project member.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for annotating comprise means for selecting an annotation type and means for inserting an annotation according to the selected type.

29. The system of claim 2, wherein said means for annotating comprise means for selecting an annotation type and means for inserting an annotation according to the selected type.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein said annotation type is selected from the group consisting of:

bubble text comment, highlighted text, picture, video file, audio file and animated comment.

31. The system of claim 29, wherein said annotation type is selected from the group consisting of:

bubble text comment, highlighted text, picture, video file, audio file and animated comment.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for annotating comprise drag-and-drop means.

33. The system of claim 2, wherein said means for annotating comprise drag-and-drop means.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for annotating comprise means for inserting html elements into the displayed web-page DOM by running a JavaScript on the DOM.

35. The system of claim 2, wherein said means for annotating comprise means for inserting html elements into the displayed web-page DOM by running a JavaScript on the DOM.

36. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for saving said web-pages and said annotations on the server comprise means for uploading the web-projects to the server.

37. The system of claim 2, wherein said means for saving said web-pages and said annotations on the server comprise means for uploading the web-projects to the server.

38. The system of claim 2, wherein said means for sharing comprise means for granting at least one of viewing and update permissions.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein said viewing and update permissions are granted to at least one of a web-project, a web-page and an annotation.

40. The system of claim 1, wherein said server application comprises means for mapping user behavior, said means comprising statistical tools applied to the stored server data.

41. The system of claim 2, wherein said server application comprises means for mapping user behavior, said means comprising statistical tools applied to the stored server data.

42. The system of claim 2, wherein at least one web-project is shared with all the client application users, according to predefined criteria, said web-project created by a super-user.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein said predefined criteria are selected from the group consisting of:

user'"'"'s web-location, user'"'"'s profile details, date and time.

44. A computerized method for managing, annotating and sharing web pages comprising:

storing on a server, for at least one client computer, a plurality of web-project folders, each web-project comprising links to web-pages accessed by said client computer'"'"'s user and annotations added by said user to said web-pages;

managing said stored data;

downloading a client application to said at least one client computer;

downloading said stored data to said at least one client computer;

viewing said downloaded data on said at least one client computer;

managing said viewed data on said at least one client computer;

selecting a web project from said viewed data;

selecting a web-page for display from said selected web project;

annotating said displayed web-page; and

saving said web projects, said web-pages and said annotations on the server.

45. The method of claim 44, additionally comprising storing on said server permissions granted by said user to other persons to at least one of view and update at least part of said stored information and sharing said stored server data with other persons.

46. The method of claim 45, additionally comprising indicating one of a changed web-project and a changed web-page within a web-project.

47. The method of claim 44, additionally comprising automatically displaying a web-page according to predefined criteria.

48. The method of claim 45, additionally comprising automatically displaying a web-page according to predefined criteria.

49. The method of claim 47, wherein said predefined criteria are time-dependent.

50. The method of claim 48, wherein said predefined criteria are time-dependent.

51. The method of claim 44, wherein viewing said downloaded data comprises viewing said web-projects, said web-pages within each folder and said annotations.

52. The method of claim 45, wherein viewing said downloaded data comprises viewing said web-projects, said web-pages within each folder and said annotations.

53. The method of claim 51, wherein viewing said web-projects comprises selecting a display size, each said selectable display sizes comprising a different level of details.

54. The method of claim 52, wherein viewing said web-projects comprises selecting a display size, each said selectable display sizes comprising a different level of details.

55. The method of claim 44, wherein each said web projects additionally comprises attributes, said attributes selected from the group consisting of:

title, date, category and description.

56. The method of claim 45, wherein each said web projects additionally comprises attributes, said attributes selected from the group consisting of:

title, date, category and description.

57. The method of claim 55, wherein managing the viewed data comprises editing at least one of said title, category and description.

58. The method of claim 56, wherein managing the viewed data comprises editing at least one of said title, category and description.

59. The method of claim 45, wherein each said web-projects comprises sharing options.

60. The method of claim 59, wherein said sharing options are selected from the group consisting of:

single persons, groups of persons and publishing to websites.

61. The method of claim 60, wherein said publishing to websites comprises saving links to web-projects and web-pages on the server and embedding said links in said websites.

62. The method of claim 60, wherein at least one of said persons is not a user of the application.

63. The method of claim 62, wherein sharing said stored server data comprises sending an e-mail to said at least one person, said e-mail comprising a link to the application server'"'"'s database.

64. The method of claim 44, wherein said managing the viewed data comprises at least one of adding/deleting a web-project and adding/deleting a page to/from a web-project.

65. The method of claim 45, wherein said managing the viewed data comprises at least one of adding/deleting a web-project and adding/deleting a page to/from a web-project and adding/deleting viewing permissions to a web-project member.

66. The method of claim 44, wherein said annotating comprises selecting an annotation type and inserting an annotation according to the selected type.

67. The method of claim 45, wherein said annotating comprises selecting an annotation type and inserting an annotation according to the selected type.

68. The method of claim 66 wherein said annotation type is selected from the group consisting of:

bubble comment, regular text comment, highlighted text, picture, video file, audio file and animated comment.

69. The method of claim 67 wherein said annotation type is selected from the group consisting of:

bubble comment, regular text comment, highlighted text, picture, video file, audio file and animated comment.

70. The method of claim 66, wherein said annotating comprises dragging and dropping the annotation to its location on the displayed web-page.

71. The method of claim 67, wherein said annotating comprises dragging and dropping the annotation to its location on the displayed web-page.

72. The method of claim 44, wherein said annotating comprise inserting html elements into the displayed web-page DOM by running a JavaScript On the DOM.

73. The method of claim 45, wherein said annotating comprise inserting html elements into the displayed web-page DOM by running a JavaScript On the DOM.

74. The method of claim 44, wherein said saving the web-pages and the annotations on the server comprises uploading the web-projects to the server.

75. The method of claim 45, wherein said sharing comprises granting at least one of viewing and update permissions.

76. The method of claim 75, wherein said viewing and update permissions are granted to at least one of a web-project, a web-page and an annotation.

77. The method of claim 44, additionally comprising the step of mapping user behavior.

78. The method of claim 45, additionally comprising the step of mapping user behavior.

79. The method of claim 77, wherein said mapping user behavior comprises applying statistical tools to the stored server data.

80. The method of claim 78, wherein said mapping user behavior comprises applying statistical tools to the stored server data.

81. The method of claim 45, wherein at least one web-project is shared with all the client application users, according to predefined criteria, said web-project created by a super-user.

82. The method of claim 81, wherein said predefined criteria are selected from the group consisting of:

user'"'"'s web-location, user'"'"'s profile details, date and time.