Method and apparatus for creating a personalized home page on a Web site

• US 20050114344A1
• Filed: 04/08/2004
• 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:
  US10/821,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20050114344A1
• 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 creating a personalized home page on a web site are disclosed. Preferred embodiments include creating a personalized home page including desired content, and associating a user account on a web site with the home page, including the desired content and an associated user ID and password.

Claims

1. A method for creating a personalized home page on a web site comprising:

presenting a entry page to the user for user entry of desired content;

receiving said entry of desired content from said user;

associating a user account on said web site with said home page, said account including said desired content and an associated user ID and password; and

creating a personalized home page including said desired content.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said content includes categories of information.

3. The method of claim 2, further including non-textual information associated with said categories.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said non-textual information includes graphics.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said content includes keywords.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein said content includes categories associated to said keywords.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein said content includes categories associated to said second set of keywords.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said content categories associated to said keywords and further associated to an additional set of categories.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said account further includes personalized information.

10. The method of claim 7, where said personalized information includes a URL to the user'"'"'s homepage.

11. The method of claim 1, further including the act of password-protecting said account.

12. An apparatus for creating a personalized home page on a web site comprising:

a web site configured to host a home page and;

present a entry page to the user for user entry of desired content;

receive said entry of desired content from said user;

associate a user account on said web site with said home page, said account including said desired content and an associated user ID and password; and

create a personalized home page including said desired content.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said content includes categories of information.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further including non-textual information associated with said categories.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said non-textual information includes graphics.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said content includes keywords.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said content includes categories associated to said keywords.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein said content includes categories associated to said second set of keywords.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein said content categories associated to said keywords and further associated to an additional set of categories.

20. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said account further includes personalized information.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, where said personalized information includes a URL to the user'"'"'s homepage.

22. The apparatus of claim 12, further including the act of password-protecting said account.