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A system and method for delivering documents having dynamic content embedded over the worldwide Internet or a local internet or intranet. A data source is stored on a server computer connected to the Internet, the data source containing content in a form representing or reducible to names and corres

A system and method for delivering documents having dynamic content embedded over the worldwide Internet or a local internet or intranet. A data source is stored on a server computer connected to the Internet, the data source containing content in a form representing or reducible to names and corresponding values. Document templates are created by embedding dynamic tags and flow directives in markup language documents, the dynamic tags and flow directives containing one or more names of content stored in the data source. The document templates are stored on the server computer. The server computer can receive requests from client computers connected to the Internet, the requests identifying desired documents to be delivered. In response to such a request, the server computer selects one of the document templates corresponding to the desired document, populates the document template with content stored in the data source based on respective values of content corresponding to names in the dynamic tags and flow directives, and delivers the populated document to the client computer. The invention has particular application to HTML documents transferred over the World Wide Web.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of a delivering a document customized for a user from a first computer to a second computer comprising:storing on the first computer a document template having a plurality of markers imbedded therein, each marker being associated with one of a plurality of names;

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of a delivering a document customized for a user from a first computer to a second computer comprising:storing on the first computer a document template having a plurality of markers imbedded therein, each marker being associated with one of a plurality of names;storing in the first computer a plurality of values, each value being associated with one of said names, each value being assigned to one of a plurality of users;receiving a request from one user for said document;identifying said user;generating said document by retrieving said template and exchanging each said marker with a corresponding value as determined by the name of the marker and the identity of said user; andtransmitting said document to said the second computer for said user.