US 2010/0162365 A1 · Internet-Based Group Website Technology for Content Management and Exchange (System and Methods)

Abstract

Internet Based System and Methods for implementing a Group Website Technology Platform for Content Management and Exchange by providing institutions with the means for allowing: A) The Creation of the Educational Group (any group) composed by: A1) A Community Website for Professors (Teachers)/Projects/Education Officials, A2) A Community Website for Students, A3) Individual Website for Professors/Projects/Students. B) The Communication within the Educational Group: B1) Among entity websites (Community, Professors, Projects and Students), B2) To electronic mail via e-mail devices and/or text-messaging devices. These entity websites are independent Content Management Systems (CMS) reachable by their own domain names and/or any search engine. Each CMS includes their own security system, user-defined and predefined pages for forums, blogs, video libraries, marketplace, professional profiles, etc. Each CMS is connected to the Educational Group (GCMS) allowing the Management and Exchange of Content within the Group and among groups.

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Dependent claims

A group-based system for providing to an Educational Group (or any other group) of users access to a group website technology development environment (Group Content Management System or GCMS), comprising:

A) a plurality of user computers, user e-mail devices and user text-messaging devices, with each user computer, user e-mail device and user text-messaging device being associated with a user of the system and with each user being capable of having predefined characteristics indicative of multiple predetermined roles in the system, each role providing a level of access for content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) management and exchange, and to a plurality of data files associated with a particular independent website development environment (Content Management System or CMS) and a level of control over the content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) management and exchange, and data files associated with the independent website development environment (CMS) with the multiple predetermined user roles comprising at least three user's predetermined roles selected from the group consisting of a student role in one or more independent website development environments (CMS) associated with a student user, a professor (teacher) role in one or more independent website development environment (CMS) associated with a professor (teacher) user, (additionally:
a project role in one or more independent website development environment [CMS] associated with a project user) and an administrator role in one or more independent website development environment (CMS) associated with an administrator user, and B) at least one server computer in communication with each of the user computers, user e-mail devices and user text-messaging devices over a network, the server computers comprising:
means for storing a plurality of content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) and data files associated with an independent website development environment (CMS), means for assigning a level of access to and control of the content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) management and exchange, and each data file based on a user of the system's predetermined role in an independent website development environment (CMS);
means for determining whether access to the content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) management and exchange, and to a data file associated with the independent website development environment (CMS) is authorized;
means for allowing access to and control of the content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) management and exchange, and a data file associated with the independent website development environment (CMS) if authorization is granted based on the access level of the user of the system.

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A method for providing Educational Group (GCMS) (or any other group) Content Management and Exchange Method for a community of users in a network based system comprising the steps of:

A). establishing that each user is capable of having redefined characteristics indicative of multiple predetermined roles in the system and each role providing a level of access to and control of a plurality of independent website development environment content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) and data files, e-mail device and text-messaging device;
B). establishing a group website development environment (GCMS) to be offered, comprising i. generating the Educational Group (GCMS) composed by a set of independent website development environments (CMS) content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) and data files for use with creating the Professor (Teacher)/Projects/EduOfficials Community Website (CMS), the Student Community Website (CMS), the Professional Professor(teacher) Portal (CMS) Template, the Professional Project Portal (CMS) Template, the Professional Student Portal (CMS) Template, a Professional Professor(teacher) Portal (CMS) for each professor (teacher) user, a Professional Project Portal (CMS) for each project user and a Professional Student Portal (CMS) for each student user, e-mail device and text-messaging device for each user;
ii. establishing the relationships in the Educational Group (GCMS) composed by the relationship between a user and his/her independent website development environments (CMS) content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) and data files, e-mail device and text-messaging device;
iii. establishing the communication channel in the Educational Group (GCMS) composed by the communication between two or more independent website development environments (CMS) content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) and data files, e-mail device and text-messaging device;
iv. transferring the Educational Group (GCMS) composed by the independent website development environments (CMS) content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) and data files, e-mail device and text-messaging device to a server computer for storage;
and v. allowing access to and control of the Educational Group (GCMS) composed by the independent website development environments (CMS) content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) and data files, e-mail device and text-messaging device according to the established roles for the users according to step (A);
C). Providing a predetermined level of access and control over the network to the Educational Group (GCMS) composed by a group of independent website development environment (CMS) content (alphanumeric characters and symbols) and data files, e-mail device and text-messaging device to users with an established role as a professor(teacher), project, student, administrator or other user enrolled in the group website development environment (GCMS).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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