US 7,039,860 B1Granted

Creating web pages category list prior to the list being served to a browser

AssigneeNetspinner Solutions AS

InventorArild O. Gautestad

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Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for revising and publishing electronic documents. Two sets of electronic documents are generated and maintained on first and second computers. One set is stored on a first computer, for example, as static web pages at a company site. Another set is stored on a second computer at a non-local site such as, for example, an Internet server where the electronic documents are accessible to clients. Any modifications in the set of electronic documents at the local or company site are logged in a log file, and the set of electronic documents at the non-local site is modified accordingly so as to produce what appears to the client as a “dynamic” set of web pages. The revision and publication occurs through generation on the first computer of at least one category list document containing an item identifier, an item category, and descriptive data with hyperlinks to underlying detailed description electronic document files. The category list documents group items together which belong in a given category. The category list and the underlying detailed description electronic document files are saved in a format for accessing from a general viewer program such as, for example, a web browser. The detailed description data may also stored as text based records in, for example, a file of text records or a database of text records at the local site.

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Dependent claims

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.

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A system for production, revision and hierarchical organization of electronic documents on a computer system, comprising:

a computer code device configured to input a first item description and a first item category;
a computer code device configured to generate a first item identifier corresponding to the first item description;
a computer code device configured to generate a first item description electronic document in a plurality of item description documents including the first item description, the first item category and the first item identifier;
a first computer configured to store the first item description electronic document in a first digital storage area in the first computer;
a computer code device configured to collect 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;
a computer code device configured to generate 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 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;
a computer code device configured to determine 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
a computer code device configured to initiate a transfer of a copy of the first category list electronic document and a copy of at least one document determined by the computer code device configured to determine 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 computer code device configured to determine to be already stored on the second computer.

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A computer program product configured to store program instructions for execution on a computer system enabling the computer system to perform the steps of:

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.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.