Joe Schaefer writes: > A causal reading seems to suggest that most mod_perl-based > templating systems do exactly what this patent will cover: > i.e. set up a non-HTML based website where templates > dynamically convert non-HTML files into HTML.
IANAL (and IVAGINAL too, but that's for a different time :-) but as far as I can see, the patent applies to applications that interact with the user to build the website. In other words, mod_perl's character-based DIY stuff wouldn't count. <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=10&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ft00&s1=HTML&OS=HTML&RS=HTML> Abstract---------------------------- A software tool is provided for use with a computer system for simplifying the creation of Web sites. The tool comprises a plurality of pre-stored templates, comprising HTML formatting code, text, fields and formulas. The templates preferably correspond to different types of Web pages and other features commonly found on or available to Web sites. Each feature may have various options. To create a web site, a Web site creator (the person using the tool to create a web site) is prompted by the tool through a series of views stored in the tool to select the features and options desired for the Web site. Based on these selections, the tool prompts the web site creator to supply data to populate fields of the templates determined by the tool to correspond to the selected features and options. Based on the identified templates and supplied data, the tool generates the customized Web site without the web site creator writing any HTML or other programming code. Based on roles-based, multi-level security, certain users of the web site may have access to certain information and others may not. Nat
