CONFIGURABLE WEBSITE AND SYSTEM WITH ACCESS CONTROL AND SOCIAL NETWORK FEATURES

• US 20120079568A1
• Filed: 12/08/2011
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WhitServe LLC
• Original Assignee: Whorlr LLC
• Inventors: Whitmyer, Wesley W. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 9,319,370 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• 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 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

A web-based system allows for publishing a website with features and access configured on a user-by-user basis by the website owner to present personal data as well as social network feeds in a single interface. The website owner can update and manage his/her social media from the same page, as well as organize private data if desired. The system includes a messaging function, in accordance with which users can drop a message into the message service of a site owner, and it gets delivered to the site owner in exactly the manner specified by the site owner.

Claims

1. A configurable website system comprising:

a web server available over a network, said web server having a server processor;

a plurality of function modules in data communication with said web server;

a permitted user list associated with each of said plurality of function modules; and

software executing on the server processor for receiving a user authentication from access hardware over the network and matching the authentication to said permitted user list for assembling a website from at least one of said plurality of function modules to which the received authentication is permitted access for display on the access hardware,

whereby content of the website displayed on the access hardware depends on the function module access permitted the authenticated user on a user-by-user basis.

2. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein the user authentication permits access to multiple function modules for assembly into a version of the website displaying the multiple function modules.

3. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein said permitted user list is determined by an owner of the website.

4. The configurable website system of claim 3 further comprising software executing on said server processor for receiving function selection and access control data from setup hardware over the network, the function selection and access control data indicative of the owner'"'"'s selection of the function modules to include on the website and the owner'"'"'s specification of the permitted users for each function module.

5. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of function modules is viewable by the public without any authentication.

6. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein the access hardware includes a touch screen.

7. The configurable website system of claim 6 wherein the access hardware is a mobile telephone.

8. The configurable website system of claim 6 wherein the access hardware is a tablet computer.

9. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein each function module is represented by a graphic on the website.

10. The configurable website system of claim 9 wherein a selected function module is displayed in a viewing window while other permitted function modules on the website are represented by a scroll of permitted function modules'"'"' associated graphics.

11. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of function modules includes a website data set.

12. The configurable website system of claim 11 wherein the at least one website data set includes a secondary authentication to a computing resource.

13. The configurable website system of claim 12 wherein the computing resource is a web server.

14. The configurable website system of claim 13 wherein the computing resource is a social media site.

15. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of function modules includes an application programming interface.

16. The configurable website system of claim 15 wherein the application programming interface is used to retrieve and display data.

17. The configurable website system of claim 15 wherein the application programming interface is used to change data.

18. The configurable website system of claim 15 wherein the application programming interface is used to supplement data.

19. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of function modules is generated by a third party.

20. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of function modules provides access on the website to third-party data.

21. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of function modules comprises an image.

22. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of function modules comprises a blog posting.

23. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein said permitted user list provides various levels of access to each of the plurality of function modules.

24. The configurable website system of claim 23 wherein said permitted user list provides view only level access to at least one of said plurality of function modules, allowing an authenticated user only to view data displayed on the website by the function module.

25. The configurable web site system of claim 24 wherein said permitted user list provides editor level access to at least one of said plurality of function modules allowing an authenticated user to control the function module.

26. The configurable website system of claim 25 wherein editor level access to a function module permits an authenticated user to alter content that is displayed on the website by the function module to an authenticated user with view only level access to the function module.

27. The configurable website system of claim 23 wherein said permitted user list provides owner level access to at least one of said plurality of function modules allowing an authenticated user private access to view data displayed on the website by the function module.

28. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein the permitted user list identifies at least one permitted group and wherein the user authentication identifies the user as a member of the at least one permitted group.

29. The configurable website system of claim 1 wherein one of the plurality of function modules comprises an electronic messaging module, said electronic messaging module comprising:

message data accessible by said web server, said message data comprising a list of at least one secondary electronic mailbox and messaging routing rules;

software executing on said web server for receiving a message through the website over the network;

software executing on said web server for determining, based at least in part upon the message data and the authentication, to which of one or more of the at least one secondary electronic mailbox to route the message; and

software executing on said web server for routing the message to the determined one or more of the at least one secondary electronic mailbox over the network.

