Patent US6324538 - Automated on-line information service and directory, particularly for the ...

A computer network and a database are used to provide a hardware-independent, dynamic information system in which the information content is entirely user-controlled. Requests are received from individual users of the computer network to electronically publish information, and input is accepted from the individual users. Entries from the users containing the information to be electronically published are automatically collected, classified and stored in the database in searchable and retrievable form. Entries are made freely accessible on the computer network. In response to user requests, the database is searched and entries are retrieved. Entries are served to users in a hardware-independent page description language. The entries are password protected, allowing users to retrieve and update entries by supplying a correct password. Preferably, the process is entirely automated with any necessary billing being performed by secure, on-line credit card processing. The user making a...

Inventors: Ralph E. Wesinger, Jr., Christopher D. Coley
Primary Examiner: Frantz Coby
Current U.S. Classification: 1/1; 707/999.01; 707/E17.116; 709/217; 709/218
International Classification: G06F 1730

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Claims

1. A method of publishing information on a computer network comprising the steps of:

creating a database entry containing information recieved from a user of the computer network, wherein the information includes data representing text, a universal resource locator, an image, and a user-selected category;

generating a transaction ID corresponding to the database entry;

password protecting the entries;

displaying the entries in accordance with the user-selected category;

presenting the information to a user in hyper text markup language in response to a user's request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is charged for the creation of the database entry.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the charge is applied to a user's credit card.

4. The method of publishing information on a computer network comprising the steps of:

presenting a data entry form to a user with a plurality of categories, wherein the categories have subcategories;

creating a database entry containing the information submitted via the entry form, wherein the information includes data representing text, a universal resource locator, an image, and a user-selected category;

generating a transaction ID corresponding to the database entry;

password protecting the entry; and

making the entry accessible over the network to other users of the network.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the steps of:

searching the entries in response to a user search criterion;

displaying search results in hyper text markup language as a sequence of universal resource locators directed to the database entries; and

presenting the information to be published from a database entry to the user in hyper text markup language in response to a user selecting one of the entries' universal resource locator.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the entries' universal resource locator is a universal resource locator containing the transaction ID of the entry.

7. The method publishing information on a computer network comprising the steps of:

creating a database entry containing information accepted from a user of the computer network, wherein the accepted information includes data representing text, a universal resource locator, an image, and a user-selected category;

generating a unique transaction ID corresponding to the database entry;

password protecting the entry;

searching the entries in response to a user search criterion;

displaying search results in hyper text markup language as a sequence of universal resource locators directed to the database entries; and,

presenting a datbase entry to the user in hyper text markup language in response to a user selecting one of the entries' universal resource locator.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the entries' universal resource locator is a universal resource locator containing the transaction ID of the entry.