System and method for providing contents on a network
First Claim
1. In a system for receiving contents from a web server and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected via a network, a contents-providing system comprising:
- a user information database for storing user identification (ID) information;
an authentication server for performing authentication based upon the user ID information by using the user information database when the user ID information and a uniform resource locator (URL) of a web server are input by the portable terminal, and outputting the URL after performing the authentication; and
a data server for requesting that the web server corresponding to the URL provided by the authentication server provides the contents, processing the contents provided by the web server into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a contents-providing system for receiving contents from a web server and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected via a network that comprises: a user information database for storing user ID information; an authentication server for performing authentication based upon the user ID information by using the user information database when the user ID information and a URL of a web server are input by the portable terminal, and outputting the URL after performing the authentication; and a data server for requesting that the web server corresponding to the URL provided by the authentication server provides the contents, processing the contents provided by the web server into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal.
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27 Claims
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1. In a system for receiving contents from a web server and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected via a network, a contents-providing system comprising:
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a user information database for storing user identification (ID) information;
an authentication server for performing authentication based upon the user ID information by using the user information database when the user ID information and a uniform resource locator (URL) of a web server are input by the portable terminal, and outputting the URL after performing the authentication; and
a data server for requesting that the web server corresponding to the URL provided by the authentication server provides the contents, processing the contents provided by the web server into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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2. In a system for receiving contents from a plurality of web servers and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected via a network, a contents-providing system comprising:
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a user information database for storing user identification (ID) information;
an authentication server for performing authentication based upon the user ID information by using the user information database when the user ID information and uniform resource locators (URLs) of web servers are input by the portable terminal, and outputting the URLs after performing the authentication; and
a data server for requesting that the web servers corresponding to respective channel URLs provide the contents when the URLs provided by the authentication server are channel URLs that are of a set of URLs of the web servers that provide contents of a predetermined field, processing the contents provided by the web servers into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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- 5. The system of claim I or 2, wherein when the data server requests the contents, the web server provides the contents to the data server in the case a user who accesses via the portable terminal is a service user who can receive the contents.
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7. In a system for receiving contents from web servers and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected via a network, a contents-providing system comprising:
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a user information database for storing user identification (ID) information; and
a data server for performing authentication based upon user ID information by using the user information database when the user ID information and uniform resource locators (URLs) of web servers are input by the portable terminal, requesting that the web servers corresponding to the URLs provide the contents when performing the authentication, processing the contents provided by the web servers into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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15. In a server for receiving contents via a network and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected to the network, a server for requesting that a web server corresponding to a uniform resource locator (URL) of the web server input by the portable terminal provides the contents according to authentication results brought about by user identification (ID) information input by the portable terminal, processing the contents provided by the web server into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal.
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16. In a server for receiving contents via a network and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected to the network, a server for performing authentication according to user identification (ID) information input by the portable terminal, and when performing the authentication, requesting that a web server corresponding to a uniform resource locator (URL) of the web server input by the portable terminal provides the contents, processing the contents provided by the web server into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal.
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17. In a server for receiving contents via a network and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected to the network, a server for performing authentication based on user identification (ID) information when the user ID information and a uniform resource locator (URL) of a desired web server are input by the portable terminal, and after the authentication, outputting the URL to server functions of requesting that the web server corresponding to the URL of the web server provides the contents, processing the contents provided by the web server into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal.
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18. In a server for receiving contents via a network and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected to the network, a server for providing the contents to the portable terminal by providing settlement processes to server functions including settling the fee for the contents provided by a web server having a uniform resource locator (URL) provided by the portable terminal by using user information, requesting that the web server corresponding to the URL of the web server provides the contents input by the portable terminal, processing the contents provided by the web server into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal.
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19. In a program on a computer for implementing a server for receiving contents via a network and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected via the network, a program on the computer for implementing functions of requesting that a desired web server corresponding to a uniform resource locator (URL) of the web server input by the portable terminal provides the contents according to authentication results brought about by user identification (ID) information input by the portable terminal, processing the contents provided by the web server into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal.
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20. In a program on a computer for implementing a server for receiving contents via a network and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected via the network, a program on the computer for implementing functions of performing authentication based upon user identification (ID) information input by the portable terminal, and when performing the authentication, requesting that a desired web server corresponding to a uniform resource locator (URL) of the web server input by the portable terminal provides the contents, processing the contents provided by the web server into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal.
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21. In a program on a computer for implementing a server for receiving contents via a network and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected via the network, a program on the computer for implementing functions of performing authentication based upon user identification (ID) information when the user ID information and a uniform resource locator (URL) of a desired web server are input by the portable terminal, and after performing the authentication, outputting the URL to server functions of requesting the web server corresponding to the URL of the web server to provide the contents, processing the contents provided by the web server into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal.
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22. In a program on a computer for implementing a server for receiving contents via a network and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected via the network, a program on the computer for implementing functions of settling the fee for the contents provided by a web server having a uniform resource locator (URL) provided by the portable terminal by using user information, and providing the contents to the portable terminal by providing the settlement results to server functions including requesting that the web server corresponding to the URL of the web server provides the contents input by the portable terminal, processing the contents provided by the web server into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal.
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23. In a contents-providing method of a system for receiving contents from a plurality of web servers and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected via a network, a contents-providing method comprising:
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(a) extracting user information corresponding to user identification (ID) information and authenticating the user when the user ID information and a uniform resource locator (URL) of a web server for providing the contents are input by the portable terminal;
(b) determining whether the URL is a channel URL that is of a set of URLs of a plurality of web servers that provide contents of a predetermined field;
(c) requesting that the respective web servers corresponding to the respective channel URLs provide the contents;
(d) reducing image sizes of the contents or reducing a number of colors so as to convert them according to a specification of the portable terminal when the contents are provided by the respective web servers according to the request; and
(e) transmitting the converted contents to the portable terminal via the network. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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Specification