Patent ID: 6157926
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for automated management of a collaborative internet guide system comprising:providing a first file system containing global information for insertion into HTML pages generated by said collaborative internet guide system;receiving from at least one internet guide information content for a web page to be combined with the global information to generate a complete HTML page;generating one or more HTML pages by combining said global information from said first file system with information provided by said at least one internet guide;restricting internet access to said HTML pages generated by said combination of said global information from said first file system and said information provided by said at least one internet guide, said restricted internet access controlled by a data field in a data record on a computer database; andmodifying a record of a predetermined taxonomy of topics on said collaborative internet guide system to indicate whether applications to become an internet guide are being accepted for a particular topic.