Software apparatus for immediately posting sharing and maintaining objects on a web page
DCFirst Claim
1. An article, comprising:
- at least one sequence of machine executable instructions;
a medium bearing the executable instructions in machine readable form, wherein execution by one or more processes causes the one or more processes to;
display an upload interface by a server computer for viewing the web browser of a client computer on the Internet;
receiving, by the server computer, an upload command and object information from the client computer and for uploading an object corresponding to the object information sent from the client computer to the server computer over the Internet;
comprising limiting access to each object based on object information transmitted from the client computer;
wherein said object information comprises a password;
displaying a representation of uploaded objects by the server computer to be viewed as a web page with the browser of the client computer and automatically updating the representation after an object is uploaded; and
storing the uploaded objects on the server computer for rendering the uploaded objects accessible by other client computers running a web browser and connected to the internet.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for sharing and maintaining objects over the World Wide Web using an HTML compliant client running a web browser. An upload interface is displayed on the client computer for entry of upload information corresponding to an object stored on the client computer. In response to an upload request, the object is uploaded over the Internet to a server computer and stored on the server computer. A display of the server computer includes a representation of uploaded objects and is updated automatically after every upload. The display can be viewed on the client computer or any other client computer with access to the Internet through a web browser. Objects can be selected from the display and downloaded to a client computer over the Internet. Access to the objects can be limited through password protection or other methods.
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27 Claims
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1. An article, comprising:
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at least one sequence of machine executable instructions;
a medium bearing the executable instructions in machine readable form, wherein execution by one or more processes causes the one or more processes to;
display an upload interface by a server computer for viewing the web browser of a client computer on the Internet;
receiving, by the server computer, an upload command and object information from the client computer and for uploading an object corresponding to the object information sent from the client computer to the server computer over the Internet;
comprising limiting access to each object based on object information transmitted from the client computer;
wherein said object information comprises a password;
displaying a representation of uploaded objects by the server computer to be viewed as a web page with the browser of the client computer and automatically updating the representation after an object is uploaded; and
storing the uploaded objects on the server computer for rendering the uploaded objects accessible by other client computers running a web browser and connected to the internet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer architecture, comprising:
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a server computer having a storage device and a communication interface, said server being coupled to the World Wide Web;
a client computer having a storage device, and display means, said client computer running a web browser and being coupled to said server through the internet and said communication interface;
display means for displaying upload request interface on said display means of said client computer;
comprising limiting access to each object based on objects information transmitted from the client computer;
wherein said object information comprises a password;
receiving means for receiving an upload command and object information from said client computer and for uploading an object stored in the storage device of said client computer corresponding to the object information transmitted from said client computer to said server computer;
display means for displaying a representation of uploaded objects to be viewed as a web page using a web browser on said client computer and for automatically updating the representation after an object is unloaded; and
storing means for storing uploaded objects on said storage device of said server computer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-implemented method of rendering uploaded objects accessible by other client computers running a web browser, said method comprising the steps of:
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displaying, on the server computer, an upload interface for viewing with the web browser of a client computer;
receiving an upload command and object information from the client computer and uploading an object corresponding to the object information from the client computer to the server computer over the Internet;
wherein said object information comprises a password;
displaying a representation of uploaded objects by the server computer to be viewed as a web page with the browser of the client computer and automatically updating the representation after an object is uploaded;
wherein access to each object is limited based on object information transmitted from the client computer; and
storing the uploaded objects on the server computer. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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