Method and apparatus for a self-service content menu
First Claim
1. A component of a menu authoring system based on an open hierarchical data structure consisting of,displaying a configuration user interface employed by a network technician to create a self service input menu for a content provider, fetching a set of configuration selections made by said network technician, transforming said set of configuration selections made by said network technician into a set of menu data, generating said self-service input menu based on said set of menu data, displaying said self-service input menu to enable said content provider to specify a set of menu input, fetching a set of menu input made by said content provider on said self-service input menu, linking a node to said open hierarchical data structure based on said set of menu input made by said content provider, displaying a list menu in a content menu that links to an information object based on said set of menu input made by said content provider.
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Abstract
A content management system on a Web-site that serves as a end-user access method is disclosed. The prior art of the open hierarchical data structure is used to organize content and provide the basis for a content menu. This present invention improves upon this prior art by teaching how to make a self-service input that accommodates individual information providers throughout the enterprise.
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20 Claims
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1. A component of a menu authoring system based on an open hierarchical data structure consisting of,
displaying a configuration user interface employed by a network technician to create a self service input menu for a content provider, fetching a set of configuration selections made by said network technician, transforming said set of configuration selections made by said network technician into a set of menu data, generating said self-service input menu based on said set of menu data, displaying said self-service input menu to enable said content provider to specify a set of menu input, fetching a set of menu input made by said content provider on said self-service input menu, linking a node to said open hierarchical data structure based on said set of menu input made by said content provider, displaying a list menu in a content menu that links to an information object based on said set of menu input made by said content provider.
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11. A component of a menu authoring system based on an open hierarchical data structure consisting of,
the means for displaying a configuration user interface employed by a network technician to create a self service input menu for a content provider, the means for fetching a set of configuration selections made by said network technician, the means for transforming said set of configuration selections made by said network technician into a set of menu data, the means for generating said self-service input menu based on said set of menu data, the means for displaying said self-service input menu to enable said content provider to specify a set of menu input, the means for fetching a set of menu input made by said content provider on said self-service input menu, the means for linking a node to said open hierarchical data structure based on said set of menu input made by said content provider, the means for displaying a list menu in a content menu that links to an information object based on said set of menu input made by said content provider.
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