Patent ID: 6192382
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for selectively distributing information including personalized Web pages on the Internet comprising the steps of:generating a plurality of HTML files based on information stored in a database;generating at least one HTML fragment based on information stored in the database having a predetermined content;storing each generated HTML fragment in a tag cache;associating a particular tag with each HTML fragment stored within the tag cache;expanding the generated HTML files by selectively embedding at least one of the tags into at least one of the generated HTML files, wherein the tags and HTML files are selected for embedding based on a predetermined user preference to allow user personalization of the HTML file; andstoring the expanded HTML files in a storage device, wherein when a request is received from a user for distribution of an HTML file, the method further comprises constructing an output HTML file by retrieving the corresponding expanded HTML file from the storage device, locating any embedded tags to retrieve the associated HTML fragment from the tag cache for replacement of the located tags, and distributing the constructed output HTML file to the user.