METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A WEB SITE USING A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEBSITE

• US 20100306644A1
• Filed: 06/25/2010
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Decentrix, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Decentrix, Inc.
• Inventors: Char, Hanson, Evesson, Gary, Neilson, Paul, Shing, David, Underwood, Mark, Slaney, Darren, Underwood, John, Horner, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,677,234 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services

Abstract

A technique for generating a web site in accordance with received data entry by: determining at least one characteristic of at least one web site dimension of the web site based on the data entry; generating a multi-dimensional description of the web site based on the determined characteristics; retrieving web site data according to the generated multi-dimensional description of the web site; and generating the web site based upon the generated multi-dimensional description of the web site and the retrieved web site data.

Claims

1-118. -118. (canceled)

119. A method of creating an independent web site for hosting visitor traffic using a globally accessible platform, comprising the steps of:

receiving data entry including selection of an industry type;

determining one or more characteristics for each of one or more web site features in response to the data entry;

creating a framework of the web site based upon the one or more determined characteristics for each of the one or more web site features;

retrieving web site data in accordance with the created framework of the web site;

creating a plurality of pages of the web site based upon the framework of the web site and the retrieved web site data;

generating one or more interfaces to one or more external components on the pages of the web site;

remotely executing an application that may or may not retrieve web site data such that whether content is retrieved is a function of the remotely executed application;

previewing the created pages in a sequence, any changes made on the pages during previewing being automatically propagated through the pages;

registering the one or more interfaces of the one or more external components;

creating website data based on the interfaces and remotely executed application; and

presenting the created web site.