WEB PAGE VIEWING SERVER, WEB PAGE VIEWING SYSTEM, AND WEB PAGE VIEWING METHOD
First Claim
1. A Web page viewing server comprising:
- a viewing request accepting unit that accepts a request for viewing a Web page from a portable terminal;
a Web page obtaining unit that obtains the Web page in response to the viewing request accepted by the viewing request accepting unit;
an imaging unit that repeatedly images the Web page obtained by the Web page obtaining unit to generate page images corresponding to the Web page;
an image transmitting unit that transmits all or part of the page images generated by the imaging unit to the portable terminal;
a detecting unit that repeatedly detects a change in the page images;
an area determining unit that determines whether an update area where a change is detected in the page images by the detecting unit and a display area of the page image displayed on a display screen of the portable terminal have an overlap; and
an image transmitting unit that causes the image transmitting unit to transmit, to the portable terminal, an image including an overlap area between the update area and the display area in the page images when the update area and the display area have an overlap and does not cause the image transmitting unit to perform image transmission to the portable terminal when the update area and the display area do not have an overlap.
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Abstract
The present invention includes an imaging unit that repeatedly images a Web page to generate page images, a detecting unit that repeatedly detects a change in the page images, an area determining unit that determines whether an update area in the page images where a change is detected and a display area displayed on a display screen of the portable terminal have an overlap, and an image transmission control unit that causes an image transmitting unit to transmit an image including an overlap area between the update area and the display area to the portable terminal when the update area and the display area have an overlap and does not cause the image transmitting unit to transmit the image when the update area and the display area do not have an overlap.
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11 Claims
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1. A Web page viewing server comprising:
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a viewing request accepting unit that accepts a request for viewing a Web page from a portable terminal; a Web page obtaining unit that obtains the Web page in response to the viewing request accepted by the viewing request accepting unit; an imaging unit that repeatedly images the Web page obtained by the Web page obtaining unit to generate page images corresponding to the Web page; an image transmitting unit that transmits all or part of the page images generated by the imaging unit to the portable terminal; a detecting unit that repeatedly detects a change in the page images; an area determining unit that determines whether an update area where a change is detected in the page images by the detecting unit and a display area of the page image displayed on a display screen of the portable terminal have an overlap; and an image transmitting unit that causes the image transmitting unit to transmit, to the portable terminal, an image including an overlap area between the update area and the display area in the page images when the update area and the display area have an overlap and does not cause the image transmitting unit to perform image transmission to the portable terminal when the update area and the display area do not have an overlap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A Web page viewing method of converting a Web page corresponding to a request for viewing the Web page from a portable terminal to a page image and distributing the page image to the portable terminal,
the Web page viewing server performing steps comprising: -
a viewing request accepting step of accepting the request for viewing the Web page from the portable terminal; a Web page obtaining step of obtaining the Web page in response to the viewing request accepted in the viewing request accepting step; an imaging step of repeatedly imaging the Web page obtained in the Web page obtaining step to generate page images corresponding to the Web page; an image transmitting step of transmitting all or part of the page images generated in the imaging step to the portable terminal; a detecting step of repeatedly detecting a change in the page images; an area determining step of determining whether an update area where a change is detected in the page images in the detecting step and a display area of the page image displayed on a display screen of the portable terminal have an overlap; and an image transmitting step of transmitting, in the image transmitting step, to the portable terminal, an image including an overlap area between the update area and the display area in the page images when the update area and the display area have an overlap and not performing image transmission to the portable terminal when the update area and the display area do not have an overlap. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a program causing a computer to perform functions comprising:
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a viewing request accepting function of accepting a request for viewing a Web page from a portable terminal; a Web page obtaining function of obtaining the Web page in response to the viewing request accepted by the viewing request accepting function; an imaging function of repeatedly imaging the Web page obtained by the Web page obtaining function to generate page images corresponding to the Web page; an image transmitting function of transmitting all or part of the page images generated by the imaging function to the portable terminal; a detecting function of repeatedly detecting a change in the page images; an area determining function of determining whether an update area where a change is detected in the page images by the detecting function and a display area of the page image displayed on a display screen of the portable terminal have an overlap; and an image transmitting function of causing the image transmitting function to transmit, to the portable terminal, an image including an overlap area between the update area and the display area in the page images when the update area and the display area have an overlap and does not cause the image transmitting function to perform image transmission to the portable terminal when the update area and the display area do not have an overlap.
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