Content management application for an interactive environment

• US 7,401,138 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2006
• Issued: 07/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Liberty Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Inventors: Gopakumar, Meena, Chyung, Jin, Bimson, Andrea S, Kunte, Kaustubh, Rao, Shashikant, Sarkar, Biswajit, Miranda, Lorraine
• Primary Examiner(s): JACOBS, LASHONDA T
• Application Number:
  US11/458,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20060277475A1
• Time in Patent Office: 726 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/218, 709/219, 709/223, 709/224, 709/205, 707/1, 707/2, 707/5, 707/7, 707/9, 707/10, 707/104.1, 707/202, 715/513
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

The content management application is an intranet application which provides a process for implementing changes to an internet website of a company by providing the company the ability to define and enforce a common style of page layout. The application can be accessed via a desktop browser and multiple users may access the application for multiple reasons at the same time. The application also dynamically generates new page designs and new component design with various people assigned to groups or teams enabling the continuous creation and processing of content. Once the content is created and reviewed, it is then launched onto the company'"'"'s internet site for viewing by the internet users accessing the company'"'"'s web page.

Claims

1. A system for facilitating changes to webpage content on an internet website server, comprising:

an author interface device configured to allow an author to interface with a workflow application to at least one of edit and provide said webpage content in said workflow application;

a first reviewer interface device configured to allow a first reviewer to interface with said workflow application for accessing and reviewing said webpage content;

an administrator interface configured to allow an administrator to review said webpage content when said webpage content has been approved by said first reviewer and allow said administrator to launch said webpage content to said internet website server;

said administrator configured to remove said webpage content from a webpage on said internet website server when a pre-determined expiration date is reached; and

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a database configured to maintain said removed webpage content for subsequent audit, wherein said removed webpage content includes audit information relating to a workflow process associated with said workflow application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said first reviewer interface device is configured to reject said webpage content and return said rejected webpage content to said workflow application for revision by said author.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said administrator interface is configured to allow said administrator to at least one of identify, create, assign and modify workflow groups.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said administrator interface is configured allow said administrator to grant varying levels of access based on workflow groups.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a counter configured to update said webpage content with at least one of a copyright, date stamp, and a copyright creator.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising an auto-expiration provision configured to monitor said webpage content, wherein said webpage content is removed from said internet server following expiration of a pre-determined time period.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said webpage content is XML and wherein said administrator interface is further configured to launch said webpage content by converting XML to HTML.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a security apparatus configured to define content modification privileges for a cell of said webpage content.

9. The system of claim 1, further including a second reviewer interface device configured to allow a second reviewer to interface with said workflow application.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said second reviewer rejects said webpage content and returns said rejected webpage content to said workflow application for revision by at least one of said author and said reviewer.

11. A computer-implemented method for facilitating changes to webpage content comprising the steps of:

at least one of editing and providing said webpage content to a workflow application;

accessing and reviewing said webpage content by a first reviewer, wherein said first reviewer interfaces with said workflow application;

accessing and reviewing said webpage content by an administrator, wherein said administrator interfaces with said workflow application when said webpage content has been approved by said first reviewer;

removing said webpage content from a webpage on said internet website server when a pre-determined expiration date is reached; and

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maintaining said removed webpage content for subsequent audit, wherein said removed webpage content includes audit information about a workflow process associated with said workflow application.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising interfacing a second reviewer with said workflow application.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising reviewing and rejecting said webpage content and returning said rejected webpage content to said workflow application for revision, revising said webpage content and returning said revised webpage content to said workflow application for review.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

generating passwords for providing access to said workflow application; and

providing said passwords to said administrator for communicating a separate, different password to each of said first reviewer and said second reviewer.

15. The method of claim 11, comprising interfacing said administrator with said workflow application for receiving approved webpage content and launching said webpage content to said intranet server for input to said internet server.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising adding said webpage content to said internet server.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising updating said webpage content with at least one of a copyright, date stamp, and a copyright creator.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising monitoring said webpage content, wherein said webpage content is removed from said internet server following expiration of a pre-determined time period.

19. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, said plurality of instructions when executed by a processor for facilitating changes to webpage content, cause said processor to perform a method comprising the steps of:

at least one of editing and providing said webpage content to a workflow application;

defining content modification privileges for a cell of said webpage content;

accessing and reviewing said webpage content by a first reviewer, wherein said first reviewer interfaces with said workflow application;

accessing and reviewing said webpage content by an administrator, wherein said administrator interfaces with said workflow application when said webpage content has been approved by said first reviewer;

launching said webpage content to said internet website server;

automatically removing said webpage content from a webpage on said internet website server when a pre-determined expiration date is reached; and

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maintaining said removed webpage content for subsequent audit, wherein said removed webpage content includes audit information about a workflow process associated with said workflow application.