Web page display system, and image server and method of controlling the same

• US 20040230889A1
• Filed: 05/13/2004
• Published: 11/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanaka, Hiroshi, Watanabe, Mikio, Ishiyama, Eiji
• Granted Patent: US 7,631,256 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/501.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A Web page is displayed on a display screen of a digital camera. The Web page is composed of an image corresponding to one frame. When a radio button corresponding area is clicked, a http request indicating that the radio button corresponding area is clicked is transmitted from the digital camera to a conversion server. In the conversion server, a Web page in which the clicked radio button corresponding area is marked with a solid circle is generated. A html response representing the generated Web page is transmitted from the conversion server to the digital camera. The Web page in which the clicked radio button corresponding area is marked with a solid circle is displayed on the display screen of the digital camera. The radio button function of the Web page can be substantially utilized.

Claims

1. In a Web page display system comprising an image display control device and an image server which can communicate with each other,

data representing a Web page image including an image area which is an image area corresponding to an action area and is an unclikable area being transmitted from said image server to said image display control device,

said image display control device comprising

a display device for displaying on its display screen the Web page image represented by the Web page image data transmitted from said image server,

a judgment device for judging whether or not an action corresponding area included in a Web page displayed on the display screen of said display device is clicked, and

a first transmission device for transmitting, in response to the judgment by said judgment device that the action corresponding area is clicked, data representing the contents of the click to said image sever, and

said image server comprising

a generation device for generating data representing a Web page image obtained by updating a portion of said Web page image depending on the contents of the click on the basis of the data representing the contents of the click transmitted from said first transmission device in said image display control device, and

a second transmission device for transmitting to said image display control device the Web page image data after the update generated by said generation device.

2. An image server comprising:

first generation device for generating data representing a Web page image including an image area which is an image area corresponding to an action area and is an unclickable area;

a first transmission device for transmitting to an image display control device the Web page image data generated by said first generation device;

a receiving device for receiving, in response to a click of the action corresponding area included in said Web page image represented by the Web page image data transmitted from said first transmission device in said image display control device, data representing the contents of the click transmitted from said image display control device;

a second generation device for generating, on the basis of the data representing the contents of the click received by said receiving device, data representing a Web page image obtained by updating a portion of said Web page image depending on the contents of the click; and

a second transmission device for transmitting to said image display control device the Web page image data after the update generated by said second generation device.

3. The image server according to claim 2, wherein

the updated portion of the Web page image after the update corresponds to said action area.

4. The image server according to claim 2, wherein

the updated portion of the Web page image after the update corresponds to an area different from said action area.

5. The image server according to claim 2, wherein

said action area corresponds to a clickable keyboard, and

a character corresponding to the click of said keyboard is displayed as the updated portion of the Web page image after the update.

6. The image server according to claim 2, wherein

said image server comprises a conversion server and a Web server,

said Web server comprising said first generation device, and

said conversion server comprising said first transmission device, said receiving device, said second transmission device, and said second generation device.

7. An image display control device comprising:

a display device for displaying on its display screen a Web page image represented by Web page image data transmitted from an image server and including a keyboard image area and a text box area;

a copying device for copying a character image formed in a clicked key area in the keyboard image area included in the Web page image displayed on the display screen of said display device from said keyboard image area, and

a pasting device for pasting to said text box area the character image copied by said copying device.

8. The image display control device according to claim 7, wherein

said Web page image is an image corresponding to a plurality of frames which are independent for key areas composing said keyboard image area.

9. A method of controlling an image server, comprising the steps of:

transmitting to an image display control device data representing a Web page image including an image area which is an image area corresponding to an action area and is an unclickable area;

receiving, in response to a click of the action corresponding area included in said Web page image represented by the transmitted Web page image data in said image display control device, data representing the contents of the click transmitted from said image display control device;

generating, on the basis the received data representing the contents of the click, data representing a Web page image obtained by updating a portion of said Web page image depending on the contents of the click; and

transmitting to said image display control device the generated Web page image data after the update.

10. An image display controlling method comprising the steps of:

displaying on a display screen of a display device a Web page image represented by Web page image data transmitted from an image server and including a keyboard image area and a text box area;

copying a character image formed in a clicked key area in the keyboard image area included in the Web page image displayed on said display screen from said keyboard image area; and

pasting the copied character image to said text box area.

11. A program for controlling an image server so as to:

transmit to an image display control device data representing a Web page image including an image area which is an image area corresponding to an action area and is an unclickable area;

receive, in response to a click of the action corresponding area included in said Web page image represented by the transmitted Web page image data in said image display control device, data representing the contents of the click transmitted from said image display control device;

generate, on the basis the received data representing the contents of the click, data representing a Web page image obtained by updating a portion of said Web page image depending on the contents of the click; and

transmit to said image display control device the generated Web page image data after the update.

13. A recording medium storing the program according to claim 11 or 12.

12. A program for controlling a computer in an image display control device so as to:

display on a display screen of a display device a Web page image represented by Web page image data transmitted from an image server and including a keyboard image area and a text box area;

copy a character image formed in a clicked key area in the keyboard image area included in the Web page image displayed on said display screen from said keyboard image area; and

paste the copied character image to said text box area.

14. In an image server which can communicate with an image display control device,

an image server comprising:

a receiving device for receiving a Web page request transmitted from said image display control device;

a generation device for generating image data representing a Web page in which a text included in a Web page corresponding to the Web page request received by said receiving device and represented by text data is imaged; and

a first transmission device for transmitting to said image display control device the Web page image data generated by said generation device.

15. The image server according to claim 14, further comprising

a first judgment device for judging whether or not the text represented by the text data is included in the Web page corresponding to said Web page request,

said generation device generating, in response to the judgment by said first judgment device that the text represented by the text data is included in said Web page, the image data representing the Web page in which said text is imaged.

16. The image server according to claim 14, further comprising

a second judgment device for judging whether or not a clickable area is included in the Web page corresponding to the Web page request received by said receiving device,

said generation device generating, in response to the judgment by said second judgment device that the clickable area is included, image data representing the Web page in which said clickable area is imaged as a clickable map.

17. The image server according to claim 14, wherein

said image server comprises a conversion server and a Web server,

said conversion server comprising

said receiving device, said generation device, and said first transmission device, and

a second transmission device for transmitting to said Web server a request for material data composing the Web page image represented by said Web page image data,

said Web server comprising

a third transmission device for transmitting the material data to said conversion server depending on the material data request transmitted from said second transmission device in said conversion server, and

said generation device in said conversion server generating said Web page image data using the material data transmitted from the third transmission device in said Web server.

18. In an image server which can communicate with an image display control device,

a method of controlling an image server, comprising the steps of:

receiving a Web page request transmitted from said image display control device;

generating image data representing a Web page in which a text included in a Web page corresponding to the received Web page request and represented by text data is imaged; and

transmitting to said image display control device the generated Web page image data.

19. A program for controlling an image server which can communicate with an image display control device so as to:

receive a Web page request transmitted from said image display control device;

judge whether or not a text included in a Web page corresponding to the received Web page request and represented by text data is included;

generate on said Web page image data representing a Web page in which the text represented by the text data is imaged; and

transmit to said image display control device the generated Web page image data.

20. A recording medium storing the program according to claim 19.