Service portal for links from Web content

• US 20040049555A1
• Filed: 09/05/2003
• Published: 03/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Trevor, Jonathan James, Churchill, Elizabeth F., Schilit, William N., Marshall, Catherine Claire
• Application Number:
  US10/655,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20040049555A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

A Web browser provides the ability to separate content and hyper-links from a Web page and provides a list of the links for viewing on a mobile device display screen, and once a link is selected using the mobile device, a services portal link is provided to the mobile device display to provide selection of services to be performed on the selected link, such as faxing or printing. Further, the services are made link dependent, or user dependent so that specific services can be displayed depending on factors such as the availability of services provided specifically from a Web page owner for link dependent services, or for the location of a user relative to a print service provider for user dependent services.

Claims

1. A method for providing access to services when a Web page is accessed by a user comprising the steps of:

receiving a URL code from a user;

retrieving a set of links from the Web page identified by the URL code;

displaying the list of links;

receiving a user selection of a given one of the links from the list of links;

retrieving a list of services which may be performed using the given link;

displaying the list of services.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the list of services comprises the step of:

displaying a standard list of services independent of the given link; and

displaying one of a number of link dependent services as identified by the given link.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the standard list of services consists of one or more of the following:

printing the Web page identified by the given link;

faxing the Web page identified by the given link;

emailing the given link;

displaying the contents of the Web page identified by the given link;

transmitting the given link as a pager message.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the number of link dependent services include services provided by businesses identified by the links.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the number of link dependent services include services provided by owners of content in documents identified by the links.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the number of link dependent services include services which perform functions dependent on the type of formatting of the Web page identified by the link.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the one of the types of formatting comprises a portable document format (pdf).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of services consists of one or more of the following:

printing the Web page identified by the given link;

faxing the Web page identified by the given link;

emailing the given link;

displaying the contents of the Web page identified by the given link;

transmitting the given link as a pager message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of services includes email of the given link bundled with the list of services which may be performed using the given link.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the list of services comprises the step of:

displaying a standard list of services; and

displaying a list of services dependent on a location of the mobile device from a location of where the services can be performed relative to the user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the list of services comprises the step of:

displaying a standard list of services; and

displaying a list of services dependent on a configuration of the display.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the display is provided on a device consisting of one or more of the following:

an Internet phone;

a personal digital assistant; and

a two way pager.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the list of services comprises the step of:

displaying a standard list of services; and

displaying a list of services dependent on a characteristic of the user.