Providing a directory of frequently used hyperlinks on a remote server
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving at a wireless client device a network resource over a wireless link used for wireless telephony;
receiving at the wireless client device a user input applied at a user interface of the wireless client device;
generating a request at the wireless client device in response to the user input, the request including an identifier of the network resource; and
sending the request to a remote server via the wireless link to cause a set of bookmarks stored in the remote server and associated with the wireless client device to be updated based on the request, each of the stored bookmarks representing a network resource, the set of stored bookmarks being accessible to the wireless client device via the wireless network to enable a user of the wireless client device to select any of the stored bookmarks to generate a request for a corresponding network resource, wherein the wireless client device does not have to store any data representing any of the bookmarks to request and receive the set of bookmarks.
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Abstract
Access to hypermedia servers connected to networks such as the Internet can be provided through mobile devices such as wireless telephones. Hypermedia links such as Uniform Resource Locators (URL) are used to identify and control access to resources on the network. These links are usually very long, are difficult to remember, and are difficult to enter into many mobile devices. These difficulties could be overcome by storing lists of frequently used links or “bookmarks” in the mobile device but limited memory in the device generally prevents this. This limitation is overcome by storing designated hypermedia links on a bookmark server. In one embodiment, the URL of the bookmark server is sent to the mobile device during initialization of the device. By allowing a user can to save, retrieve and maintain lists of frequently used links on the bookmark server, access to favorite resources on a network is greatly simplified.
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31 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving at a wireless client device a network resource over a wireless link used for wireless telephony; receiving at the wireless client device a user input applied at a user interface of the wireless client device; generating a request at the wireless client device in response to the user input, the request including an identifier of the network resource; and sending the request to a remote server via the wireless link to cause a set of bookmarks stored in the remote server and associated with the wireless client device to be updated based on the request, each of the stored bookmarks representing a network resource, the set of stored bookmarks being accessible to the wireless client device via the wireless network to enable a user of the wireless client device to select any of the stored bookmarks to generate a request for a corresponding network resource, wherein the wireless client device does not have to store any data representing any of the bookmarks to request and receive the set of bookmarks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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sending a request, from a wireless client device over a wireless link used for wireless telephony, for a set of identifiers stored in a remote server, each of the identifiers representing a network resource and being associated with the wireless client device in the remote server, wherein the wireless client device does not have to store any data representing any of the identifiers to request and receive any of the identifiers; and receiving at the wireless client device at least one of the requested-identifiers via the wireless link in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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storing in a server system a set of resource locators associated with a wireless client device, the set of resource locators being accessible to the wireless client device via a wireless link used for wireless telephony, to enable a user of the wireless client device to select any of the stored resource locators to generate a request for a corresponding network resource, wherein the wireless client device does not have to store any data representing any of the resource locators to request the set of resource locators; receiving, at the server system from the wireless client device via the wireless link, a request to update the set of stored resource locators, the request including a resource locator of a network resource accessed by the wireless client device; and updating the set of stored resource locators based on the request. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method comprising:
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storing in a server system a set of resource locators associated with a wireless client device, the set of resource locators being accessible to the wireless client device via a wireless used for wireless telephony, to enable a user of the wireless client device to select any of the stored resource locators to initiate a request for a corresponding network resource; receiving at the server system a request for at least one of the resource locators from the wireless client device via the wireless link, wherein the wireless client device does not have to store any data representing any of the resource locators to request the set of resource locators; and sending a requested resource locator to the wireless client device via the wireless link in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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