MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WEBSITE BROWSING METHOD

• US 20080201489A1
• Filed: 02/20/2008
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: MORINAGA, Yasuo
• Granted Patent: US 7,769,898 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/246
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/12 Application layer protocols, e.g. WAP [Wireless Application Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

An object is to implement automatic selection of an optimal combination of a communication network with a web browser according to a connection environment, thereby improving user'"'"'s convenience during browsing a website. A cell phone achieving this object is composed of a first browser for browsing web data described in cHTML; a second browser for browsing web data described in HTML; a radio information collector for acquiring radio intensity information about a base station device and an access point; a communication network selector for selecting a communication network, based on the radio intensity information; a data transmitter-receiver for receiving web data from a WWW server via the selected communication network; a browser selector for determining a description language of the web data and thereby selecting either of the first browser and the second browser; and a data output controller for outputting the web data to the selected browser.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal for browsing web data from a predesignated communication site through a communication network selected out of a mobile communication network and a wireless LAN network, the mobile communication terminal comprising:

first browsing means for browsing web data described in a first data format;

second browsing means for browsing web data described in a second data format;

radio information collecting means for receiving radio waves from a base station device belonging to the mobile communication network and from an access point device belonging to the wireless LAN network, and thereby acquiring radio intensity information about the mobile communication network and the wireless LAN network;

communication network selecting means for selecting a communication network to be connected, out of the mobile communication network and the wireless LAN network, based on the radio intensity information acquired by the radio information collecting means;

data information receiving means for receiving information about a data format of web data as a browsing object from the communication site;

browser selecting means for determining which of the first and second data formats is the data format received by the data information receiving means, and thereby selecting either of the first browsing means and the second browsing means; and

data outputting means for receiving the web data from the communication site via the communication network selected by the communication network selecting means and for outputting the web data to the browsing means selected by the browser selecting means.

2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the data information receiving means further receives information about a data size of the web data, and

wherein, based on the information about the data size, the communication network selecting means selects the wireless LAN network if the data size is not less than a predetermined threshold, and the communication network selecting means selects the mobile communication network if the data size is less than the predetermined threshold.

3. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the data information receiving means further receives information about a data type of the web data, and

wherein, based on the information about the data type, the communication network selecting means further selects the communication network out of the mobile communication network and the wireless LAN network.

4. A website browsing method for browsing web data from a predesignated communication site through a communication network selected out of a mobile communication network and a wireless LAN network, the website browsing method comprising:

a first browsing step wherein first browsing means browses web data described in a first data format;

a second browsing step wherein second browsing means browses web data described in a second data format;

a radio information collecting step wherein radio information collecting means receives radio waves from a base station device belonging to the mobile communication network and from an access point device belonging to the wireless LAN network, and thereby acquires radio intensity information about the mobile communication network and the wireless LAN network;

a communication network selecting step wherein communication network selecting means selects a communication network to be connected, out of the mobile communication network and the wireless LAN network, based on the radio intensity information acquired in the radio information collecting step;

a data information receiving step wherein data information receiving means receives information about a data format of web data as a browsing object from the communication site;

a browser selecting step wherein browser selecting means determines which of the first and second data formats is the data format received in the data information receiving step, and thereby selects either of the first browsing means and the second browsing means; and

a data outputting step wherein data outputting means receives the web data from the communication site through the communication network selected in the communication network selecting step and outputs the web data to the browsing means selected in the browser selecting step.