Portable high speed internet device with user fees
First Claim
1. A method to operate a server for serving documents to a remote device, the method comprising:
- a. Receiving, at the server, a request for a remote document from the remote device;
b. Rendering the entire remote document into a first image;
c. Dividing the first image into a plurality of sections;
d. Compressing the plurality of sections into a plurality of compressed sections respectively;
e. Transmitting the plurality of compressed sections to the remote device in a sequence according to a display priority; and
f. Charging a fee for a connection to the server from the remote device, the server rendering an entire web page having links and text in a non-image format into an image in an image format, the image being transmitted in a compressed format through the connection to the remote device for display when the server receives a request for the web page from the remote device, the image being larger than a display area of the remote device.
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Abstract
The invention discloses a portable device that allows the user to access the Internet and World Wide Web. The portable device includes a modem that connects to a cellular telephone, thus the portable device connects wirelessly to the Internet. A host computer that may also be a Web server, is connected to the Internet and comprises various software programs to translate and compress into bit map or raster images the information received from the Internet. The compressed image is sent the portable device and the device is capable of decompressing the compressed image. Thus, the user views a bit map image of a Web page. The portable device further comprises methods of pointing and clicking on text and images which represent links to other pages. All commands that the user enters into the portable device are sent to the host computer, which performs the commands via a virtual browser, and sends the information back to the portable device. The user may also be charged fees for the purchase of the device as well as monthly fees for the usage.
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22 Claims
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1. A method to operate a server for serving documents to a remote device, the method comprising:
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a. Receiving, at the server, a request for a remote document from the remote device;
b. Rendering the entire remote document into a first image;
c. Dividing the first image into a plurality of sections;
d. Compressing the plurality of sections into a plurality of compressed sections respectively;
e. Transmitting the plurality of compressed sections to the remote device in a sequence according to a display priority; and
f. Charging a fee for a connection to the server from the remote device, the server rendering an entire web page having links and text in a non-image format into an image in an image format, the image being transmitted in a compressed format through the connection to the remote device for display when the server receives a request for the web page from the remote device, the image being larger than a display area of the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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