Joanie L Mccollom

US Patent:

20080040322, Feb 14, 2008

Filed:

Aug 3, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/499392

Inventors:

Hal Rucker - Foster City CA, US
James A. Ruggiero - San Francisco CA, US
Mark D. Jenkins - San Francisco CA, US
Joanie L. McCollom - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707 3

Abstract:

An Internet web-based system which provides a discrete visual container of multimedia information with interactive functionality using what are termed here cards which are objects displayed on the user's computer screen providing information. The cards can be saved, edited, searched, manipulated, linked and embedded. Unlike conventional web pages, the cards are not created using HTML or any other programming language, but are instead created using an editor thus not requiring programming expertise by the creator. Moreover a group of cards may be provided as a set so that all the information on the stack of cards is available without downloading or hyperlinking. Also provided is a card stack which is a set of cards all displayed simultaneously on one user computer display screen typically in an overlapping fashion where the cards in the set have some relationship to one another. The card stack, like a single card, may be saved, edited, searched, manipulated, linked or embedded.