SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTENT ON A NETWORK INTERFACE

• US 20090077219A1
• Filed: 11/13/2008
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bruce Zak
• Inventors: Zak, Bruce, Zak, Regina
• Granted Patent: US 8,713,134 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• 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 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

The disclosed invention is a system and method (collectively the “system”) for the automated management of content on a network interface. The network interface can be a web site on the World Wide Web, an Internet location, an intranet location, an extranet location, or some other form of network interface (collectively “web site”). The system can automatically create applications and links to those applications without human intervention. Examples of automated applications include newsroom applications, calendar of events, employment opportunities, project portfolio, biographies, frequently asked questions, document library, category management, product catalogs, e-mail broadcasts, surveys, and newsletters. Fully normalized hierarchies of business rules and user profiles can be supported by the system to facilitate automation and configurability. Multiple content providers can manage a single web site in a simultaneous or substantially simultaneous manner. In ASP embodiments, multiple organizations can use the system to manage multiple web sites in a substantially simultaneous manner.

Claims

1. A network interface management system, comprising:

an interface subsystem, including a content interface configured to capture a plurality of input characteristics comprising a start date;

a content subsystem, including a site, a configurable application and a configurable link;

wherein said system provides for generating said configurable application from said plurality of input characteristics;

wherein said system provides for automatically embedding said configurable link on said site in accordance with said start date; and

wherein said configurable link points to said configurable application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said content interface is a portal.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said portal is a platform independent portal.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein said portal includes an input view and an output view.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said input view includes an application view.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said systems provides for automatically generating said configurable application from said input characteristics.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said site is one of an intranet site, an extranet site, or an Internet site.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said input characteristics further comprise an end date, and system provides for automatically removing said configurable application and said configurable link in accordance with said end date.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said content interface provides for capturing said plurality of input characteristics from a non-technical content provider.

10. The system of claim 1, said content subsystem further including a plurality of configurable applications and a plurality of configurable links pointing to said plurality of configurable applications, wherein each configurable application in said plurality of configurable applications does not have the same start date.

11. The system of claim 1, said interface subsystem further including a plurality of content interfaces comprising a first content interface and a second content interface, wherein said input characteristics captured from said first content interface generate a first subset of configurable applications, and wherein said input characteristics captured from said second content interface generate a second subset of configurable applications.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein input characteristics are captured by said first content interface and said second content interface in a substantially simultaneous manner.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said configurable link is a static code program.

14. The system of claim 1, said content subsystem further including a plurality of configurable applications comprising at least two of a news application, a document library application, a project portfolio application, an organization application, a newsletter application, and an events application.

15. The system of claim 14, said content subsystem further including a plurality of configurable application comprising at least three of a news application, a document library application, a project portfolio application, an organization application, a newsletter application, and an events application.

16. The system of claim 15, said content subsystem further including a plurality of configurable application comprising at least four of a news application, a document library application, a project portfolio application, an organization application, a newsletter application, and an events application.

17. The system of claim 16, said content subsystem further including a plurality of configurable application comprising at least five of a news application, a document library application, a project portfolio application, an organization application, a newsletter application, and an events application.

18. The system of claim 17, said content subsystem further including a plurality of configurable application comprising a news application, a document library application, a project portfolio application, a company bios application, a newsletter application, and an events application.

19. The system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of business rules, wherein said configurable link and said configurable application is generated with said plurality of business rules.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said plurality of business rules include at least two of a user-based rule, a group-based rule, an organization-based rule, and an ASP-based rule.

21. The system of claim 19, further comprising a plurality of profiles associated with said content interface, wherein said configurable link and said configurable application is generated with said plurality of profiles.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein said plurality of profiles includes at least two of a user-profile, a group-profile, an organization-profile, and an ASP profile.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein said plurality of profiles includes a subscriber-profile.

24. The system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality sites and a plurality of organizations, wherein said plurality of organizations modify said plurality of sites with said system.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of organizations modifies said plurality of sites in a substantially simultaneous manner.

26. A network interface management system, comprising:

an interface subsystem, including a plurality of content interfaces configured to capture a plurality of input characteristics;

a content subsystem, including a site, a plurality of configurable applications and a plurality of configurable links;

wherein said system provides for selectively generating one or more said configurable applications from said plurality of input characteristics; and

wherein said system provides for automatically embedding one or more said configurable links pointing to said generated configurable applications on said site.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein said configurable applications are generated without human intervention.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein said plurality of input characteristics comprise a start date, and wherein said configurable links are embedded on said site in accordance with said start date.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein said plurality of input characteristics comprise a end date, and wherein said configurable links are from said site in accordance with said end date.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein said plurality of input characteristics further comprise a start date, and wherein said configurable links are embedded on said site in accordance with said start date.

31. The system of claim 26, wherein a plurality of organizations access said plurality of content interfaces.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein said plurality of organizations are charged a subscription fee from an ASP.

33. The system of claim 26, further comprising a plurality of business rules and a plurality of profiles, wherein said system selectively generates one or more said applications from said plurality of business rules and said plurality of profiles.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein said plurality of business rules includes a user-rule, a group-rule, and an organization rule, and wherein said plurality of profiles includes a user-profile, a group-profile, and an organization-profile.

35. The system of claim 26, wherein said plurality of applications is associated with a plurality of predetermined application types.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein said plurality of predetermined application types include a news application, a newsletter application, an events application, an organization application, a document library application, an e-mail broadcast application, a frequently asked questions application, an employment opportunities application, a system maintenance application, and an administrative application.

37. The system of claim 26, said plurality of content interfaces comprising a first content interface and a second content interface, wherein said input characteristics captured from said first content interface generate a first subset of configurable applications, and wherein said input characteristics captured from said second content interface generate a second subset of configurable applications.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein input characteristics are captured by said first content interface and said second content interface in a substantially simultaneous manner.

39. The system of claim 37, wherein said first content interface triggers a modification in a first application, and wherein said second content interface triggers a modification a second application.

40. The system of claim 31, wherein at least one said configurable link is a static code program.

41. A method for creating website content, comprising:

defining a profile and a business rule;

scheduling a start date;

capturing content through an administrative interface from a non-technical user;

creating an application from the content, profile, and business rule; and

embedding links to the application on a site.