Patent ID: 6606664
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A multi-level computer architecture for managing content in a shared use operating environment, the architecture including:a registration server level including at least one registration server, each registration server comprising a remote registration manager and a registration database for new user registration, and each registration server being further characterized in that it is free of content managed by the architecture; a content server level including at least one content server, each content server linked for network communications with a registration server, each content server containing content managed by the architecture, and each content server being further characterized in that it serves such content only for presentation to registered users, namely, users who have previously been registered with a registration server; and a client level including at least one client workstation, each client workstation connectable to a content server by a client-server network communications link, and each client workstation being further characterized in that it presents to at least one registered user content which is served over the client-server network communications link by the content server; wherein the client-server network communications link permits communication over at least one of: a local area network, a wide area network, a metropolitan area network, the World Wide Web, a private Internet, a secure Internet, a value-added network, a virtual private network, an intranet.