Patent ID: 7043685

Claim:
A web-content providing method in a web-content providing system, said method comprising: storing, by said web-content providing system, organization definition information, said organization definition information including: (i) hierarchical structure information about a hierarchical structure of a hierarchy of a plurality of organizations, (ii) names of users in association with respective organizations of said plurality of organizations of which they are members, and (iii) webpage addresses in association with corresponding organizations of said plurality of organizations; receiving, by said web-content providing system from a user terminal, a log-in request specifying a user name; determining, by said web-content providing system, a particular organization of said plurality of organizations that is associated with said user name based on said organization definition information; determining, by said web-content providing system, a particular webpage address that is associated with said particular organization based on said organization definition information; determining, by said web-content providing system, a first webpage address that is associated with a first organization that is one level higher than said particular organization in said hierarchy based on said organization definition information; determining, by said web-content providing system, a second webpage address that is associated with a second organization that is one level lower than said particular organization in said hierarchy based on said organization definition information; generating, by said web-content providing system, a portal page, said portal page including: (i) organization content obtained from a particular webpage at said particular webpage address, (ii) a first organization hierarchy linking label specifying a first link to said first webpage address, and (iii) a second organization hierarchy linking label specifying a second link to said second webpage address; and providing, by said web-content providing system, said portal page to said user terminal.