Patent ID: 6101529
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An apparatus for updating a wallpaper for computer display, comprising:a server coupled to a network;a web site within the server, the web site providing an interface through which clients can access a collection of wallpapers for computer display;wherein the website facilitates accesses to a plurality of groups, each group being associated with a list of members so that only members of each group are allowed to access a private collection of wallpapers associated with each group;wherein only members of a given group from the plurality of groups are allowed to add wallpapers to the private collection of wallpapers associated with the given group;a wallpaper database in communication with the server, for storing the collection of wallpapers for computer display;a user database within the server for storing personal profiles of at least one user; anda fetching mechanism within the server, for retrieving the wallpaper from the wallpaper database for a user on a client based upon a personal profile of the user in the user database.