David P Ries

US Patent:

20030023632, Jan 30, 2003

Filed:

Jul 1, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/186541

Inventors:

David Ries - New York NY, US
James Curran - New York NY, US

International Classification:

G06F015/00

US Classification:

707/513000

Abstract:

A method for the editing of web pages by selectively providing editing logic and data that associates portions of the page with data sources used to provide the portions. Identical pages are provided to both editors and non-editors, preferably by retrieving and viewing the page in a browser. The editor can use the editing logic to edit the displayed page. The invention uses the associating data in order to update data sources used to provide the web page in accordance with the edits. The use of associating data by the invention supports functionality that allows for updating of a wide variety of data sources with potentially complex relations to the provided web page. In preferred embodiments, the editing logic provides WYSIWYG editing within editable portions of the displayed page, GUI elements to assist authors in the writing of HTML and performing other editing tasks, and server-created dialogs which can structure editing of specific portions in order to enforce business rules or data integrity.