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

• US 7,269,591 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2004
• Issued: 09/11/2007
• 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): RUDY, ANDREW J
• Application Number:
  US10/844,260
• Publication Number:
  US 20050144085A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,218 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 705/26, 709/229
• US Class Current: 707/781
• 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 pay-for-service web site is disclosed configured to execute an HTML front-end entry process configured for creating and storing a personal homepage for a owner. The web server is also configured to receive a fee for making the personal homepage accessible on a network.

Claims

1. A method for providing a 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;

providing an HTML front-end entry process associated with the web server;

executing an HTML front-end entry process, said HTML front-end entry process being configured to;

create a personal homepage for an owner;

store said personal home page in said database;

index said personal homepage in said database in a user-defined category; and

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

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said personal homepage includes a description associated with said user-defined category.

3. The method of claim 2, further including non-textual information associated with said user-defined category.

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

5. The method of claim 1 further including the act of indexing said personal homepage using keywords.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein said indexing includes associating said user-defined category to said keywords.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said indexing includes associating said user-defined category to a second set of keywords.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said graphical information is associated to an additional user-defined category.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said personal homepage further includes personalized information.

10. The method of claim 9, where said personalized information includes a URL to the owner'"'"'s homepage.

11. The method of claim 1, further including the act of password-protecting an account associated with said owner.

12. A web server for providing a 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;

an HTML front-end entry process associated with the web server;

the HTML front-end entry process configured to;

create a personal homepage for an owner;

store said personal home page in said database;

index said personal homepage in said database in a user-defined category; and

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

13. The web server of claim 12 wherein said personal homepage includes a description associated with said user-defined categories.

14. The web server of claim 13, further including non-textual information associated with said user-defined category.

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

16. The web server of claim 12 further configured to index said personal homepage using keywords.

17. The web server of claim 16 wherein said indexing includes associating said user-defined category to said keywords.

18. The web server of claim 17 wherein said indexing includes associating said user-defined category to a second set of keywords.

19. The web server of claim 18 wherein said graphical information is associated to an additional user-defined category.

20. The web server of claim 12 wherein said personal homepage further includes personalized information.

21. The web server of claim 20, wherein said personalized information includes a URL to the owner'"'"'s homepage.

22. The web server of claim 12, further configured to password-protect an account associated with said owner.