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US 8,819,538 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for generating a link to a presented web page
AssigneeDecentrix, Inc.
InventorsJohn Underwood, Paul Neilson, Hanson Char, David Shing, Peter Horner, Mark Underwood, Darren Slaney, Gary Evesson
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Abstract
A technique for generating links to a web page by: presenting a web page; defining one or more other web pages to include a link to the presented web page; and placing a link on at least one of the other web pages linking to the presented web page. A prompt for an acceptance of the link may be presented to the other web pages whereby a link is not added until the corresponding acceptance of the link is received.
Claims17
A method for identifying referrals for use in generating a website, comprising one or more multi-purpose computing devices adapted to perform the steps of:
- requesting a list of companies for referrals;
- validating the list of companies to obtain a valid set of company names;
- presenting the valid set of company names to select for inclusion in the referrals;
- receiving a list of selected companies;
- sending a notification to owners of the selected companies informing them of the referral;
- determining whether the selected site belongs to a same network as the website;
- requesting, when a selected company belongs to the same network, the owners of the selected companies (1) whether the referral is acceptable by providing information about the website, providing a link to the website, and providing a link to a page for managing a referral process, and (2) to refer back to the website;
- inviting, when a selected company does not belong to the same network, the selected site owner to register with the same network, and utilizing details from received information to pre-build a new web site for the selected site;
- generating one or more referral pages for those owners that have elected to refer back to the website;
- and
- generating a referral page for the website, the referral page comprising descriptions of one or more referred sites wherein only the referred-to site owner may change or edit the contents.
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A multi-purpose computing device for identifying referrals for use in generating a website, comprising:
- memory;
- and
- a processor that performs actions, including:
- requesting a list of companies for referrals;
- validating the list of companies to obtain a valid set of company names;
- presenting the valid set of company names to select for inclusion in the referrals;
- receiving a list of selected companies;
- sending a notification to owners of the selected companies informing them of the referral;
- determining whether the selected site belongs to a same network as the website;
- requesting, when a selected company belongs to the same network, the owners of the selected companies (1) whether the referral is acceptable by providing information about the website, providing a link to the website, and providing a link to a page for managing a referral process, and (2) to refer back to the website;
- inviting, when a selected company does not belong to the same network, the selected site owner to register with the same network, and utilizing details from received information to pre-build a new web site for the selected site;
- generating one or more referral pages for those owners that have elected to refer back to the website;
- and
- generating a referral page for the website, the referral page comprising descriptions of one or more referred sites wherein only the referred-to site owner may change or edit the contents.
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A system for identifying referrals for use in generating a website, comprising:
- at least one memory;
- and at least one processor, coupled to the memory, the processor adapted to execute program code to:
- request a list of companies for referrals;
- validate the list of companies to obtain a valid set of company names;
- present the valid set of company names to select for inclusion in the referrals;
- receive a list of selected companies;
- send a notification to owners of the selected companies informing them of the referral;
- determine whether the selected site belongs to a same network as the website;
- request, when a selected company belongs to the same network, the owners of the selected companies (1) whether the referral is acceptable by providing information about the website, providing a link to the website, and providing a link to a page for managing a referral process, and (2) to refer back to the website;
- invite, when a selected company does not belong to the same network, the selected site owner to register with the same network, and utilize details from received information to pre-build a new web site for the selected site;
- generate one or more referral pages for those owners that have elected to refer back to the website;
- and
- generate a referral page for the website, the referral page comprising descriptions of one or more referred sites wherein only the referred-to site owner may change or edit the contents.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium, carrying a set of computer program instructions, which when executed causes a computer to perform a process for identifying referrals for use in generating a website, the process comprising:
- requesting a list of companies for referrals;
- validating the list of companies to obtain a valid set of company names;
- presenting the valid set of company names to select for inclusion in the referrals;
- receiving a list of selected companies;
- sending a notification to owners of the selected companies informing them of the referral;
- determining whether the selected site belongs to a same network as the website;
- requesting, when a selected company belongs to the same network, the owners of the selected companies (1) whether the referral is acceptable by providing information about the website, providing a link to the website, and providing a link to a page for managing a referral process, and (2) to refer back to the website;
- inviting, when a selected company does not belong to the same network, the selected site owner to register with the same network, and utilizing details from received information to pre-build a new web site for the selected site;
- generating one or more referral pages for those owners that have elected to refer back to the website;
- and
- generating a referral page for the website, the referral page comprising descriptions of one or more referred sites wherein only the referred-to site owner may change or edit the contents.
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A method for gathering and validating web site referrals for a first web site over a network, comprising the steps of:
- presenting a referral page at a client terminal, the referral page requesting a list of businesses related to the first web site;
- receiving a first data entry, wherein the first data entry includes at least one business name;
- validating each of the at least one business names;
- correlating each of the at least one business names with a second web site;
- presenting a list of validated business names to an operator of the first web site, wherein the operator has authority to edit the first web site;
- receiving a second data entry, wherein the second data entry includes selection of at least one of the validated business names;
- determining whether the selected site belongs to a same network as the website;
- presenting, when a selected company belongs to the same network, a referral page to an operator of the second web site requesting (1) whether the referral is acceptable by providing information about the website, providing a link to the website, and providing a link to a page for managing a referral process, and (2) acceptance of the referral;
- inviting, when a selected company does not belong to the same network, the selected site owner to register with the same network, and utilizing details from received information to pre-build a new web site for the selected site;
- generating a referral from the first web site to the second web site;
- presenting the operator of the second web site with an option to automatically generate a referral from the second web site to the first web site;
- and
- presenting the operator of the first web site with an option to automatically generate a referral page for the website, the referral page comprising descriptions of one or more referred sites wherein only the referred-to site owner may change or edit the contents.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.