Information providing system and information providing method

• US 20010056447A1
• Filed: 06/25/2001
• Published: 12/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Sumino, Toru
• Application Number:
  US09/887,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20010056447A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

To provide system to easily and quickly integrate and display information required by a user in accordance with the user'"'"'s setup.

The system includes a network; a terminal which is connected to the network and transmits page setup information, which includes addresses of web pages which a user intends to integrate into a single page and information which indicate a layout of the single page, to said network; and

a server which includes a registration element which registers the page setup information, a page generation element which generates the single page based on the page setup information, and a communication element which receives the page setup information from the network and transmits the single page to the terminal via the network.

Claims

1. An information-providing server comprising:

a communication element which receives page setup information, which includes addresses of web pages which a user intends to integrate into a single page and information which indicate a layout of said single page, from a terminal via a network, and transmits said web page to said terminal via said network.

a registration element, which registers said page setup information; and

a page generation element, which generates said single page based on said page setup information.

2. An information-providing server according to

claim 1

, wherein said communication element receives the number of said web page from said terminal, transmits layout images to said terminal based on the number, and receives information indicating the layout image selected by said terminal as a layout of said single page.

3. An information-providing system comprising:

a network;

a terminal which is connected to said network and transmits page setup information, which includes addresses of web pages which a user intends to integrate into a single page and information which indicate a layout of said single page, to said network; and

a server which includes a registration element which registers said page setup information, a page generation element which generates said single page based on said page setup information, and a communication element which receives said page setup information from said network and transmits said single page to said terminal via said network.

4. An information-providing system according to

claim 3

, wherein said communication element receives the number of said web page from said terminal, transmits layout images to said terminal based on the number, and receives information indicating the layout image selected by said terminal as a layout of said single page.

5. An information-providing method comprising the steps of:

transmitting page setup information, which includes addresses of web pages which a user intends to integrate into a single page and information which indicate a layout of said single page to a server from a terminal via a network;

generating said single page based on said page setup information by said server; and

sending said single page from said server to said terminal via said network.

6. An information-providing method according to claim 5, comprising further steps of:

transmitting the number of said web page to said server from said terminal;

transmitting layout images to said terminal based on the number to said terminal from said sever; and

transmitting information indicating the layout image selected by said terminal as a layout of said single page to said server from said terminal.