Server side web browsing and multiple lens system, method and apparatus

• US 20070180367A1
• Filed: 08/31/2006
• Published: 08/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CDN Innovations, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Gutenberg Printing LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Chiang, Hiang-Swee
• Granted Patent: US 7,890,856 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A user may access a host server and receive display information within a single browser window. The display information includes at least one lens, wherein each lens controls server side web browsing and allows the user to view a separate web page from the Internet. The host server provides personalized web browsing capability specific to a particular user independent of the browser, device or location of the user. After the user submits a request to view a particular web page, the web page information is retrieved by the host server and transmitted to the user for display within a selected lens. Each lens controls server-side web browsing through independent navigational controls, such as a horizontal and vertical scroll bar, a resize button and the like. One lens may also control the web content displayed in another lens. The host server may reformat entire web pages so that they can be displayed within a lens without the need for scrolling. Additionally, each lens may have multiple cookies associated therewith. Users may further submit bookmarks which are applicable to one or more of the lenses. Bookmarks may be recognized through initiating a single command.

Claims

1. A method, performed by a host server, for reformatting a web page presented to a user at a remote device, comprising:

transmitting by the host server a web page corresponding to a received uniform resource locator for display in a window on said remote device, wherein only a portion of display data associated with said web page is visible within a display area of said window;

receiving a request by the host server from said user to reformat said web page; and

reformatting by the host server said web page in response to said request.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a reformatted web page to said user for display in said window, wherein substantially all of said display data is visible within said display area.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting said web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by said user.

4. A method comprising:

transmitting a uniform resource locator to a host server through a window of a browser on a remote device;

receiving a web page corresponding to said uniform resource locator displayed in said window, wherein only a portion of display data associated with said web page is visible within a display area of said window; and

transmitting a request to reformat said web page.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving a reformatted web page in response to said request such that substantially all of said display data is visible within said display area.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving said web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by a user.

7. A method, performed by a host server, for reformatting a web page presented to a user at a remote device, comprising:

determining by the host server whether received display data has a size greater than or less than a display area available for viewing said web page; and

reformatting said web page if said size of said display data is greater than or less than said display area.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising transmitting a reformatted web page to said user for display in said display area such that substantially all of said display data is visible within said display area.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising transmitting said web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by a user.

10. A host server for reformatting a web page presented to a user at a remote device, comprising:

a storage device and a connected processor, the processor operative to;

(i) receive a uniform resource locator through a window of a browser on said remote device;

(ii) transmit a web page corresponding to said uniform resource locator for display in said window, wherein only a portion of display data associated with said web page is visible within a display area of said window;

(iii) receive a request from said user to reformat said web page; and

(iv) reformat said web page in response to said request.

11. The host server of claim 10, wherein the processor is further to transmit a reformatted web page to said user for display in said window, wherein substantially all of said display data is visible within said display area.

12. The host server of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to transmit said web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by said user.

13. A remote device for receiving a reformatted a web page from a host server, comprising:

a storage device and a connected processor, the processor operative to,

(i) transmit a uniform resource locator to said host server through a window of a browser on said remote device;

(ii) receive a web page corresponding to said uniform resource locator displayed in said window, wherein only a portion of display data associated with said web page is visible within a display area of said window; and

(iii) transmit a request to reformat said web page.

14. The remote device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further operative to receive a reformatted web page in response to said request, wherein substantially all of said display data is visible within said display area.

15. The remote device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to receive said web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by a user.

16. A host server for reformatting a web page presented to a user at a remote device, comprising:

a storage device and connected processor, the processor operative to,

(i) receive display data corresponding to a web page requested by said user;

(ii) determine whether said display data has a size greater than or less than a display area available for viewing said web page; and

(iii) reformat said web page if said size of said display data is greater than or less than said display area.

17. The host server of claim 16, wherein the processor is further operative to transmit a reformatted web page to said user for display in said display area, wherein substantially all of said display data is visible within said display area.

18. The host server of claim 16, wherein the processor is further operative to transmit said web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by said user.

19. A computer readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon for reformatting a web page presented by a host server to a user at a remote device, comprising:

code for receiving a uniform resource locator through a window of a browser on said remote device;

code for transmitting a web page corresponding to said uniform resource locator for display in said window, wherein only a portion of display data associated with said web page is visible within a display area of said window; and

code for receiving a request from said user to reformat said web page.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising code for reformatting said web page in response to said request such that substantially all of said display data is visible within said display area.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising code for reformatting said web page to a percentage of its original size selected by said user.

22. A computer readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon for reformatting a web page received on a remote device, comprising:

code for transmitting a uniform resource locator to a host server through a window of a browser on said remote device;

code for receiving a web page corresponding to said uniform resource locator displayed in said window, wherein only a portion of display data associated with said web page is viewed within a display area of said window; and

code for transmitting a request to reformat said web page.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 22, further comprising code for receiving a reformatted web page in response to said request, wherein substantially all of said display data is visible within said display area.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 22, further comprising code for receiving said web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by a user.

25. A computer readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon for reformatting a web page presented to a user at a remote device, comprising:

code for receiving display data corresponding to a web page requested by said user;

code for determining whether said display data has a size greater than or less than a display area available for displaying said web page; and

code for reformatting said web page if said size of said display data is greater than or less than said display area.

26. The computer readable medium of claim 25, further comprising code for reformatting said web page such that substantially all of said display data is visible within said display area.

27. The computer readable medium of claim 25, further comprising code for reformatting said web page to a percentage of its original size selected by said user.

28. A computer readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon for receiving a reformatted web page on a remote device, comprising:

code for requesting a host server to transmit a web page for presentation in a display area within a window of a browser on said remote device; and

code for receiving from said host server a reformatted web page.

29. The computer readable medium of claim 28, wherein substantially all of said reformatted web page is visible within said display area.

30. The computer readable medium of claim 28, wherein said web page has been reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by a user.

31. A method performed by a host server, for presenting web content to a user at remote device, comprising:

receiving an identifier from said user;

verifying said identifier;

upon said verification, transmitting display information including at least one lens for presentation within a window of a browser on said remote devise;

receiving a first uniform resource locator through a first lens;

transmitting a first web page corresponding to said first uniform resource locator for display in said in said first lens;

receiving a request for said user to reformat said first web page; and

reformatting first web page in response to said request.