Automatic website generator

• US 9,396,173 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2015
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Site Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Site Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Tymoshenko, Oles, Curry, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Isaac M
• Application Number:
  US14/588,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20150113384A1
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 707600-899
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• 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 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A system and method for the automatic generation of a website. The website is created upon a user request, where the user provides identification information that is used to search an information database. The information will provide a reference to a code that relates to a template that is used to specify the layout, style and content of the website that is to be generated, and the website is then generated in accordance with the structure of the template, based on content contained in the information database. The user may engage the system and method by means of e-mail or a dedicated website or other such suitable means.

Claims

1. A method for automatically generating a website, the method comprising:

(a) receiving, at a server, a request to generate the website, the request comprising at least one unique identifier; and

(b) operating at least one processor to generate the website;

the at least one processor being in communication with the server and configured to;

(i) identify at least one website template from a plurality of website templates stored in a storage module based on the request; and

(ii) populate one or more template fields of the at least one website template with data associated with the at least one unique identifier;

wherein the method requires as an input only the request comprising at least one unique identifier.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein operating the at least one processor to identify at least one website template further comprises locating at least one data entry in the storage module based on the request, the storage module comprising a plurality of data entries.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein locating at least one data entry in the storage module further comprises in response to locating two or more data entries, selecting a data entry from the two or more data entries.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein selecting a data entry from the two or more data entries comprises receiving, at the server, an input corresponding to the data entry.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one data entry corresponds to the at least one unique identifier.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one data entry comprises one or more identification information.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one unique identifier corresponds to one or more identification information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein operating the at least one processor to identify the at least one website template further comprises:

in response to identifying two or more website templates based on the request, selecting a website template from the two or more website templates.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein selecting a website template from the two or more website templates comprises receiving, at the server, an input corresponding to the website template.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein operating the at least one processor to generate the website further comprises:

associating each website template in the plurality of website templates with at least one classification code from a plurality of classification codes, each classification code of the plurality of classification codes corresponds to a different category;

determining a classification code corresponding to the request; and

identifying the at least one website template by selecting one or more website templates associated with the classification code.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein determining a classification code corresponding to the request comprises:

locating at least one data entry in the storage module based on the request, the storage module comprises a plurality of data entries; and

retrieving the classification code from the at least one data entry.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of classification codes is associated with a classification system and the classification system allows for each template to be grouped by at least one category.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein operating the at least one processor to generate the website further comprises defining the classification system.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the classification system is selected from the group consisting of a Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System and a North American Industry Classification System.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the storage module comprises one or more databases.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the one or more databases comprises an information database for storing a plurality of data entries associated with the at least one unique identifier.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the one or more databases comprises a template database for storing the plurality of website templates.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein operating the at least one processor to generate the website further comprises publishing the generated website on the Internet.

19. A system for automatically generating a website, the system comprising a processor in communication with a server, the processor being configured to:

receive, at the server, a request to generate the website, the request comprising at least one unique identifier;

identify at least one website template from a plurality of website templates stored in a storage module based on the request; and

populate one or more template fields of the at least one website template with data associated with the at least one unique identifier;

wherein the system requires as an input only the request comprising at least one unique identifier.

20. A method for the automatic generation of a website, the method comprising:

receiving from a communication device a request to generate a website and one or more identification information;

searching an information database comprising one or more entries for a particular entry containing the identification information, each of the one or more entries comprising a classification code for grouping entries in the information database by category, and each classification code referencing one or more website templates;

determining the website template to be used for generating the website based on the classification code included in the particular entry in the information database containing the identification information; and

populating one or more template fields of the website template with information from the particular entry in the information database containing the identification information to generate the website;

wherein the method requires as an input only the request comprising at least one unique identifier.