Mobile web

• US 7,216,152 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2001
• Issued: 05/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nomadix, Inc. (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nomadix, Inc. (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Kleinrock, Leonard, Short, Joel E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Decady; Albert
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alphonse; Fritz
• Application Number:
  US09/795,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20030061308A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,262 Days
• Field of Search: 345/737, 345/738, 345/760, 345/156, 345/169, 340/5.9, 340/5.91, 709/203, 709/227, 709/229, 709/224, 709/218, 709/206
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 11/00 Arrangements, systems or apparatus for checking, e.g. the occurrence of a condition, not provided for elsewhere
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/20 involving the use of a pass

Abstract

A system and method of interfacing includes a mobile web information exchange device. Information about a user is recorded on a mobile web recording medium. Information terminals are provided at locations which receive the mobile web recording medium. Information is stored on the Internet or terminals relating to the specific location. The mobile web recording medium, such as any media storage device, is connected to the terminals. A control is provided, either on the storage media or in the terminals for the interaction of the mobile web recording medium with the terminals. Thus information is exchanged by supplying the information about the user to the terminal and by recording selective information data from the terminal and/or Internet to the mobile web recording medium. Such exchange may be effected by inputting commands with a mouse or keyboard or touch screen connected to the terminals. The media storage device is then removed from the terminal and used at as many terminals as desired. The mobile web communicates information between workstations and users. Workstations may include open houses, learning centers, conventions/shows, gyms, and the like, and users may respectively be realtors, students, attendees, exercisers, and the like.

Claims

1. A method for organizing electronic information on a hand-held portable electronic device, the method comprising:

storing a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) compliant home page on the hand-held portable electronic device, the home page accessible using a HTML enabled web browser;

coupling the portable electronic device to a computer;

receiving at the portable electronic device electronic information including a source identifier and related data from the computer;

storing the electronic information on the portable electronic device; and

dynamically linking the stored electronic information on the portable electronic device to the home page on the nortable electronic device for subsequent access of the stored electronic information on the portable electronic device using a HTML enabled web browser, wherein the access to the stored electronic information on the portable electronic device by the HTML enabled web browser is independent of a connection between the portable electronic device and an Internet Web server.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of receiving electronic information comprises:

storing at least one key word on the portable electronic device; and

transferring information associated with the at least one key word to the portable electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of transferring comprises automatically transferring the information associated with the at least one key word.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

presenting information associated with the at least one key word to a user for selection, wherein the step of transferring transfers only user selected information.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of dynamically linking comprises:

adding the source identifier to the home page; and

linking the data to the source identifier.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the source identifier comprises a graphic.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the source identifier comprises a hyperlink to a home page accessible via a computer network.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the source identifier comprises a hyperlink to a home page accessible via the internet.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of receiving electronic information comprises receiving HTML information.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

accessing the home page, source identifier, and the related data using a web browser.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the related data includes at least one link to a website accessible via the internet, the method further comprising accessing the website using a web browser.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising transferring identification information from the hand-held portable electronic device to a computer.

13. A method for organizing electronic information on a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

storing a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) compliant home page on the portable electronic device, the home page being accessible using a HTML enabled web browser;

accessing and temporarily storing the home page using a reader for the portable electronic device;

modifying the temporarily stored home page to dynamically link additional information to the temporarily stored home page;

transferring the modified home page to the portable electronic device; and

storing the modified home page on the portable electronic device for subsequent access to the additional information via a HTML enabled web browser, wherein the access to the stored modified home page on the portable electronic device by the HTML enabled web browser is independent of a connection between the portable electronic device and an Internet Web server.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising storing user identification information on the portable electronic device.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising retrieving the user identification information each time the step of accessing is performed.

16. The method of claim 13 further comprising automatically selecting the additional information to dynamically link to the home page.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the step of automatically selecting comprises automatically selecting the additional information based on key words stored on the portable electronic device.

18. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

displaying available additional information for selection by a user, wherein the step of modifying comprises modifying the temporarily stored home page to link additional information selected by the user.

19. A computer readable storage medium having data representing instructions executable by a computer for organizing electronic information on a portable electronic device, the computer readable storage medium comprising:

instructions for accessing and temporarily storing a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) compliant home page stored on a portable electronic device;

instructions for modifying the temporarily stored home page to dynamically link additional information to the temporarily stored home page; and

instructions for transferring the modified home page to the portable electronic device for subsequent access to the modified home page and to the additional information via a HTML enabled web browser, wherein the access to the modified home page on the portable electronic device by the HTML enabled web browser is independent of a connection between the portable electronic device and an Internet Web server.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19 further comprising instructions for retrieving user identification information stored on the portable electronic device.

21. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19 further comprising instructions for automatically selecting the additional information to dynamically link to the home page.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21 wherein the instructions for automatically selecting comprise instructions for automatically selecting the additional information based on key words stored on the portable electronic device.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 22 further comprising:

instructions for retrieving user identification information stored on the portable electronic device; and

instructions for associating the user identification information with the key words.

24. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19 further comprising:

instructions for displaying available additional information for selection by a user, wherein the instructions for modifying comprise instructions for modifying the temporarily stored home page to link additional information selected by the user.