Server devices for displaying web pages

• US 20020062396A1
• Filed: 10/29/2001
• Published: 05/23/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mishou Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mishou Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kakei, Masaru, Usui, Shin-ichi
• Application Number:
  US09/984,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20020062396A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A web page displaying server device for making it possible to display web pages on a terminal device regardless of the kind of language used for description on the web pages. The server device comprises means for receiving a web page display request from the terminal device, means for receiving web page data demanded by the received web page display request, data conversion means for converting the web page data to data in conformity with the type of the terminal device, and means for transmitting the converted data to the terminal device.

Claims

1. A web page displaying server device for making it possible to display web pages on a terminal device regardless of the kind of language used for description on the web pages, the server device comprising:

means for receiving a web page display request from the terminal device,

means for receiving web page data demanded by the received web page display request,

data conversion means for converting the web page data to data in conformity with the type of the terminal device, and

means for transmitting the converted data to the terminal device.

2. A web page displaying server device according to claim 1 wherein the data conversion means comprises size altering means for cutting out a portion of the web page and altering size of the cut-out portion in conformity with the size of the display screen of the terminal device.

3. A web page displaying server device according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the converted data is image data.

4. A web page displaying server device for making it possible to display web pages on a terminal device regardless of the kind of language used for description on the web pages, the server device comprising:

material storing means for storing materials for forming web page data,

program storing means for storing a plurality of web page providing programs corresponding respectively to different kinds of description languages,

means for receiving a web page display request from the terminal device,

terminal type identifying means for identifying the web page description language based on the web page display request,

means for selecting one of the web page providing programs based on the identified language,

web page creating means for creating web page data by selectively combining materials in the material storing means according to the selected program, and

means for transmitting the web page data created to the terminal device.