Apparatus and method for rendering web page HTML data into a format suitable for display on the screen of a wireless mobile station
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1. For use in a wireless mobile station having predetermined capabilities, an apparatus for converting Web page Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) data into reformatted data that is suitable for rendering on a display of the wireless mobile station, the apparatus comprising:
- memory that contains downloaded original Web page HTML data received from a content provider, an HTML filter, and an HTML translation script downloaded from the content provider; and
a controller, coupled to the memory, that is capable of executing the HTML filter such that the HTML filter generates the reformatted data from the Web page HTML data in response to the HTML translation script and the predetermined capabilities, the controller is further capable of rendering the reformatted data on the screen.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method and apparatus for filtering HTML data into a format that is optimized for the capabilities of a mobile station. The HTML filter generates the reformatted data using the capabilities and limitations of the mobile station and an HTML translation script that is associated with a desired Web site content.
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1. For use in a wireless mobile station having predetermined capabilities, an apparatus for converting Web page Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) data into reformatted data that is suitable for rendering on a display of the wireless mobile station, the apparatus comprising:
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memory that contains downloaded original Web page HTML data received from a content provider, an HTML filter, and an HTML translation script downloaded from the content provider; and
a controller, coupled to the memory, that is capable of executing the HTML filter such that the HTML filter generates the reformatted data from the Web page HTML data in response to the HTML translation script and the predetermined capabilities, the controller is further capable of rendering the reformatted data on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. For use in a network server, an apparatus that reformats hypertext markup language (HTML) data for rendering on a mobile station having predetermined capabilities including a display, the apparatus comprising:
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memory that contains a proxy application. Web page HTML data, an HTML filter, and an HTML translation script; and
a data processor, coupled to the memory, that is capable of executing the HTML filter such that the HTML filter generates the reformatted HTML data from the Web page HTML data in response to the HTML translation script and the predetermined capabilities, executing the proxy application such that the proxy application requests the Web page HTML data to be downloaded from a Web site prior to receiving a request from a mobile station for the Web page and the proxy application further informs the HTML filter of a location of the Web site, and transmitting the reformatted HTML data to the mobile station for rendering on the display. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. For use in a wireless mobile station having predetermined capabilities and memory that stores a hypertext markup language (HTML) filter, a method of rendering Web page HTML data into a format suitable for a display of the wireless mobile station, the method comprising the steps of:
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requesting an original Web page, comprising HTML data, from a content provider having a network address;
informing the HTML filter of the content provider'"'"'s network address;
retrieving from the content provider an HTML translation script that is associated with the Web page;
generating in the HTML filter a reformatted Web page from the Web page HTML data in response to the HTML translation script and the predetermined capabilities; and
rendering the reformatted Web page on the display. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. For use in a network server having memory that stores a hypertext markup language (HTML) filter and an HTML translation script, a method of rendering Web page HTML data into a format suitable for a display of a wireless mobile station having predetermined capabilities, the method comprising the steps of:
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requesting a Web page, comprising HTML data, from a content provider having a network address;
receiving a request from a wireless mobile station for the Web page;
informing the HTML filter of the content provider'"'"'s network address;
retrieving an HTML translation script that is associated with the Web page;
generating in the HTML filter a reformatted Web page from the Web page HTML data in response to the HTML translation script and the predetermined capabilities; and
transmitting the reformatted Web page to the mobile stations, wherein the Web page is requested from the content provider prior to receiving the request for the Web page from the mobile wireless station. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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