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File conversion method, file converter, and file display system

  • US 7,010,551 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2001
  • Issued: 03/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented file conversion method for extracting, from an HTML file acquired through the internet and composed of a plurality of pieces of data displayable on a display unit and with a start and an end of each piece of data indicated by respective identifiers in the form of tags, data displayable on a limited-capability device, in accordance with the identifiers, and for outputting the extracted data to the limited-capability device, the file conversion method comprising:

  • a step of determining what characteristic of the HTML file is to be converted;

    a step of detecting the tags by reading the file;

    a step of determining whether the data indicated by the detected tags is displayable on the limited-capability device;

    a step of extracting the data, the start and the end of which are indicated by the detected tags and which is determined to be displayable on the limited-capability device;

    a step of displaying on the display unit the extracted data to be shaped for display on the limited-capability device;

    a step of reading out a stored conversion rule that is specific to each set of tags and that has having shaping conditions including character count per line and image size limitations;

    a step of converting, based on the read-out conversion rule, the extracted data to meet the limitations for display on the limited-capability device; and

    a step of outputting an output file that is newly created from the extracted data that has been shaped in the step of shaping, as a different file from the HTML file, to the limited-capability device for display,wherein the step of extracting the data is performed by referencing a processing condition data area of a memory file that defines the tags of the HTML data that is displayable on the limited-capability device, andwherein the processing condition data area has a data structure containing a plurality of categories, and wherein the file conversion method further comprises selecting the processing condition data to be used, based on the category selected from among the plurality of categories.

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