Method and apparatus for providing a dynamically-updating pay-for-service web site

• US 7,028,034 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2004
• Issued: 04/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GraphOn Nes Sub, LLC (Hopto Inc.)
• Original Assignee: GraphOn Nes Sub, LLC (Hopto Inc.)
• Inventors: Wesinger, Jr., Ralph E., Coley, Christopher D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Coby, Frantz
• Application Number:
  US10/844,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20050125373A1
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 707/100, 707/102, 705/1, 705/26, 709/215, 709/216, 709/217
• US Class Current: 705/26.61
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A web server for providing a dynamically-updating pay-for-service web site is disclosed. The web server includes an HTML front-end entry process configured to create and store personal homepage content in a database for a owner, receive a fee for making the personal homepage accessible on a network. The HTML front-end update process is also configured to allow the owner to update their personal homepage over a network.

Claims

1. A web server for providing a dynamically-updating pay-for-service web site comprising:

a web server coupled to a computer network having a database operatively disposed within and accessible on said network, said server comprising;

an HTML front-end entry process configured to;

create and store personal homepage content in a database for a owner;

receive a fee from said owner for making said personal homepage accessible on said network; and

an HTML front-end update process configured to allow said owner to update said personal homepage over said network.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said content includes categories of information.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, further including non-textual information associated with said categories.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said non-textual information includes graphics.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said content includes keywords.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said content includes categories associated to said keywords.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said content includes categories associated to said second set of keywords.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said content categories associated to said keywords and further associated to an additional set of categories.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said account further includes personalized information.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said personalized information includes a URL to the user'"'"'s homepage.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further including the act of password-protecting said account.

12. A method for providing a dynamically-updating pay-for-service web site comprising:

providing a web server coupled to a computer network having a database operatively disposed within and accessible on said network;

using an HTML front-end entry process;

creating and storing personal homepage content in a database for a owner;

receiving a fee from said owner for making said personal homepage accessible on said network; and

allowing said owner to update said personal homepage over said network.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said content includes categories of information.

14. The method of claim 13, further including non-textual information associated with said categories.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said non-textual information includes graphics.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein said content includes keywords.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said content includes categories associated to said keywords.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein said content includes categories associated to said second set of keywords.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein said content categories associated to said keywords and further associated to an additional set of categories.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein said account further includes personalized information.

21. The method of claim 20, where said personalized information includes a URL to the user'"'"'s homepage.

22. The method of claim 12, further including the act of password-protecting said account.