Method and apparatus for electronically publishing information on a computer network

• US 20050114292A1
• Filed: 04/22/2004
• Published: 05/26/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1995
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Christopher D. Coley, Ralph E. Wesinger Jr
• Original Assignee: Christopher D. Coley, Ralph E. Wesinger Jr
• Inventors: Coley, Christopher D., Wesinger, Ralph E. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US10/830,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20050114292A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for electronically publishing information on a computer network are disclosed. A computer connected to a computer network is provided to host a database. The computer is configured receive a request from a user to electronically publish information on the computer network. The computer then may accept and store input from the user in a database. The computer may then electronically publish the user input by making information stored in the database freely accessible on the computer network.

Claims

1. A method of electronically publishing information on a computer network comprising:

receiving a request from a user to electronically publish information on the computer network;

accepting and storing input from the user in a database;

electronically publishing said stored user input by making information stored in said database freely accessible on the computer network.

2. The method of claim 1, further including the act of password-protecting said user input.

3. The method of claim 2, further including the act of allowing said user to update said user input after providing said password.

4. The method of claim 1, further including the act of receiving a request from a user to view said information over said network.

5. The method of claim 4, further including the act of retrieving the information to be viewed from said database.

6. The method of claim 5, further including the act of transforming said information on-the-fly into a hardware independent page description language representation of said information.

7. The method of claim 6, further including the act of serving said hardware independent version of said information to said user over the network.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising means for password-protecting said user input.

17. The method of claim 2, further comprising means for allowing said user to update said user input after providing said password.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising means for receiving a request from a user to view said information over said network.

19. The method of claim 4, further comprising means for retrieving the information to be viewed from said database.

20. The method of claim 5, further comprising means for transforming said information on-the-fly into a hardware independent page description language representation of said information.

21. The method of claim 6, further comprising means for serving said hardware independent version of said information to said user over the network.

8. An apparatus for electronically publishing information on a computer network comprising:

a computer connected to the computer network hosting a database configured to;

receive a request from a user to electronically publish information on the computer network;

accept and store input from the user in a database; and

electronically publish said stored user input by making information stored in said database freely accessible on the computer network.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, said computer being further configured to password-protect said user input.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, said computer being further configured to allow said user to update said user input after providing said password.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, said computer being further configured to receive a request from a user to view said information over said network.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, said computer being further configured to retrieve the information to be viewed from said database.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, said computer being further configured to transform said information on-the-fly into a hardware independent page description language representation of said information.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, said computer being further configured to serve said hardware independent version of said information to said user over the network.

15. An apparatus for electronically publishing information on a computer network comprising:

means for receiving a request from a user to electronically publish information on the computer network;

means for accepting and storing input from the user in a database; and

means for electronically publishing said stored user input by making information stored in said database freely accessible on the computer network.