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US 6560639
System for web content management based on server-side application
Current assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Patent summary
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Patent Overview — US 6,560,639 B1
Title: System for web content management based on server-side application
Patent number / application: US 6,560,639 B1; Application US 09/249,061
Inventors: Noah Dan; Albert C. Brown
Dates (as listed): Prior art date 1998-02-13; Filing date 1999-02-12; Publication date 2003-05-06. Legal status listed as "Expired – Fee Related"; a 2019-02-12 anticipated expiration is noted.
Assignee information (as listed): Original assignee 3565 Acquisition Corp; current assignee listed as International Business Machines Corp and 3565 Acquisition LLC. The source states listed assignees may be inaccurate and that no legal analysis was performed.
Purpose: The text states applicants sought a method/system letting users interface with a web management tool through, for example, an Internet browser without a client-side application, eliminating the need to buy and master additional software. It notes such a system could reside at an Internet service provider, avoiding shrink-wrapping costs and facilitating optional automatic on-line software upgrades.
Plain-language scope (from the excerpt): An optionally platform-independent, server-side software package for designing and managing simple to complex, database-driven web sites. Described components include: a file system caching all web pages of a site (pages may be at least partially static); a web server communicating with the file system; a database with a directory structure associating each page with its attributes; a server-side front end daemon communicatable with the web server and database that identifies and stores attributes of user-changed pages; and a server-side back end daemon communicatable with the database and file system that parses attributes to generate at least partially static pages stored in the file system. Optional front-end managers include a forum manager, help manager, utilities manager, knowledge base manager, user manager (hierarchy of group/user access and editing options, assignable access specifications), and page manager.
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US6560639/en
What the excerpt does not establish: It does not provide the full claim set, complete specification, drawings, or the incorporated CD-ROM function list; it does not establish claim scope, validity, infringement, or the accuracy of assignee/legal-status listings. Omitted text was not consulted.
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