Patent ID: 7529835
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for altering Web site content in accordance with the occurrence of an event, comprising: serving normal versions of Web pages; monitoring for a severe weather event that causes a high demand for said Web pages, the severe weather event associated with a particular geographic region; and upon the occurrence of said event automatically switching from a normal version of predetermined pages to an alternate version of said predetermined pages, the predetermined pages corresponding to the particular geographic region; serving the alternate versions of said predetermined pages in response to requests for the predetermined pages from users located in the geographic region; serving the normal version of the said predetermined pages in response to requests for the predetermined pages from users located outside the geographic region, wherein the normal versions have a first level of content, and the alternate versions have a second level of content that is less than the first level of content.