Distribution of content document to varying users with security, customization and scalability

• US 8,832,151 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Saha, Shoumen, Shieh, Jesse, Snitow, Jon
• Primary Examiner(s): GIRMA, ANTENEH B
• Application Number:
  US13/619,012
• Publication Number:
  US 20130018997A1
• Time in Patent Office: 725 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2119 Authenticating web pages, e.g. with suspicious links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/9994 Distributed or remote access

Abstract

A system and method for receiving a request for a container document, determining whether the request is for a container document associated with a user group, determining whether a requestor of the request is associated with a level of status within the user group among a plurality of levels of status within the user group, determining the level of status of the requestor based on a determination that the requestor is associated with a level of status within the user group, requesting configuration information based on a determination that the container document is associated with a user group and the level of status, receiving the configuration information, and serving the container document using the configuration information.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

establishing a relationship between a partner and a hosted server system based on a received request from the partner;

receiving a request from a partner administrator to customize a container document to provide to a partner end user, the container document including a first level of content and configurations selected by the partner administrator;

receiving an identification of the partner end user with access to the container document from the partner administrator;

serving, by operation of a computer, a customized container document to the partner end user; and

receiving a request from the partner end user to customize the container document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the hosted server system provides one or more services to the partner over a network in cooperation with one or more content providers.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more services includes provided configuration interfaces for use by the partner administrator to customize the container document.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the hosted server system provides a default container document, a portion of which can be configured by the partner administrator.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the partner administrator can control one or more authentication methods used to authenticate the partner end user, which content providers are available for selection by the partner end user, and a degree of configurability of the container document by the partner end user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the partner administrator can configure the container document through a web application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the customized container document served to the partner end user includes a first level of content and configurations.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the request received from the partner end user contains at least an additional level of content and configuration selections for the customized container document.

9. A computer-accessible, non-transitory storage medium encoded with computer-readable instructions configured to cause one or more data processing apparatus to:

establish a relationship between a partner and a hosted server system based on a received request from the partner;

receive a request from a partner administrator to customize a container document to provide to a partner end user, the container document including a first level of content and configurations selected by the partner administrator;

receive an identification of the partner end user with access to the container document from the partner administrator;

serve a customized container document to the partner end user; and

receive a request from the partner end user to customize the container document.

10. The medium of claim 9, wherein the hosted server system provides one or more services to the partner over a network in cooperation with one or more content providers.

11. The medium of claim 10, wherein the one or more services includes provided configuration interfaces for use by the partner administrator to customize the container document.

12. The medium of claim 9, wherein the hosted server system provides a default container document, a portion of which can be configured by the partner administrator.

13. The medium of claim 9, wherein the partner administrator can control one or more authentication methods used to authenticate the partner end user, which content providers are available for selection by the partner end user, and a degree of configurability of the container document by the partner end user.

14. The medium of claim 9, wherein the partner administrator can configure the container document through a web application.

15. The medium of claim 9, wherein the customized container document served to the partner end user includes a first level of content and configurations.

16. The medium of claim 9, wherein the request received from the partner end user contains at least an additional level of content and configuration selections for the customized container document.

17. A computer-implemented system, comprising:

memory configured to store a container document; and

at least one hardware processor interoperably coupled to the memory and configured to;

establish a relationship between a partner and a hosted server system based on a received request from the partner;

receive a request from a partner administrator to customize a container document to provide to a partner end user, the container document including a first level of content and configurations selected by the partner administrator;

receive an identification of the partner end user with access to the container document from the partner administrator;

serve a customized container document to the partner end user; and

receive a request from the partner end user to customize the container document.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the hosted server system provides one or more services to the partner over a network in cooperation with one or more content providers.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the one or more services includes provided configuration interfaces for use by the partner administrator to customize the container document.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the hosted server system provides a default container document, a portion of which can be configured by the partner administrator.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the partner administrator can control one or more authentication methods used to authenticate the partner end user, which content providers are available for selection by the partner end user, and a degree of configurability of the container document by the partner end user.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the partner administrator can configure the container document through a web application.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the customized container document served to the partner end user includes a first level of content and configurations.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein the request received from the partner end user contains at least an additional level of content and configuration selections for the customized container document.