Management of collections of websites

US8606816B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Zachary Rosenfield · Seattle, US
• William D. Taylor · Endicott, US
• Titus C. Miron · Bellevue, US
• Jason Cahill · Woodinville, US
• Umesh Unnikrishnan · San Francisco, US
• Harshal Ingole · San Jose, US
• Mark Walker · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/00
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure describes techniques that enable a subscriber of a data center to manage a site collection group hosted by the data center. A site collection group is a set of site collections that belong to a single subscriber. A site collection is a collection of websites. A website is a collection of related resources. Each of the site collections is associated with an “owner”. As described herein, the data center presents management interfaces that enable owners of site collections to manage the site collections. In addition, the data center presents management interfaces that enable subscribers to manage architectural aspects of their site collection groups.