Patent US6601057 - Method and apparatus for generating and modifying multiple instances of an ...

US006601057B1

(12) United States Patent

Underwood et al.

(io) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent:

US 6,601,057 Bl Jul. 29,2003

(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR

GENERATING AND MODIFYING MULTIPLE
INSTANCES OF AN ELEMENT OF A WEB
SITE

(75) Inventors: John Underwood, New York, NY
(US); Paul Neilson, New York, NY
(US); Hanson Char, New York, NY
(US); David Shing, New York, NY
(US); Peter Horner, New York, NY
(US); Mark Underwood, New York,
NY (US); Darren Slaney, New York,
NY (US); Gary Evesson, Jersey City,
NJ (US)

(73) Assignee: Decentrix Inc., Denver, CO (US)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 28 days.

(21) Appl. No.: 09/702,356

(22) Filed: Oct. 30, 2000

Related U.S. Application Data

(62) Division of application No. 09/651,874, filed on Aug. 30, 2000.

(60) Provisional application No. 60/163,782, filed on Nov. 5, 1999, and provisional application No. 60/184,300, filed on Feb. 23, 2000.

(51) Int. CI.7 G06F 17/30

A technique for modifying a web site generated in accordance with received data entry by: determining at least one characteristic of at least one web site dimension of the web site based on the data entry; generating a multi-dimensional description of the web site based on the determined characteristics; retrieving web site data according to the generated multi-dimensional description of the web site; generating the web site based upon the generated multidimensional description of the web site and the retrieved web site data; receiving modification data modifying at least one of the determined characteristics; and regenerating the description of the web site based upon the modified characteristics.

50 Claims, 87 Drawing Sheets