SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION TRANSFER OVER A NETWORK
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Abstract
An interface device for connecting to and retrieving data from a remote computer system, and method of compressing, decompressing and transferring data therefor. A user may set transfer constraints on the interface device. The interface device may be a web browser. The user selecting a web site requests data, normally image data from a remote computer system. The interface device includes a cache memory where generic objects may be stored. Each generic object corresponds to an original object in the requested data. Depending on the data transfer constraints, instead of retrieving the entire image, e.g., web page image, unaltered from the host system, a compact generic image is retrieved, initially, wherein generic objects are substituted for each corresponding original object. A pseudo-image is displayed, with the generic objects substituted for corresponding original objects. Subsequently received original objects may be substituted for generic objects as each original object is received.
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26 Claims
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24. A method of transferring data across a computer network, said computer network including a plurality of computers, a database stored on one of said plurality of computers, said method comprising the steps of:
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requesting transfer of data stored on a remote computer system, said stored data including image and sound data;
identifying at least one object included in said requested data as being associated with a generic object; and
substituting a corresponding said generic object for each said associated at least one object. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 13)
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25. A method of transferring data across a computer network, said computer network including a plurality of computers, a database stored on one of said plurality of computers, said method comprising the steps of:
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setting data transfer constraints;
requesting transfer of data, including image and sound data, stored on a remote computer system;
identifying at least one object included in said requested data as being associated with a generic object;
substituting a corresponding said generic object for each said at least one object in a web browser image responsive to said data transfer constraints;
transferring generic object codes associated with related images from said remote computer system;
displaying said web browser image while transferring, wherein when related images are displayed, generic objects associated with said transferred generic object codes are substituted in said displayed related images, wherein a requested object is transferred while a corresponding generic object is being displayed; and
replacing and displaying each said corresponding generic object with each said requested object when said requested object is received. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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26. A computer program product for transferring data across a computer network including a plurality of computers, a database stored on one of said plurality of computers, said computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon, said computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code means for setting data transfer constraints;
computer readable program code means for requesting transfer of data stored on a remote computer system;
computer readable program code means for identifying at least one object included in said requested data as being associated with a generic object; and
computer readable program code means for substituting a corresponding generic object for each said at least one object responsive to said data transfer constraints, wherein image data is requested by a user for display on a web browser, said generic object being substituted in a web browser image, said computer program product; and
computer readable program code including a database with a plurality of generic objects. - View Dependent Claims (21, 23)
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