METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DYNAMIC UPDATING WEB PORTALS
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1. A method of dynamically and parallel updating web contents for web portal comprises the steps of:
- a) dividing each targeted web page screen layout of a web portal into one or more sections;
b) assigning each section of each corresponding targeted web page to a corresponding group of one or more users for updating;
c) facilitating each said user from own web browser to perform tasks of updating web contents for the assigned section of the targeted web page via posting or withdrawing requests;
d) receiving one or more tasks from each user'"'"'s web browser, and for each received task to perform the following steps;
e) identifying the user who submitted the task and the user'"'"'s group membership, the task'"'"'s type and the resource for posting or withdrawing;
f) deploying a lock protection mechanism to protect resources related to the task include a user space task list;
g) storing the task information into a valid entry of the user space task list;
h) storing the resource information into the corresponding area of the identified group'"'"'s workspace in response to post request, and deleting the matched resource information from the identified group workspace'"'"'s corresponding area in response to withdrawing request;
i) generating a response web page including the resources information in the group'"'"'s workspaces back to the user'"'"'s web browser; and
j) cleaning up the corresponding task information in said entry of the user space task list in response to completion of the task; and
k) generating the corresponding targeted web page with each section encoded with the status of the resource information being posted or withdrew in the workspace of each corresponding group in response to each requests of accessing the targeted web page from one or more online web browsers.
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Abstract
The web portal'"'"'s contents management becomes complex and sometime tedious job. There are needs for an efficient and cost effective way to manage large volumes of the web contents for web portals. The posting and withdrawing operation of the present invention has provided a means for making the tasks of updating and managing web portal'"'"'s contents become much easy and efficient due to the principle of the parallelism can be deployed.
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1. A method of dynamically and parallel updating web contents for web portal comprises the steps of:
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a) dividing each targeted web page screen layout of a web portal into one or more sections; b) assigning each section of each corresponding targeted web page to a corresponding group of one or more users for updating; c) facilitating each said user from own web browser to perform tasks of updating web contents for the assigned section of the targeted web page via posting or withdrawing requests; d) receiving one or more tasks from each user'"'"'s web browser, and for each received task to perform the following steps; e) identifying the user who submitted the task and the user'"'"'s group membership, the task'"'"'s type and the resource for posting or withdrawing; f) deploying a lock protection mechanism to protect resources related to the task include a user space task list; g) storing the task information into a valid entry of the user space task list; h) storing the resource information into the corresponding area of the identified group'"'"'s workspace in response to post request, and deleting the matched resource information from the identified group workspace'"'"'s corresponding area in response to withdrawing request; i) generating a response web page including the resources information in the group'"'"'s workspaces back to the user'"'"'s web browser; and j) cleaning up the corresponding task information in said entry of the user space task list in response to completion of the task; and k) generating the corresponding targeted web page with each section encoded with the status of the resource information being posted or withdrew in the workspace of each corresponding group in response to each requests of accessing the targeted web page from one or more online web browsers.
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