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WO2001046860A1 - Constructeur de page web utilisant des outils d'entree categorises - Google Patents

Constructeur de page web utilisant des outils d'entree categorises Download PDF

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WO2001046860A1
WO2001046860A1 PCT/US2000/030161 US0030161W WO0146860A1 WO 2001046860 A1 WO2001046860 A1 WO 2001046860A1 US 0030161 W US0030161 W US 0030161W WO 0146860 A1 WO0146860 A1 WO 0146860A1
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Uri Sarid
Doran Gal
Eran Liron
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
    • G06F16/95—Retrieval from the web
    • G06F16/958—Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

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  • the present invention relates to web page builder programs.
  • the Internet has exploded as a result of the popularity of the
  • WWW World Wide Web
  • Businesses and individuals in large numbers have created web sites which are accessible on the WWW.
  • Web pages are created using a markup language, typically the hypertext markup language (HTML).
  • HTML hypertext markup language
  • graphical web page design tools have been created. These graphical web page design tools allow the user to graphically input and format data to create a web page.
  • the graphical web page builder programs automatically produce a web page based upon the user's graphical input.
  • the problem with prior-art graphical web page design systems is that it is hard to search the web pages so created to find context- or category-based information. In many situations, it is desired that the inputted web page data is associated in some manner with category information.
  • XML extensible markup language
  • One embodiment of the present invention is a web page builder that automatically associates category information with input data by using selectable category -based data input tools in the web page builder.
  • the input data can then be stored in a database associated with category information. This allows the data to be quickly accessed based upon the category.
  • the web page builder system includes a web page builder program and a database.
  • the web page builder program is accessible on a user's computer.
  • the web page builder program provides a display on the user's computer; the display includes a graphical interface to a number of selectable category-based data input tools and a web page canvas display.
  • the selectable category-based data input tools allow the input of data to build a web page.
  • the web page builder program associates at least some of the input data with category information based on a selected category-based data input tool, while the web page canvas displays a mock-up of a web page being constructed.
  • the database is associated with a web server and stores web page information for the web page constructed by the web page builder program. In the database, the input data is associated with the category information.
  • Another embodiment of the present invention is a method including constructing a web page using a web page builder program, the constructing step including selecting a number of category-based data input tools and inputting data using the category -based data input tools.
  • the web page builder program associates at least some of the data with category information based on the selected category -based data input tools.
  • the method also includes the step of storing web page information for the web page constructed by the web page builder program in a database such that the input data is associated with category information.
  • the present invention allows for a web page to be easily built by an inexperienced user such that the input web page data is associated with category information.
  • the association of the input data of a web page with the category information in the database allows for more accurate searching of the database as well as for the construction of services, such as affinity groups and the like, in a more accurate manner.
  • Associating of context information with input data also allows for category-based default web page formatting which can simplify the production of a web page by the user.
  • Category -based data input tools are a much more user-driven way to input data than forms which are typically considered by users to be intimidating.
  • Figure 1 is a diagram of a web page builder system of one embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating one embodiment of the web page builder and database of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 illustrates one embodiment of the web page builder system of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 shows a web page builder program 20 loaded into a user's computer 22.
  • the web page builder program need not be completely contained within the user's computer 22, but can be stored in another location, such as the web server 24.
  • the web page builder program is downloaded from the web server 24 to the user's computer 22 across the Internet.
  • the web page building program 20 produces a display 26 at the user's computer 22.
  • the display 26 includes a graphic interface with a number of selectable category -based data input tools 28 and a web page mock-up canvas 30. The user can select some of the category-based input tools 28 to input data to construct the web page.
  • the selectable category -based input tools can include tools for name, telephone, address, occupation, interests, and other category -based tools.
  • the user selects one of the category -based tools and then inputs data to build the web page. For example, if the user selects a name tool, a pop-up dialog box will appear on the screen and allow the user to input the name data.
  • the name tool is specially adapted for inputting the name data.
  • the canvas 30 displays a mock-up of the web page including the name data.
  • the name data is preferably displayed in a format appropriate for the selected category.
