SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ABBREVIATING INFORMATION SENT TO A VIEWING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of providing an information page having a plurality of frames to a viewing device, comprising:
- receiving an information page request from the viewing device and retrieving the requested information page, the requested information page having a plurality of frames;
generating an abbreviated version of the requested information page, the abbreviated version including a graphical representation of the requested information page and frame location data that associates a plurality of links with the frame locations of the plurality of frames in the graphical representation; and
transmitting the abbreviated version of the requested information page to the viewing device.
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Abstract
A system and method for transporting user-requested framed data from a gateway device to a handheld viewing device includes an information source, a gateway device, a relay network and a handheld viewing device. The gateway device includes a fetch and cache component, storage, and a wireless transport layer. The wireless transport layer delivers content from the gateway to the handheld viewing device. The user of the handheld device is then graphically presented with a representative form of the data and is thus able to manually select certain frames of data through a user interface.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of providing an information page having a plurality of frames to a viewing device, comprising:
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receiving an information page request from the viewing device and retrieving the requested information page, the requested information page having a plurality of frames;
generating an abbreviated version of the requested information page, the abbreviated version including a graphical representation of the requested information page and frame location data that associates a plurality of links with the frame locations of the plurality of frames in the graphical representation; and
transmitting the abbreviated version of the requested information page to the viewing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for providing an information page having a plurality of frames to a viewing device, comprising:
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means for receiving an information page request from the viewing device and retrieving the requested information page, the requested information page having a plurality of frames;
means for generating an abbreviated version of the requested information page, the abbreviated version including a graphical representation of the requested information page and frame location data that associates a plurality of links with the frame locations of the plurality of frames in the graphical representation; and
means for transmitting the abbreviated version of the requested information page to the viewing device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A portable viewing device, comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting an information page request to a remote system where the information page is stored;
a receiver for receiving an abbreviated version of the requested information page in response to the information page request; and
a processor for processing the abbreviated version of the information page, the abbreviated version of the information page including a graphical representation of the requested information page and frame location data that associates a plurality of links with frame locations of a plurality of frames in the graphical representation. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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