METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING SERVICES FOR ACCESSING THE WORLD WIDE WEB

• US 20080275987A1
• Filed: 07/17/2008
• Published: 11/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1996
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Level 3 Communications LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Level 3 Communications LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.), Verizon Corporate Group Services, Inc.
• Inventors: GARDELL, Steven E., REICHLEN, Bruce, NELSON, Denise A.
• Application Number:
  US12/174,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20080275987A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4355 involving reformatting operations of additional data, e.g. HTML pages on a television screen optimising the visualization of content for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/9577; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/066; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440236 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures, audio is converted into text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Web pages retrieved by a browser core are translated into user interface component definitions and page information. The definitions and page information are transmitted to a user device which recomposes the definitions and page information into a format for presentation to a user on a user device. Transmitting the definitions and page information includes translation of the definitions and page information into a format appropriate for both the particular communications media on which the information is transmitted, and the device to which the information is transmitted. The device includes a browser client which performs the recomposition. The browser client also receives user input, and may respond by altering the information locally at the user device, and sending information related to the user selection back to the browser core for further processing. The browser core also tracks user sessions, thus allowing a user to access the network from several devices, and capture session information for each access from each device. This allows users to switch devices, and start a new session at the point where a previous session ended.

Claims

1. Apparatus for transmitting network-related information, comprising:

means for receiving a request for first network information;

means for retrieving first network information having interactive elements;

means for analyzing the first network information and creating second network information comprising definitions based on characteristics of the interactive elements; and

means for transmitting the second network information and the definitions.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the means for receiving a request includes:

means for capturing session information related to the request.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the means for retrieving network information includes:

means for accessing the Internet.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the means for transmitting includes:

means for translating the second network information from a first format to a second format.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the means for transmitting includes:

first path means for transmitting the definitions; and

second path means for transmitting the second network information.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

means for receiving user requests related to the definitions.

7. A method for transmitting network-related information, comprising:

retrieving first network information having interactive elements;

analyzing the first network information and creating second network information and definitions based on characteristics of the interactive elements; and

transmitting the second network information and the definitions.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of receiving a request includes:

capturing session information related to the request.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of retrieving network information includes the substep of:

accessing the Internet.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of transmitting includes the substep of:

translating the second network information from a first format to a second format.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of transmitting includes the substeps of:

transmitting the definitions on a first path; and

transmitting the second network information on a second path.

12. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of:

receiving user requests related to the definitions.

13. A system for handling network information transfer between a network and a user device, comprising:

means for receiving a network request from a user device for first network information;

means for retrieving the first network information;

means for processing the first network information to create second network information comprising a user interface element definition and display information;

means for transmitting the second network information over a communications media; and

means for receiving the second network information and recomposing the second network information to form third network information for the user device.

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