Efficient hyperlinks for transmitted hyperlinked information
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting a link to a first unit of information, embedded in a second unit of information, from a server computer to a remote cellular telephone, the method comprising:
- providing a link token;
storing an association between the link token and the embedded link in a storage device;
transmitting information from the second unit of information, with the embedded link replaced by the link token, to the remote cellular telephone in a short text message.
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Abstract
A method and system for efficiently transmitting embedded links within formatted text documents that describe web pages to a remote electronic device that displays information extracted from web pages. A server computer transcribes information contained in web pages into packets of textual information that can be transmitted to, and displayed on, the remote electronic device. In transcribing information contained in web pages, the server computer replaces embedded links with short link tokens and stores associations between embedded links and link tokens in order to later resolve link tokens into embedded links.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting a link to a first unit of information, embedded in a second unit of information, from a server computer to a remote cellular telephone, the method comprising:
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providing a link token;
storing an association between the link token and the embedded link in a storage device;
transmitting information from the second unit of information, with the embedded link replaced by the link token, to the remote cellular telephone in a short text message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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15. A method for transmitting a request for a first unit of information from a cellular telephone to a server computer, the method comprising:
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identifying a link token in a second unit of information displayed on the cellular telephone;
selecting the link token; and
transmitting the selected link token to a server computer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A web-page serving system for serving hyperlinked information extracted from web pages to a cellular telephone, the web-page serving system comprising:
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a server computer that transcribes web pages into corresponding units of information transmittable to, and displayable on, the cellular telephone, transcrition of web pages including substituting link tokens for links embedded in the web page and storing corresponding link-token/embedded link associations for subsequent access by the server computer; and
a short message service network that interconnects the server computer with the cellular telephone and through which the server transmits units of information that include link tokens to the cellular telephone.
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