Patent ID: 6963930

Claim:
A method of transferring application-generated structured data from a client to a server, such that information structures specified by the application-generated structured data can be automatically expanded into corresponding information structures displayable by a website in communication with the server, the method including the steps of: providing an interface at the client for accepting application-generated structured data, converting into a source-independent format the accepted application-generated structured data, thereby to generate a source-independent data package, wherein the converting step includes interpreting the application-generated structured data and creating a definition of a meta-design object model of the application-generated structured data; and packaging all relevant data, including the meta-design object-model and graphics files or other information items, into the source-independent data package, transmitting to the server the source-independent data package, receiving at the server the source-independent data package, and creating or modifying on the server, in accordance with the received source-independent data package, information structures corresponding to the information structures specified by the application-generated structured data, wherein the information structures created or modified on the server include back references to the information structures specified by the application-generated structured data so that if the original, application-generated structured data is modified, the information structures at the server, corresponding to the information structures specified by the application-generated structured data, are also appropriately modified.