Method and System for Publication and Revision or Hierarchically Organized Sets of Static Intranet and Internet Web Pages
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- storing, on a first computer, a category list document file for items that belong to a common category, and respective associated electronic document files for individual items that appear in the category list document file, the category list document file and the respective associated electronic document files defining a hierarchical organization associated with a web page; and
in association with a modification to either the category list document file or an associated electronic document file, transferring at least a modified portion of the hierarchical organization to a second computer effective to produce a counterpart synchronized hierarchical organization.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for revising and publishing electronic documents. Two sets of electronic documents are generated and maintained on first and second computers. One set is stored on a first computer, for example, as static web pages at a company site. Another set is stored on a second computer at a non-local site such as, for example, an Internet server where the electronic documents are accessible to clients. Any modifications in the set of electronic documents at the local or company site are logged in a log file, and the set of electronic documents at the non-local site is modified accordingly so as to produce what appears to the client as a “dynamic” set of web pages. The revision and publication occurs through generation on the first computer of at least one category list document containing an item identifier, an item category, and descriptive data with hyperlinks to underlying detailed description electronic document files. The category list documents group items together which belong in a given category. The category list and the underlying detailed description electronic document files are saved in a format for accessing from a general viewer program such as, for example, a web browser. The detailed description data may also stored as text based records in, for example, a file of text records or a database of text records at the local site.
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27 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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storing, on a first computer, a category list document file for items that belong to a common category, and respective associated electronic document files for individual items that appear in the category list document file, the category list document file and the respective associated electronic document files defining a hierarchical organization associated with a web page; and in association with a modification to either the category list document file or an associated electronic document file, transferring at least a modified portion of the hierarchical organization to a second computer effective to produce a counterpart synchronized hierarchical organization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
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instructions for storing, on a first computer, a category list document file for items that belong to a common category and respective associated electronic document files for individual items that appear in the category list document file, the category list document file and the respective associated electronic document files defining a hierarchical organization associated with a web page; and instructions for transferring, in association with a modification to either the category list document file or an associated electronic document file, at least a modified portion of the hierarchical organization to a second computer effective to produce a counterpart synchronized hierarchical organization. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computing device comprising:
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a network interface configured to enable communication with a second computing device; a tangible computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon, the executable instructions comprising; instructions for storing, on the first-mentioned computing device, a category list document file for items that belong to a common category and respective associated electronic document files for individual items that appear in the category list document file, the category list document file and the respective associated electronic document files defining a hierarchical organization associated with a web page; and instructions for transferring, via the network interface and in association with a modification to either the category list document file or an associated electronic document file, at least a modified portion of the hierarchical organization to the second computing device effective to produce a counterpart synchronized hierarchical organization. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system comprising:
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means for storing, on a first computer, a category list document file for items that belong to a common category and respective associated electronic document files for individual items that appear in the category list document file, the category list document file and respective associated electronic document files defining a hierarchical organization associated with a web page; and in association with a modification to either the category list document file or an associated electronic document file, means for transferring at least a modified portion of the hierarchical organization to a second computer effective to produce a counterpart synchronized hierarchical organization. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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Specification