Incorporated web page content

• US 8,156,141 B1
• Filed: 12/13/2006
• Issued: 04/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Text Corporation
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Shmulevich, Igor, Chen, Ling
• Primary Examiner(s): ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M
• Application Number:
  US11/639,038
• Time in Patent Office: 1,945 Days
• Field of Search: 707/999.01, 707/770, 707/803, 707/769, 709/227
• US Class Current: 707/770
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

Keeping incorporated web page content up to date is disclosed. A web page is associated with a stored object that has been incorporated into the web page, for example an object stored in a repository. The web page is updated automatically based at least in part on an indication that the stored object has been changed.

Claims

1. A method of keeping incorporated web page content up to date, comprising:

receiving an incorporation indication that a user incorporated a stored object into a web page;

associating the web page with a structure in a repository, wherein the structure associates a specified object embedded in a specified web page with the specified web page for future lookup;

associating the stored object with the structure;

receiving a publishing indication that the web page is to be published;

incorporating the stored object into the web page as a first static content;

publishing the web page including the first static content;

receiving a change indication that the stored object has changed to a current object;

using a processor and the structure to automatically determine a plurality of web pages that include the stored object, wherein the plurality includes the web page;

automatically updating the web page by incorporating the current object into the web page as a second static content to replace the first static content; and

automatically re-publishing the plurality of web pages including the web page with the second static content.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising monitoring the stored object to detect any change to the stored object.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising determining that the stored object has been changed.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising integrating with the repository to detect changes to the stored object.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising creating and maintaining a table as the structure, wherein the table comprises data that associates stored objects with web pages that include said stored objects.

6. A method as recited in claim 5, wherein the table is stored in the repository in which the stored objects are stored.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the stored object that has been incorporated is a link to another web page.

8. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising integrating with the repository, wherein the repository tracks where the stored object is stored and provides an indication when the stored object is moved.

9. A method as recited in claim 5, wherein the table in addition maps the stored object to one or more web pages into which a content comprising the stored object has been incorporated.

10. A computer system, comprising:

a processor configured to

receive an incorporation indication that a user incorporated a stored object into a web page;

associate the web page with a structure in a repository, wherein the structure associates a specified object embedded in a specified web page with the specified web page for future lookup;

associate the stored object with the structure;

receive a publishing indication that the web page is to be published;

incorporate the stored object into the web page as a first static content;

publish the web page including the first static content;

receive a change indication that the stored object has changed to a current object;

use the structure to automatically determine a plurality of web pages that include the stored object, wherein the plurality includes the web page; and

automatically re-publish the plurality of web pages including the web page with the second static content; and

a storage configured to store the stored object.

12. A system as recited in claim 10, wherein the repository is stored in the storage.

11. A computer program product for keeping incorporated web page content up to date, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving an incorporation indication that user incorporated a stored object into a web page;

associating the web page with a structure in a repository, wherein the structure associates a specified object embedded in a specified web page with the specified web page for future lookup;

associating the stored object with the structure;

receiving a publishing indication that the web page is to be published;

incorporating the stored object into the web page as a first static content;

publishing the web page including the first static content;

receiving a change indication that the stored object has changed to a current object;

using the structure to automatically determine a plurality of web pages that include the stored object, wherein the plurality includes the web page;

automatically updating the web page by incorporating the current object into the web page as a second static content to replace the first static content; and

automatically re-publishing the plurality of web pages including the web page with the second static content.