Patent ID: 7421476
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for converting Internet messages for publishing, the steps of the method comprising: a) providing at least one computer coupled to the Internet; b) providing a first message database on the at least one computer; c) posting a message on the first message database for access by users of the Internet; d) permitting the users of the Internet to respond to the first message by posting subsequent messages to the first message database on the at least one computer; e) providing a second message database on the at least one computer; f) providing a protocol for interfacing the first and second databases; g) establishing a set of rules for the protocol which permits the users of the Internet to retrieve specific messages from the first database; h) importing the retrieved specific messages from the first database to the second database by utilizing the interfacing protocol; i) editing the retrieved messages in the second database in a predefined structure; j) outputting the predefined edited retrieved messages in a published format; k) establishing a hierarchy for the second database thereby permitting a single user to act as a moderator for controlling the steps of importing retrieved messages, editing retrieved messages and outputting the predefined edited retrieved messages; and l) permitting the moderator to give access to the steps of importing retrieved messages, editing retrieved messages and outputting the predefined edited retrieved messages to a user of the Internet at the discretion of the moderator.