System and method for dynamic modification of web content

• US 7,844,907 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2002
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Final Corporation
• Inventors: Watler, William, Phillips, Jonathan, Young, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo; Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, MYLINH T
• Application Number:
  US10/272,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20040075686A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,967 Days
• Field of Search: 345/744, 345/735, 345/760, 345/762, 345/763, 345/764, 345/765, 345/808, 715/744, 715/735, 715/760, 715/762, 715/763, 715/764, 715/765, 715/808, 715/790
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A system and method for dynamic modification and generation of data. One embodiment includes an annotation server that is connected to a user and a content provider. The annotation server is configured to modify a copy of an enterprise'"'"'s stored Web content without necessarily modifying the actual stored Web content. The annotation server then provides the modified content to the user for viewing or other use.

Claims

1. A method for modifying a copy of original Web-page code stored at a content provider, the method comprising the steps of:

responsive to a request from a user for Web content, receiving, at an annotation server, the copy of the original Web-page code, wherein the copy of the original Web-page code includes executable code associated with a data item;

determining an operational modification that should be applied to the copy of the original Web-page code, wherein the determined operational modification is associated with the data item;

modifying the copy of the original Web-page code according to the determined operational modification, wherein the original Web-page code stored at the content provider is not modified responsive to modifying the copy of the original Web-page code;

providing the modified copy of original Web-page code to the user; and

wherein the data item comprises a graphical object which comprises a graphics-based animation object which comprises Flash content.

2. A method for modifying a copy of original Web-page code stored at a content provider, the method comprising the steps of:

responsive to a request from a user for Web content, receiving, at an annotation server, the copy of the original Web-page code, wherein the copy of the original Web-page code includes executable code associated with a data item;

determining an operational modification that should be applied to the copy of the original Web-page code, wherein the determined operational modification is associated with the data item;

modifying the copy of the original Web-page code according to the determined operational modification, wherein the original Web-page code stored at the content provider is not modified responsive to modifying the copy of the original Web-page code;

providing the modified copy of original Web-page code to the user comprising;

providing the modified copy of the original Web-page code from the annotation server directly to the user; and

wherein modifying the copy of the original Web-page code comprises insertion of executable code configured to monitor for the user to enter data into a field.

3. A method for modifying original content received from a content provider, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving the original content from the content provider, the original content including a content object;

determining a modification that should be applied to the original content, wherein the determined modification is associated with the content object included in the received original content;

modifying the received-original content according to the determined modification;

providing the modified-original content to a user wherein the modified-original content, from the user'"'"'s perspective, appears to originate from the content provider;

wherein modifying the original content comprises inserting executable code into the original content which comprises inserting JavaScript into the original content.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the original content comprises a field for user data entry and wherein the inserted executable code is configurable to validate the data entered into the field in a Web-based form against data previously provided by the content provider.