Method for storing, accessing embedded web pages during manufacturing phase on personal digital device

• US 6,889,224 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2001
• Issued: 05/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Xueshan Technologies Inc. (Wi-LAN Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Smith, Gordon James
• Primary Examiner(s): Channavajjala, Srirama
• Application Number:
  US09/859,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20020174110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,448 Days
• Field of Search: 707 1- 10, 707100-1041, 715/501.1, 715/513, 715/526, 715/902, 709203-238, 709240-248, 705 1- 30, 455/433, 455/435, 455/422, 455/406, 455/426, 345/766, 345/326, 345/348, 345/333, 345/357, 345/329, 379 8817- 8818, 379 8812- 8815, 23547201-47202
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A method for accessing remote information via a personal digital device, the method including the steps of storing embedded information in a memory of the personal digital device, receiving an information query from a user of the personal digital device, and determining if a response to the information query is contained in the embedded information. If the response to the information query is contained in the embedded information, then the embedded information is displayed to the user. Alternatively, if the response to the user query is not found in the embedded information, then a remote information query is executed through a wireless communication device. Additionally, if a remote information query is executed, the method includes the step of storing parameters representing the information query.

Claims

1. A method for accessing web pages via a personal digital device, comprising:

storing one or more embedded web pages in a memory of the personal digital device during a manufacturing phase of the personal digital device;

receiving an information query from a user of the personal digital device;

determining if a response to the information query is contained in the one or more embedded web pages;

displaying at least a portion of the one or more embedded web pages to the user if the response is determined to be contained in the one or more embedded web pages; and

executing a remote information query through a wireless communication device if it is determined that the response is not contained in the one or more embedded web pages.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the one or more embedded web pages further comprises:

generating an indexable database representing each of the one or more embedded web pages.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the indexable database includes entries corresponding to search terms for each indivdual embedded web page.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining if a response to the information query is contained in the one or more embedded web pages further comprises indexing into a database of query terms, wherein each of the query terms in the database represents an embedded web page.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing parameters pertaining to the information query if a remote information query is executed;

wherein storing parameters pertaining to the information query further comprises storing the remote information query in an indexable database.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the one or more embedded web pages comprises storing lower resolution versions of web pages residing on the Internet.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more embedded web pages comprises one or more web pages of at least one selected business in an effort to market the selected business by first determining whether user information queries can be satisfied by displaying one or more of the web pages to the user before executing the remote information query.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the selected business is a manufacturer of the personal digital device.

9. A method for accessing an Internet web page on a personal digital device, comprising:

determining if a response to a user query resides within the one or more embedded web pages stored in the personal digital device, wherein the one or more embedded web pages were stored to the personal digital device during a manufacturing phase of the personal digital device;

displaying one or more embedded web pages to the user if the response is determined to reside in the one or more embedded web pages;

executing a remote information query process through a wireless communication device if it is determined that the response to the user query does not reside in the one or more embedded web pages; and

updating the one or more embedded web pages in accordance with a user query history.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein determining if a response to a user query resides in the one or more embedded web pages further comprises:

searching through a database having entries corresponding to the one or more embedded web pages stored on the personal digital device stored therein; and

retrieving an embedded web page corresponding to the user query.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein executing a remote information query process further comprises:

transmitting the user query to a remote computer network; and

receiving a response to the user query.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein transmitting the user query to a remote network further comprises transmitting the user query from the personal digital device to a remote computer network via a wireless communications medium.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein executing a remote information query process further comprises displaying the results of the remote information query to a user.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more embedded web pages comprises one or more web pages of at least one selected business in an effort to market the selected business by first determining whether user information queries can be satisfied by displaying one or more of the web pages to the user before executing the remote information query.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising encrypting the embedded information during the manufacturing phase of the personal digital device.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more embedded web pages comprises advertising content.

17. A method for presenting advertising content to users of personal digital devices, comprising:

storing embedded web pages in a memory of a personal digital device during a manufacturing phase of the personal digital device, the embedded web pages comprising the advertising content;

searching a query database representing the embedded web pages for a match to a user query;

displaying an embedded web page if a match to the user query is found;

executing a remote search process if no match to the user query is found in the query database; and

updating at least one of the embedded web pages with information corresponding to remote search process parameters.

18. The method of claims 17, wherein searching the query database further comprises indexing into the query database for an entry corresponding to an embedded web page representing the user query.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein executing a remote search further comprises transmitting the user query to a remote computer network for processing thereon via a wireless communications device in communication with the personal digital device.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein updating at least one of the embedded web pages further comprises:

storing parameters corresponding to each remote search process;

analyzing the stored parameters corresponding to each remote search process to determine parameters occurring with frequency; and

updating the embedded web pages with content corresponding to the remote search process to determine parameters occurring with frequency.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising encrypting the embedded web pages to prevent unauthorized modification of the embedded web pages.

22. A personal digital device, comprising:

a wireless interface for establishing a wireless network connection;

a memory containing embedded web pages stored to the memory during a manufacturing phase of the personal digital device; and

a processor configured to perform an operation comprising;

receiving an information query from a user of the personal digital device;

determining whether the information query can be satisfied with the embedded web pages;

if so, displaying at least a portion of the embedded web pages to the user;

and

executing a remote information query through a wireless communication device if it is determined that the information query cannot be satisfied with the embedded web pages.

23. The personal digital device of claim 22, wherein the embedded web pages are encrypted during the manufacturing phase.

24. The personal digital device of claim 22, wherein the embedded web pages are of at least one selected business in an effort to market the selected business by first determining whether user information queries can be satisfied by displaying one or more of the web pages to the user before executing the remote information query.