Method and system for operating a content management system

• US 6,643,663 B1
• Filed: 10/08/1999
• Issued: 11/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/1999
• Status: Expired

• Current Assignee: The BELO Company (DallasNews Corp.)
• Original Assignee: The BELO Company (DallasNews Corp.)
• Inventors: Washington, Melda Marie, Lee, Ronald Gene, Trujillo, Lourdes Maria, Hill, David Thomas, Dabney, Michael Blane
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Hosain T.
• Application Number:
  US09/415,560
• Time in Patent Office: 1,488 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104.1, 707/102, 707/10-- 1, 345/730, 345/731, 345/751, 345/752, 709/218
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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

The present invention is directed to a content management system for receiving, editing, and distributing data across a network. The method includes accessing the data stored in a database, presenting the data for inspection, and assigning the data to at least one target location for distribution. Another embodiment of the present invention is a user interface operating on a computing device for editing data in the content management system.

Claims

1. A method for a news gathering and publishing group to collect, edit, and publish news stories utilizing a content management system, said method comprising:

receiving news content from at least one author, the news content including multiple elements;

storing the news content in a database by the content management system;

receiving a request to access the news content by an editor;

displaying the news content for review by the editor, said displaying including forming multiple display regions to display selected ones of the multiple elements of the news content;

providing editing capability for the editor to alter the elements of the news content;

receiving an indication to set a notifier indicative of the news content being approved for dissemination;

displaying a visual identifier representative of the notifier being set;

storing the notifier in the database in association with the news content;

maintaining a list of network target locations interested in certain news content; and

assigning the news content to at least one network target location selected from the list of network target locations to send the news content.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising operating the content management system on a distributed network.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising forming the list of network target locations based on subscribers requesting certain news content to be sent from the news gathering and publishing group.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising sending the news content to the assigned at least one network target locations in response to said assigning of the news content.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said sending is performed automatically.

6. A system for a news gathering and publishing group to collect, edit, and publish news stories utilizing a content management system, said system comprising:

means for receiving news content from at least one author, the news content including multiple elements;

means for storing the news content in a database by the content management system, said means for storing being in communication with said means for receiving the news content;

means for receiving a request to access the news content by an editor, said means for receiving the request being in communication with said means for storing the news content;

means for displaying the news content for review by the editor, said means for displaying including forming multiple display regions to display selected ones of the multiple elements of the news content, and further being in communication with said means for receiving the request;

means for providing editing capability for the editor to alter the elements of the news, said means for providing editing capability in communication with said means for displaying;

means for receiving an indication to set a notifier indicative of the news content being approved for dissemination, said means for receiving the indication being in communication with said means for providing editing capability;

means for displaying a visual identifier representative of the notifier being set, said means for displaying the visual identifier in communication with said means for receiving the indication to set the notifier;

means for storing the notifier in the database in association with the news content, said means for storing the notifier in communication with said means for receiving the indication;

means for maintaining a list of network target locations interested in certain news content, said means for maintaining the list being in communication with said means for storing the notifier; and

means for assigning operable to assign the news content at least one network target location selected from the list of network target locations to send the news content, said means for assigning the news content in communication with said means for maintaining the list of network target locations.

7. The system according to claim 6, further comprising means for operating the content management system on a distributed network.

8. The system according to claim 6, further comprising means for forming the list of network target locations based on subscribers requesting certain news content to be sent from the news gathering and publishing group.

9. The system according to claim 6, further comprising means for sending the news content to the assigned at least one network target location in response to the news content being assigned.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein said means for sending is operable to automatically send the news content.