30. A configurable website system comprising:

a web server available over a network, said web server having a server processor;

a plurality of sets of website data in communication with said web server;

a permitted user list associated with each of said plurality of website data sets; and

software executing on said server processor for receiving a user authentication from viewing hardware over the network and using the authentication to retrieve at least two permitted ones of said plurality of sets of website data,

wherein said server software, using at least one of the two permitted sets of website data, performs a secondary authentication to an Internet computing resource to allow for the display of content from the resource on the viewing hardware,

whereby content available elsewhere on the Internet is selectively displayed by said web server on a user-by-user basis.

31. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein both of the permitted sets of website data include a secondary authentication to an Internet computing resource.

32. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content is publically available elsewhere on the Internet.

33. The configurable website system of claim 32 wherein the displayed content is only available elsewhere on a members-only portion of the Internet.

34. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the general public are authenticated users.

35. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein less than the general public are authenticated users.

36. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the only authenticated user is the owner of the displayed content.

37. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content includes a photo.

38. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content includes an email message.

39. The configurable website system of claim 38 wherein the displayed content includes an email account.

40. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content includes an electronic business card.

41. The configurable website system of claim 40 wherein the electronic business card information depends on a user'"'"'s authentication.

42. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content includes a data stream.

43. The configurable website system of claim 42 wherein the data stream includes a blog.

44. The configurable website system of claim 42 wherein the data stream includes an RSS/atom feed.

45. The configurable website system of claim 42 wherein the data stream includes a social media stream.

46. The configurable website system of claim 44 wherein the data stream includes a plurality of social media streams.

47. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content includes a map.

48. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content includes a curriculum vitae.

49. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content includes a diary.

50. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content includes a biography.

51. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content includes a portfolio.

52. The configurable website system of claim 51 wherein the portfolio includes music.

53. The configurable website system of claim 51 wherein the portfolio includes art.

54. The configurable website system of claim 51 wherein the portfolio includes writing.

55. The configurable website system of claim 54 wherein the writing includes nonfiction.

56. The configurable website system of claim 54 wherein the writing includes fiction.

57. The configurable website system of claim 54 wherein the writing includes poetry.

58. The configurable website system of claim 51 wherein the portfolio includes securities data.

59. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content includes news.

60. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content includes a video.

61. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the displayed content includes owner positional related data.

62. The configurable website system of claim 30 wherein the permitted user list identifies at least one permitted group and wherein the user authentication identifies the user as a member of the at least one permitted group.

63. A configurable website system comprising:

a web server available over a network, said web server having a server processor;

a plurality of websites in data communication with said web server;

a plurality of authentications permitting access to at least a portion of one or more of said plurality of websites; and

software executing on the server processor for receiving an authentication from access hardware over the network and presenting for display on the access hardware a list of websites at least a portion of which is permitted to be viewed with the transmitted authentication.

64. The configurable website system of claim 63 wherein said plurality of websites each include a plurality of function modules, and wherein permitted access to each of said plurality of function modules can be controlled by said authentication.

65. The configurable website system of claim 63 further comprising software executing on the server processor for receiving function selection and access control data from setup hardware over the network, the function selection and access control data indicative of a selection of a list of function modules to include on a website and a list of authentications with permitted access to each function module.

66. The configurable website system of claim 65 further comprising software executing on the server processor for assembling websites from function modules on a user-by-user basis upon receipt of an authentication from the access hardware.

67. The configurable website system of claim 65 wherein access to said web server permitting selection of the function modules and setting of authentications for access to each function module requires the setup hardware to have website owner level authentication.

68. The configurable website system of claim 64 wherein the function module authentications permit viewing data in the authenticated function module on the website.

69. The configurable website system of claim 64 wherein the function module authentications permit supplementing data in the authenticated function module on the website.

70. The configurable website system of claim 64 wherein the function module authentications are arranged in groups of permitted users.

71. The configurable website system of claim 64 wherein at least one of said plurality of function modules is submitted by a third party.

72. The configurable web site system of claim 71 further comprising an application programming interface for use by the third party to program the at least one function module.

73. The configurable website system of claim 71 wherein the at least one function module is offered for sale by said web server.

74. The configurable website system of claim 71 wherein the at least one function module permits viewing of data on the website and wherein the viewed data is available elsewhere on the Internet through the third-party.

75. The configurable website system of claim 64 wherein at least one of the plurality of function modules includes at least one set of website data.

76. The configurable website system of claim 75 wherein the at least one set of website data includes a secondary authentication to a computing resource.

77. The configurable website system of claim 76 wherein the computing resource is a web server.

78. The configurable website system of claim 77 wherein the computing resource is a social media site.