System and method for facilitating posting of public and private user comments at a web site

Abstract

A software system and method that allows web site operators to adapt web pages for posting of public and private user comments. An administrator accesses a web site to enter data for creating reader comment areas. HTML code for the reader comment areas is generated for insertion into web pages. When the web page containing the code is posted to a web site, the code results in a reader comment display page where web site visitors can comment on the content of the particular web page where the reader comment area appears. Comments are saved at a remote web site accessible to the administrator. The administrator may review and manage the reader comments. A reader who makes a comment on a web page has the option of creating a personal journal comprising all comments entered by the reader at any web page enabled according to the invention.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computerized method for allowing interaction with a web page hosted at a first web site server, the method comprising the actions of:
 generating code to be inserted in a web page hosted at said first web site server, said code defining a reader interaction function in said web;   receiving an actuation of the reader interaction function by a reader viewing said web page;   sending data identifying the web page to a remote second web site, said data being stored in a database remote from said first web site server; and   displaying on a second web page, information based on the data that identifies the web page indicates that the reader interaction function has been actuated.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving at said first web site server in response to the actuation of the reader interaction function, a comment entered by the reader; and   the action of sending data includes sending the comment.   
     
     
         3 . A computerized method for receiving and managing reader comments associated with a web page comprising:
 displaying, by a first web site server, a web page comprising a user interaction function;   receiving, data indicating an actuation of the user interaction function by a reader of the web page, the data being associated with the web page;   receiving, at a remote second web site server, the data associated with the web page; and   storing at the remote second web site server, using a database that is remote from the first web site server the data associated with the web.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising receiving a comment entered by the user upon actuation of the interaction function and including the comment within the data. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the actuation of the interaction function further comprises receiving a request to keep the comment private. 
     
     
         6 . A computerized method for receiving and managing reader interactions associated with a web page, wherein a first web site server displays a web page modified to display a reader interaction function and is configured to receive data related to an actuation of the reader interaction function by a reader of the web page displayed by the first web site server, the method comprising the actions of;
 receiving at a remote second web site server data related to the actuation of the reader interaction function, the data being associated with the web page, the data being transferred upon said user actuating the reader interaction function; and   storing at the remote second web site server, using a database that is remote from the first web site server the data.