Adaptive web browser

• US 20050216470A1
• Filed: 03/21/2003
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Rytivaara, Markku, Mustonen, Mika P.
• Granted Patent: US 8,065,344 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for making it easier to carry out information search and processing with a communications device. Furthermore, the invention relates to a network browser employing the method and a www service at a server in a communications network as well as a cellular network terminal. In the method according to the invention, information entered in the address field of the network browser is utilized so that the address field with its virtual function keys is modified in accordance with the service used on the basis of information entered in the address field.

Claims

1. A method for making it easier to process user specific information at an information processing device, which method uses a network browser installed on said information processing device for searching, processing and presenting information,

the network browser comprising at least an address field and virtual function keys associated with it, wherein the address field and virtual function keys are modified so as to be in accordance with the service used at that time.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the modification of the address field and virtual keys is based on data input in the network browser address field.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device is connected via a communications network to a service provider'"'"'s server to control the modification of the address field and virtual keys so as to be in accordance with the service used.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the network browser at the information processing device is used to open a service provider'"'"'s www page to control the modification of the address field and virtual keys so as to be in accordance with the service used.

5. The method according to claim 4 wherein data input fields on the www page are filled out by entering information in the service specific address field created for the network browser at the information processing device.

6. An address field with associated virtual function keys belonging to a network browser installed at an information processing device, wherein the address field with the virtual function keys is arranged so as to be modified according to the service used at a given moment.

7. The network browser according to claim 6, wherein the address field and virtual keys are arranged to be modified according to the currently used service on the basis of information entered in the address field of the network browser.

8. The network browser according to claim 7, wherein said service used is one of the following:

telephone service, calculator, payment, information search, game, machine translation, message sending, or processing of map information.

9. The network browser according to claim 8, wherein the virtual keys of the network browser are modified so as to make the use of the service easier.

10. Software means for realizing a network browser according to claim 6 at an information processing device.

11. Software means according to claim 10 for realizing a network browser, stored on a data storage medium.

12. A www page at a server connected to a communications network,

the www page comprising software means for modifying a network browser address field and associated virtual function keys, which network browser is intended for using the www page, so that they are in accordance with the service provided on the www page.

13. The www page according to claim 12, wherein the address field and the virtual function keys associated with the www page are arranged to be modified so as to be in accordance with the service on the basis of information entered in the address field of the www page displayed on the network browser at the terminal.

14. A communications network terminal, comprising means for receiving data, means for transmitting data, control unit for the terminal, memory, and a user interface for the terminal,

the control unit for the terminal comprising software means for modifying the user interface for the terminal so as to be in accordance with the service used;

wherein an address field and virtual keys of a network browser belonging to the user interface are arranged so as to be modified in accordance with the service on the basis of information entered in the address field of the network browser.

16. The terminal according to claim 14, which is a terminal of a cellular network.

15. (canceled)