Patent ID: 7437427

Claim:
A method for providing a web site, comprising: generating a web site that is associated with a particular user; wherein the web site is accessed using an address that is identified by a single Uniform Resource Locator (URL), wherein the web site includes at least two homepages that are accessed from the address that is identified by the single URL; wherein a first home page is a first web page that is viewable by the particular user and a second home page that is a second web page that is viewable by others and contains information about the particular user; wherein the web site stores information relating to the particular user and accesses information including targeted information, documents and links from different sources; wherein the first home page and the second home page are customizable by the particular user; determining an identity of a user attempting to access the web site; wherein determining the identity of the user includes determining when the user is the particular user; and automatically redirecting the user to the first home page when the identity of the user is determined to be the particular user and redirecting the user to the second home page when the identity of the user is not determined to be the particular user.