Patent ID: 6684369
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer system comprising a tool for creating Web sites having user specified features, comprising:means for storing a library of templates corresponding to a plurality of predefined features available in a web site, wherein the templates further comprise: modifiable profile documents that correspond to HTML objects and non-HTML objects presented on the Web site, optional characteristics that enable a web site creator implementing the tool to select, at least, display characteristics for the Web site, and data fields that hold web site creator input data; means for enabling a web site creator using the tool to select the desired ones of said plurality of predefined features for a Web site; means for enabling a web site creator using the tool to access and modify the modifiable profile documents, wherein modification to a particular one of the modifiable profile documents updates every occurrence of the HTML objects and non-HTML objects presented on the Web site that correspond to the particular one of the modifiable profile documents; means for retrieving one or more templates corresponding to the selected ones of said plurality of predefined features; means for enabling a web site creator using the tool to select the optional characteristics for one or more of the one or more retrieved templates; means for enabling a web site creator using the tool to input data to fill the retrieved template data fields; means for assembling a Web site based on the one or more retrieved templates, the selected optional characteristics, and the input data.