System and method for modification of included files used in a automatic web page generation system

• US 6,226,648 B1
• Filed: 11/04/1998
• Issued: 05/01/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: About Incorporated (IAC, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: About.com, Inc. (IAC, Inc.)
• Inventors: Anderson, Jim, Maier, Elizabeth A., Day, William, Appleman, Kenneth H., Kurnit, Scott Philip, Germaise, Scott C., Taller, Olga
• Primary Examiner(s): Amsbury, Wayne
• Application Number:
  US09/185,624
• Time in Patent Office: 909 Days
• Field of Search: 707/102, 707/513, 707/517-525
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0247 Calculate past, present or future revenues
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0272 Period of advertisement exposure
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A collaborative Internet data mining system for facilitating a group effort from a plurality of guides to the Internet, by automatically processing the information provided by the guides and thereby create a branded or uniform look and feel to the web sites supported by the plurality of guides.

Claims

1. A collaborative web page generator system comprising:

a first file system containing a library of information for web page content;

a web page generator system operationally connected to said first file system, said web page generator system accessing information from said first file system for the generation of web pages;

a database system operationally connected to said web page generator system, said database system modifying the selection of information from said first file system by said web page generator system to selectively generate web page content; and

wherein said database system controls the generation of further generated content that provides notice of copyright ownership.

2. The collaborative web page generator system of claim 1 further comprising:

a system control program operationally connected to said database system, said system control program providing a user interface to control said collaborative page generator system by data entry in said database system.

3. A collaborative web page generator system comprising:

a first file system containing a library of information for web page content;

a web page generator system operationally connected to said first file system, said web page generator system accessing information from said first file system for the generation of web pages;

a database system operationally connected to said web page generator system, said database system modifying the selection of information from said first file system by said web page generator system to selectively generate web page content; and

wherein said database system controls the generation of predetermined hyper text links that designate resources from the group consisting essentially of;

a newsletter associated with said generated web page;

an electronic chat room associated with said generated web pages;

an electronic bulletin board associated with said generated web pages; and

electronic advertisements associated with said generated web pages.

4. A collaborative web page generator system comprising:

a first file system containing a library of information for web page content;

a web page generator system operationally connected to said first file system, said web page generator system accessing information from said first file system for the generation of web pages;

a database system operationally connected to said web page generator system, said database system modifying the selection of information from said first file system by said web page generator system to selectively generate web page content; and

wherein said database system controls the generation of hyper-text links to predetermined content, said predetermined content selected from the group consisting essentially of;

text providing a disclaimer of legal liability;

text providing a disclaimer that the content of said generated web page is medical advice;

text providing a disclaimer that the content of said generated web page provides financial advice; and

text providing official game rules that complies with legal notice requirements.

5. A computer method for manufacturing a branded web site from a plurality of content providers comprising:

receiving web pages that contain data codes that identify a topic area that corresponds to a predetermined web site taxonomy;

parsing said received web pages that contain said data codes that identify a topic area that corresponds to said predetermined web site taxonomy to extract and interpret said data codes;

retrieving in response to said step of parsing, information from a data source, said information providing a color set for said topic area in said predetermined web site taxonomy; and

generating web pages that contain information that identifies said topic area in said predetermined site taxonomy and assigning navigational links to said generated web pages to place said generated web pages into said predetermined web site taxonomy.

6. The computer method for manufacturing a branded web site of claim 5 further comprising:

accessing a database to control the generation of frame based data to frame said generated web pages, said frame based data corresponding to said predetermined web site taxonomy to further index said generated web pages into said web site taxonomy.

7. The computer method for manufacturing a branded web site of claim 5 wherein said taxonomy further comprises a hub generic subject area which is further sub-classified into sections.

8. The computer method for manufacturing a branded web site of claim 5 further comprising:

generating a color coded indicia of said predetermined web site taxonomy and the location of said generated web pages in said predetermined web site taxonomy comparts with said color coded indicia.

9. An electronic method for effecting quality control in a collaborative internet guide system comprising:

determining a list of web pages maintained by at least one of a plurality of internet guides on a collaborative internet guide system;

determining for said list of web pages maintained by at least one of said plurality of internet guides whether a hypertext link maintained on at least one of said web pages identifies a valid or invalid universal resource locator (URL);

determining for said list of web pages maintained by at least one of said plurality of internet guides the creation date for each web page in said list of web pages;

calculating a web page score using predetermined scoring criteria and the results from said step of determining whether said web page maintains valid or invalid URL links and said step of determining the creation date for said web pages;

generating a list of action items based on the results of said step of calculating a web page score; and

transferring said web page score and said list of action items from said collaborative internet guide system to said at least one guide from said plurality of internet guides.