Methods and apparatus for enabling use of web content on various types of devices

• US 20080153467A1
• Filed: 03/01/2007
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Anat Zohar, Eran Shmuel Wyler, Eyal Rosen, Gil Ilani, Jonathan Ganzi, Ron Elrom
• Original Assignee: Anat Zohar, Eran Shmuel Wyler, Eyal Rosen, Gil Ilani, Jonathan Ganzi, Ron Elrom
• Inventors: Wyler, Eran Shmuel, Rosen, Eyal, Ganzi, Jonathan, Ilani, Gil, Elrom, Ron, Zohar, Anat
• Application Number:
  US11/713,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20080153467A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols

Abstract

A method for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator including requesting a web page by a user, downloading the web page to a server, supplying from the server to the mobile communicator for display on a display screen thereof, an adapted web page corresponding to the web page requested by the user, the adapted web page including a Find In Page link, clicking on the Find In Page link by the user, displaying on the display screen of the mobile communicator a Find In Page form, entering a search string in the Find In Page form submitted by a user and displaying the adapted page on the display screen and designating occurrences of the search string therein.

Claims

1. A method for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator comprising:

requesting a web page by a user;

downloading said web page to a server;

supplying from the server to said mobile communicator for display on a display screen thereof, an adapted web page corresponding to said web page requested by said user, said adapted web page including a Find In Page link;

clicking on said Find In Page link by said user;

displaying on said display screen of said mobile communicator a Find In Page form;

entering a search string in said Find In Page form submitted by a user; and

displaying said adapted page on said display screen and designating occurrences of said search string therein.

2. A method for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and also comprising adding a link next to each occurrence of said search string in said adapted page in order to enable said user to readily navigate from occurrence to occurrence.

3. A method for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and also comprising displaying a list of occurrences of said search string prior to displaying said adapted page on said display screen and designating occurrences of said search string therein.

4. A method for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 3 and wherein said list of occurrences includes links to the occurrences.

5. A method for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein said supplying includes providing an adapted web page to said mobile communicator, which adapted web page includes a Find In Page link.

6. A method for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 5 and when said user clicks on said Find In Page link and said server receives a corresponding request for a Find In Page form and provides said Find In Page form to said mobile communicator.

7. A method for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 6 and wherein said Find In Page form includes radio buttons allowing the user to select between first and second options as well as a text entry field allowing the user to enter a search string.

8. A method for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 7 and wherein when said user actuates one of the radio buttons, enters a search string and submits the form to the server, this sends a request to the server to retrieve the initially requested web page and to designate on the corresponding adapted web page occurrences of the search string entered by the user.

9. A method for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 8 and wherein the server is operative sequentially to:

I. reload the same web page as originally requested by the user;

II. adapt the web page for said mobile communicator, divide the adapted page into a series of sequential viewable adapted screens and search throughout the entire adapted page for occurrences of the search string; and

III. designate each such occurrence in a manner enabled by the mobile communicator.

10. A method for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 9 and wherein the server is also operative to:

IV. add a link alongside each occurrence which leads to the sequential next occurrence, wherein the link alongside the last occurrence in the adapted page leads back to the first occurrence;

V. if a ‘

list results’

option is selected, add at the beginning of the adapted page a list of occurrences showing their context including links which lead to each occurrences in the adapted page.

VI if a ‘

show in page’

option is selected, cause the first of the series of sequential viewable adapted pages in which the search string occurs to be displayed.

11. A system for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator comprising a server programmed to support the following functionality:

in response to a user request, downloading said web page to said server;

supplying from the server to said mobile communicator for display on a display screen thereof, an adapted web page corresponding to said web page requested by said user, said adapted web page including a Find In Page link;

clicking on said Find In Page link by said user;

displaying on said display screen of said mobile communicator a Find In Page form;

entering a search string in said Find In Page form submitted by a user; and

displaying said adapted page on said display screen and designating occurrences of said search string therein.

12. A system for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 11 and wherein said functionality also includes adding a link next to each occurrence of said search string in said adapted page in order to enable said user to readily navigate from occurrence to occurrence.

13. A system for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 11 and wherein said functionality also includes displaying a list of occurrences of said search string prior to displaying said adapted page on said display screen and designating occurrences of said search string therein.

14. A system for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 13 and wherein said list of occurrences includes links to the occurrences.

15. A system for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 11 and wherein said supplying functionality includes providing an adapted web page to said mobile communicator, which adapted web page includes a Find In Page link.

16. A system for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 15 and wherein said functionality enables said user to click on said Find In Page link, and causes said server to receive a corresponding request for a Find In Page form and provide said Find In Page form to said mobile communicator.

17. A system for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 16 and wherein said Find In Page form includes radio buttons allowing the user to select between first and second options as well as a text entry field allowing the user to enter a search string.

18. A system for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 17 and wherein said functionality enables said user to actuate one of the radio buttons and to enter a search string and submit the form to the server, and causes the server to sends a request to the server to retrieve the initially requested web page and to designate on the corresponding adapted web page occurrences of the search string entered by the user.

19. A system for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 18 and wherein said functionality enables said server to be operative sequentially to:

I. reload the same web page as originally requested by the user;

II. adapt the web page for said mobile communicator, divide the adapted page into a series of sequential viewable adapted screens and search throughout the entire adapted page for occurrences of the search string; and

III. designate each such occurrence in a manner enabled by the mobile communicator.

20. A system for displaying web content on a display screen of a mobile communicator according to claim 19 and wherein said functionality also enables said server to be operative to:

IV. add a link alongside each occurrence which leads to the sequential next occurrence, wherein the link alongside the last occurrence in the adapted page leads back to the first occurrence;

V. if a ‘

list results’

option is selected, add at the beginning of the adapted page a list of occurrences showing their context including links which lead to each occurrences in the adapted page; and

VI if a ‘

show in page’

option is selected, cause the first of the series of sequential viewable adapted pages in which the search string occurs to be displayed.