Configurable website and system with access control and social network features
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1. A configurable website system comprising:
- a web server available over a network, said web server having a server processor;
a plurality of function modules in data communication with said web server, said plurality of function modules including a plurality of third party social media data feeds associated with a plurality of third party social media accounts of a content owner;
a permitted user list associated with each of said plurality of function modules, stored in a database in communication with said web server, said permitted user list identifying a plurality of individual users permitted by the content owner to access the function modules, the content owner being an individual person who delegates and stores permissions for each of the users in said permitted user list on a user-by-user basis independent of any site level access control of the plurality of third party social media accounts; and
software executing on the server processor for receiving a user authentication from access hardware over the network and matching the authentication to said permitted user list for assembling a website from at least two of said plurality of function modules including at least two of the plurality of third party social media data feeds associated with at least two of the plurality of third party social media accounts of the content owner to which the received user authentication is permitted access for display on the access hardware,whereby content of the website displayed on the access hardware is customized to the user authentication and depends on the function module access permitted by the content owner to the authenticated user on a user-by-user basis.
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Abstract
A web-based system allows for publishing a website with features and access configured on a user-by-user basis by the website owner to present personal data as well as social network feeds in a single interface. The website owner can update and manage his/her social media from the same page, as well as organize private data if desired. The system includes a messaging function, in accordance with which users can drop a message into the message service of a site owner, and it gets delivered to the site owner in exactly the manner specified by the site owner.
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1. A configurable website system comprising:
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a web server available over a network, said web server having a server processor; a plurality of function modules in data communication with said web server, said plurality of function modules including a plurality of third party social media data feeds associated with a plurality of third party social media accounts of a content owner; a permitted user list associated with each of said plurality of function modules, stored in a database in communication with said web server, said permitted user list identifying a plurality of individual users permitted by the content owner to access the function modules, the content owner being an individual person who delegates and stores permissions for each of the users in said permitted user list on a user-by-user basis independent of any site level access control of the plurality of third party social media accounts; and software executing on the server processor for receiving a user authentication from access hardware over the network and matching the authentication to said permitted user list for assembling a website from at least two of said plurality of function modules including at least two of the plurality of third party social media data feeds associated with at least two of the plurality of third party social media accounts of the content owner to which the received user authentication is permitted access for display on the access hardware, whereby content of the website displayed on the access hardware is customized to the user authentication and depends on the function module access permitted by the content owner to the authenticated user on a user-by-user basis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 37)
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29. A configurable website system comprising:
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a web server available over a network, said web server having a server processor; a plurality of website data sets including information associated with a content owner in communication with said web server, said plurality of website data sets including a plurality of third party social media data feeds associated with a plurality of third party social media accounts of the content owner; a permitted user list associated with each of said plurality of website data sets, stored in a database in communication with said web server, said permitted user list identifying a plurality of users permitted by the content owner to access each of said website data sets, the content owner being an individual person who delegates and stores permissions for each of the users in said permitted user list on a user-by-user basis independent of any site level access control of the plurality of third party social media accounts; and software executing on said server processor for receiving a user authentication from viewing hardware over the network and using the authentication to retrieve at least two permitted ones of said plurality of website data sets including information associated with the content owner and at least two of the plurality of social media data feeds associated with at least two of the plurality of social media accounts of the content owner to which the user authentication is permitted access, wherein said server software, using at least one of the two permitted website data sets, performs a secondary authentication to an Internet computing resource to allow for the display of content from the resource on the viewing hardware, whereby content available elsewhere on the Internet, including the at least two permitted ones of said plurality of website data sets, is selectively displayed by said web server on a user-by-user basis. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A configurable website system comprising:
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a web server available over a network, said web server having a server processor; a plurality of websites in data communication with said web server, said plurality of websites including a plurality of third party social media websites associated with a plurality of social media accounts of a content owner; a plurality of authentications stored in a database in communication with said web server permitting one or more users access, granted by the content owner, to at least a portion of one or more of said plurality of websites including the at least one of the plurality of third party social media websites associated with the plurality of social media accounts of the content owner, said plurality of websites including information associated with the content owner, the content owner being an individual person who delegates and stores the authentications for the one or more users on a user-by-user basis independent of any site level access control of the plurality of third party social media accounts; and software executing on the server processor for receiving an authentication from access hardware over the network and presenting for display to a particular user on the access hardware a list of the websites at least a portion of which is permitted to be viewed by the particular user, including at least two of the plurality of third party social media websites associated with at least two of the plurality of third party social media accounts of the content owner, based on the received authentication. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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