Patent ID: 7424487
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for implementing a bulletin board system (BBS) on a server computer without employing database management software (DBMS), and by employing a native file system of the server computer, the method comprising: defining a hierarchical directory structure having a plurality of directories and sub-directories into which a plurality of BBS items are individually storable as files in accordance with the native file system of the server computer such that the files are directly openable and viewable by one or more application computer programs not associated with the BBS and such that the files as stored do not have to be extracted by the BBS before being opened by the application computer programs, where formats of the files are specified by the application computer programs and are not specified by the BBS, and where the hierarchical directory structure is implemented within the native filesystem and not within the BBS; in response to receiving a request from a client computer to post a BBS item on the BBS, in response to a request from a client computer to view the BBS,