Content management application for an interactive environment

• US 7,818,411 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2008
• Issued: 10/19/2010
• 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: Kunte, Kaustubh, Sarkar, Biswajit, Gopakumar, Meena, Bimson, Andrea, Miranda, Lorraine, Rao, Shashikant, Chyung, Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Jacobs, LaShonda T
• Application Number:
  US12/106,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20080229391A1
• Time in Patent Office: 911 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/205, 709/18, 709/219, 709/223, 709/224, 709/218, 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:

a network interface communicating with a memory comprising a database;

the memory communicating with a processor;

the processor, executing a plurality of computer programs comprising a workflow application;

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

a reviewer interface device configured to allow a reviewer to interface with said workflow application for at least one of;

accessing said webpage content, reviewing said webpage content, removing said webpage content, and launching said webpage content to said internet website server; and

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said database configured to maintain 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 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 reviewer 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 reviewer 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 interne server following expiration of a pre-determined time period.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said webpage content is XML and wherein said reviewer 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. The system of claim 10, wherein at least one of:

said reviewer and second reviewer is at least one of;

said author, an artist, a designer, an administrator, a manager, an employee, and a contractor.

12. A computer-implemented method for facilitating changes to webpage content comprising:

at least one of;

editing, using a computer, said webpage content and providing, using said computer, said webpage content to a workflow application;

at least one of;

accessing, using said computer, said webpage content, reviewing, using said computer, said webpage content, launching, using said computer, said webpage content to a server, and removing, using said computer, said webpage content from a server, wherein a reviewer interfaces with said workflow application; and

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

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

14. The method of claim 13, 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.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

generating, using said computer, passwords for providing access to said workflow application; and

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

16. The method of claim 12, comprising interfacing said reviewer with said workflow application for receiving approved webpage content and launching said webpage content to said intranet server for input to said internet server.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising updating said webpage content with at least one of a copyright, date stamp, and a copyright creator.

18. The method of claim 12, 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. The system of claim 12, wherein said reviewer is at least one of:

an author, an artist, a designer, an administrator, a manager, an employee, and a contractor.

20. A non-transitory 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:

at least one of;

editing said webpage content and providing said webpage content to a workflow application;

at least one of;

accessing said webpage content, reviewing said webpage content, launching said webpage content to a server, and removing said webpage content from a server, wherein a reviewer interfaces with said workflow application; and

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