Method and apparatus for providing conditional customization for generating a web site

A method of generating a web site, comprising the steps of:

• presenting a prompt for data entry;
• receiving a data entry in response to the prompt;
• presenting at least one additional prompt for data entry based upon the received data entry;
• receiving an additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompts;
• determining one or more characteristics for each of one or more web site dimensions in response to the data entry and the additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompt;
• generating a description of the web site defining at least one interrelationship between at least two dimensions based upon the one or more determined characteristics for each of the one or more web site dimensions, the description containing one or more attributes selected from the group consisting of colors, layout, navigation, images, text, resolution, and combinations thereof, wherein changes to the one or more attributes are maintained within one or more predetermined ranges;
• retrieving web site data in accordance with the generated description of the web site pseudo-randomly from a predetermined web site data subset corresponding to at least a portion of the description;
• designating one or more web page component applications for the web site in accordance with at least one of the data entry and the additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompt;
• generating one or more pages of the web site based upon the description of the web site and the retrieved web site data;
• and
• presenting the generated web site.

A system for generating a web site, comprising:

• an output for presenting a prompt for data entry;
• an input for receiving a data entry in response to the prompt, the output presenting at least one additional prompt for data entry based upon the received data entry and the input receiving an additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompts;
• and
• a multi-purpose computing device adapted to perform the steps of:
• determining one or more characteristics for each of one or more web site dimensions in response to the data entry and the additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompt;
• generating a description of the web site based upon the one or more determined characteristics for each of the one or more web site dimensions, the description containing one or more attributes selected from the group consisting of colors, layout, navigation, images, text, resolution, and combinations thereof, wherein changes to the one or more attributes are maintained within one or more predetermined ranges;
• retrieving web site data in accordance with the generated description of the web site;
• designating one or more web page component applications for the web site in accordance with at least one of the data entry and the additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompt;
• generating one or more pages of the web site based upon the description of the web site and the retrieved web site data;
• and
• presenting the generated web site.

A system for generating a web site, comprising:

• a multi-purpose computing device adapted to perform the steps of:
• means for presenting a prompt for data entry;
• means for receiving a data entry in response to the prompt;
• means for presenting at least one additional prompt for data entry based upon the received data entry;
• means for receiving an additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompts;
• means for determining one or more characteristics for each of one or more web site dimensions in response to the data entry and the additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompt;
• means for generating a description of the web site based upon the one or more determined characteristics for each of the one or more web site dimensions, the description containing one or more attributes selected from the group consisting of colors, layout, navigation, images, text, resolution, and combinations thereof, wherein changes to the one or more attributes are maintained within one or more predetermined ranges;
• means for retrieving web site data in accordance with the generated description of the web site;
• means for generating one or more pages of the web site based upon the description of the web site and the retrieved web site data;
• and
• means for presenting the generated web site.

A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a set of computer program instructions that when executed, causes a computer to generate a web site, the computer program instructions comprising:

• an instruction for presenting a prompt for data entry;
• an instruction for receiving a data entry in response to the prompt;
• an instruction for presenting at least one additional prompt for data entry that is determined at least in part based upon the received data entry;
• an instruction for receiving an additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompts;
• an instruction for determining one or more characteristics for each of one or more web site dimensions in response to the data entry and the additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompt;
• an instruction for generating a description of the web site based upon the one or more determined characteristics for each of the one or more web site dimensions, the description containing one or more attributes selected from the group consisting of colors, layout, navigation, images, text, resolution, and combinations thereof, wherein changes to the one or more attributes are maintained within one or more predetermined ranges;
• an instruction for retrieving web site data in accordance with the generated description of the web site;
• an instruction for generating one or more pages of the web site based upon the description of the web site and the retrieved web site data;
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• an instruction for presenting the generated web site.

A method of generating multimedia information, comprising the steps of:

• presenting a prompt for data entry;
• receiving a data entry in response to the prompt;
• presenting at least one additional prompt for data entry that is determined at least in part based upon the received data entry;
• receiving an additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompts;
• determining one or more characteristics for each of one or more multimedia information dimensions in response to the data entry and the additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompt;
• generating a description of the multimedia information based upon the one or more determined characteristics for each of the one or more multimedia information dimensions, the description containing one or more attributes selected from the group consisting of colors, layout, navigation, images, text, resolution, and combinations thereof, wherein changes to the one or more attributes are maintained within one or more predetermined ranges;
• retrieving multimedia information data in accordance with the generated description of the multimedia information;
• generating one or more pages of the multimedia information based upon the description of the multimedia information and the retrieved multimedia information data;
• and
• presenting the generated multimedia information.

A system for generating multimedia information, comprising:

• an output for presenting a prompt for data entry;
• an input for receiving a data entry in response to the prompt, the output presenting at least one additional prompt for data entry based upon the received data entry and the input receiving an additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompts;
• and
• a multi-purpose computing device adapted to perform the steps of:
• determining one or more characteristics for each of one or more multimedia information dimensions in response to the data entry and the additional data entry in response to each of the at least one additional prompt;
• generating a description of the multimedia information based upon the one or more determined characteristics for each of the one or more multimedia information dimensions, the description containing one or more attributes selected from the group consisting of colors, layout, navigation, images, text, resolution, and combinations thereof, wherein changes to the one or more attributes are maintained within one or more predetermined ranges;
• retrieving multimedia information data in accordance with the generated description of the multimedia information;
• generating one or more pages of the multimedia information based upon the description of the multimedia information and the retrieved multimedia information data;
• and
• presenting the generated multimedia information.