Local directory network
US8086699B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/30
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A strategy for developing an internet-based network of directory-style websites, where each site operates independently as a fully-developed portal for its local online community and concurrently functions as a portal for the network as a whole, providing access to the other directory-style websites on the network. Various potential configurations are presented. The method eliminates the need for a central portal website, while transforming each URL on the network into a directory-style website with high value content and links. One configuration combines locality with profession to establish a network of locally-based, directory-style websites, each with its own community of local professional therapists: effectively establishing an online network community-based therapists using interconnected but functionally separate URLs. In this networked example of directory-style websites, the therapists utilize the public's access of each URL as a means to communicate with and educate their local geographic community about relevant counseling and therapeutic concerns. The result is that each website benefits from the content, links, and the various types of interactions the therapists prov…
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