Server-Client Interaction and Information Management System
First Claim
1. A first computerized appliance, comprising:
- a processor coupled to a data repository;
one or more ports to one or more networks; and
software (SW) executing on the processor from a non-transitory medium, the SW;
enabling a user, hereinafter publisher, to create and store in the data repository a distributable client (DC) as a coded script capable to display, when executed, an interactive iPanel on a display screen identifying a persona of the publisher, the iPanel having one or both of graphical indicia and text, and one or more command buttons capable to initiate a communication event directed to the publisher;
enabling the publisher to configure a rule set associated with the DC, the rule set when executed determining treatment of any communication event directed to the publisher;
enabling the publisher to publish the DC to one of a Web page, a network-integrated application or a network-integrated electronic document executing on a second computerized appliance connected to a common network with the first computerized appliance;
wherein a user interacting with the iPanel initiates a communication event by operating one of the command buttons, the communication event directed to the publisher and identifying the interacting user, and the SW at the first computerized appliance, receiving the communication event, executes the rule set associated with the DC, and treats the communication request according to one or more rules in the set and any discoverable information regarding the user initiating the communication request.
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Abstract
An information-sharing system includes a server in a wide-area network coupled to a data repository, software executing on the server, providing services for a first person, wherein the first person is enabled to create one or more personae stored in the data repository, at least one interactive window associated with individual ones of the personae and deployable to one or more electronic appliances, and one or more rule sets associated with individual ones of the personae, the rule sets defining and limiting server functions that may be initiated through individual ones of deployed interactive windows, the interactive windows and rule sets enabling the first person to control identity and contact information made available to users of deployed interactive windows.
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20 Claims
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1. A first computerized appliance, comprising:
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a processor coupled to a data repository; one or more ports to one or more networks; and software (SW) executing on the processor from a non-transitory medium, the SW; enabling a user, hereinafter publisher, to create and store in the data repository a distributable client (DC) as a coded script capable to display, when executed, an interactive iPanel on a display screen identifying a persona of the publisher, the iPanel having one or both of graphical indicia and text, and one or more command buttons capable to initiate a communication event directed to the publisher; enabling the publisher to configure a rule set associated with the DC, the rule set when executed determining treatment of any communication event directed to the publisher; enabling the publisher to publish the DC to one of a Web page, a network-integrated application or a network-integrated electronic document executing on a second computerized appliance connected to a common network with the first computerized appliance; wherein a user interacting with the iPanel initiates a communication event by operating one of the command buttons, the communication event directed to the publisher and identifying the interacting user, and the SW at the first computerized appliance, receiving the communication event, executes the rule set associated with the DC, and treats the communication request according to one or more rules in the set and any discoverable information regarding the user initiating the communication request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising steps:
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(a) enabling a user, hereinafter publisher, by execution of software (SW) from a non-transitory medium on a processor of a first computerized appliance, to create and store in a data repository coupled to the processor, a distributable client (DC) as a coded script capable to display, when executed, an interactive iPanel on a display screen identifying a persona of the publisher, the iPanel having one or both of graphical indicia and text, and one or more command buttons capable to initiate a communication event directed to the publisher; (b) enabling the publisher to configure a rule set associated with the DC, the rule set when executed determining treatment of any communication event directed to the publisher; (c) enabling the publisher to publish the DC to one of a Web page, a network-integrated application or a network-integrated electronic document executing on a second computerized appliance connected to a common network with the first computerized appliance; (d) initiating a communication event by a user interacting with the iPanel, the user operating one of the command buttons, the communication event directed to the publisher and identifying the interacting user; (e) receiving the communication event at the first computerized appliance; and (f) executing the rule set associated with the DC, and treating the communication request according to one or more rules in the set and any discoverable information regarding the user initiating the communication request. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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