  • the data becomes automatically associated with category information. For example, the user's input name becomes associated with the "name" category.
  • the category -based input tools include Address, Company, Customers, E-mail, Name, Phone Number, Affiliations, awards, Education, Occupation, Research, Professional organizations/associations, birthplace and Date of birth.
  • Other category -based input tools can be used as well.
  • the user can manipulate the data on the canvas mock-up so as to modify his web page in a manner desired.
  • the web page builder program 20 sends an indication of the web page constructed across the Internet to web server 24. This indication includes the associations between the input data and the categories.
  • the web server 24 runs a database program 32. The web server stores the input data into the database 32 such that the category information is available from the database. Details of one way to store information in the database are described with respect to Figure 2 below.
  • another user on computer 34 using browser 36 can send a web page uniform resource locator (URL) request to the web server 24.
  • Web server 24 dynamically constructs the web page from the data stored in the database 32.
  • URL uniform resource locator
  • the dynamically constructed web page 38 is then displayed on the user's computer 34.
  • An advantage of dynamically constructing the web page 38 is that some data can be displayed to only members of a certain group. For example, a phone tool is used by the user to construct a web page, and the user selects a cell phone indication along with an indication that this cell phone number is to be displayed only to members of the user's family. Only if the browser 36 gives an indication to the web server 24 that the user at computer 34 is a member of the web page creator's family is the cell phone number included in the dynamically constructed web page 38.
  • the varying of the web page display based upon a viewer's group affiliation is made much simpler with the system of the present invention since category information is automatically associated with input data by the web page builder 20.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the interaction of web page builder program 50 and database 52 in one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the category -based data input tools 54 shown in this example include a name input tool, a phone number input tool, an occupation input tool and an interests input tool. After selecting one of these tools and inputting data, the data is displayed in the canvas mock-up 56.
  • the category tools have a graphical user interface which is selectable by the user from the display. This can include a button, a series of buttons, a pull-down menu, or any other graphic interface.
  • a dialog box is created. Data is entered using the dialog box and displayed onto the canvas 56. Details of the bialog box input can vary for different category tools. Once the data is displayed on canvas 56, the data may be modified, moved, and changes made in format, size and color by the user.
  • category-based default formatting is used. For example, when a name is selected and data inputted, a default position, font size, font type, color and the like is used. The default formatting can be replaced with non-standard formatting by the user as desired.
  • the selectable category-based tools are not preconfigured forms.
  • Preconfigured forms tend to intimidate the user and will often end an interaction on the Internet.
  • the selectable category-based user input tools are user-driven. The user selects only the tools desired. The user need not see the empty spaces for unnecessary input locations which are associated with preconfigured forms.
  • the category-based input tools supply value to the user in creating the web page because they allow category -based default formatting, accurate searching, sharing information, and easy updating.
  • Database 52 stores the input data associated with the category tools. For example, in the embodiment shown in Figure 2, a relational database using tables is produced using the information provided by the web page builder. In one example, when the name is input, a table entry including key value, name, location, layout information, and access information is produced. The entry indicated in Figure 2 for "John Smith” indicates a layout position of "50, 100, " type size "bold” and an access value of "all. " Note that more than one piece of data can be associated with a category.
  • the second telephone number is the number of a cell phone which only provides access to members of "group A" when a web page is dynamically created using the data in the database 52.
  • the ease with which multiple entries of a category can be produced is an advantage of the category-based input tools over forms.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram that illustrates the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the web page builder program is downloaded across the Internet to a user's computer 60 from the web server 62.
  • the category tools of the web page builder are used to construct a web page.
  • the data from the web page builder program is sent back to the web server 62.
  • the web server or web builder program sets up database table entries or modifications which are sent to the database 64.
  • the web server 62 can now dynamically construct a web site for a viewer from the database entries stored in the database 64.

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La présente invention concerne un programme de construction de pages web utilisant des outils d'entrée catégorisés et permettant la production graphique d'une page web par un utilisateur néophyte. L'utilisation de ces outils d'entrée catégorisés permet d'associer automatiquement les données d'entrée à une information de catégorie. Les données d'entrée sont rangées dans une base de données associée à l'information de catégorie.
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