Patent ID: 7039860

Claim:
A method for production, revision and hierarchical organization of electronic documents on a computer system, comprising: inputting a first item description and a first item category; generating a first item identifier corresponding to the first item description; generating a first item description electronic document in a plurality of item description electronic documents including the first item description, the first item category and the first item identifier; storing the first item description electronic document in a first digital storage area in a first computer; collecting at least one existing item description from at least one respective existing item description electronic document in the plurality of item description electronic documents, each of said at least one respective existing item description electronic document including said first item category, and a copy of each of said at least one existing item description electronic document being already stored on a second computer; generating a first category list electronic document, in the first computer, corresponding to the first item category prior to receiving a request for the first category list electronic document from a web browser, said first category list electronic document including at least a portion of the first item description and a reference to the first item description electronic document in the plurality of item description electronic documents, and at least a portion of each of the at least one existing item description and a reference to each of the at least one respective existing item description electronic document in the plurality of item description electronic documents; determining if any of a copy of the first item description electronic document and each of the at least one existing item description document are already stored on the second computer; and initiating a transfer of a copy of the first category list electronic document and a copy of at least one document determined by the determining not to be already stored on the second computer, and not initiating a transfer of the copy of at least one document determined by the determining to be already stored on the second computer.