Patent ID: 7152066

Claim:
An Internet presentation creation and access system comprising: a network server for controlling the user-creation and user-execution access of presentation files over the Internet, and for maintaining a store of previously user-created presentation files, the network server maintaining a user-database of registered users and a grouping-database of user-to-presentation_file grouping information, wherein said user-to-presentation file grouping information includes a created-file group associating each respective registered user to presentation files created by the respective registered user, an executable file group associating each respective registered user to presentation files to which the respective registered has execution access, and a purchasable-file group associating each respective registered user to presentation files to which the respective registered user has previously been granted purchase access; a user-access device for communicating with the network server over the Internet, and for submitting user-identification information to the network server; and wherein the network server responds to the user-identification information identifying a target user within the user-database of registered users by granting the user-access device the file access permissions associated with the target user, and accepting purchase orders for only those presentation files whose purchasable-file group associates the target user.