Patent ID: 7865819
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing assets in a web site system, comprising: defining a plurality of asset sharing modes having different levels of restrictiveness for sharing assets of a parent object with at least one direct descendent thereof in a hierarchical structure of a web site system having multiple websites, wherein the plurality of asset sharing modes comprises: implementing the plurality of asset sharing modes in a software application running on a server machine in the web site system; generating management pages for the at least one direct descendent, wherein the software application performs the generating, wherein the management pages are configured for management of asset sharing in the web site system on a per parent-child pair basis, and wherein the management pages allow for a selection of which one of the plurality of asset sharing modes applies to an individual asset or to one or more sets of the assets; and constraining the sharing of the individual asset or the one or more sets of the assets between the parent object and the at least one direct descendent on the per parent-child pair basis in accordance with the selected asset sharing mode.