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Web browser of wireless device having serialization manager for maintaining registry of converters that convert data into format compatible with user interface of the device

  • US 7,389,361 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2001
  • Issued: 06/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2000
  • Status: Expired
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1. A web browser for a wireless communication device, the web browser comprising:

  • a page cache resident on the wireless communication device, the page cache containing a plurality of pages comprising content rendered in a plurality of formats;

    a plurality of first converters resident on the wireless communication device, the plurality of first converters configured to create a plurality of first renderes, the plurality of first renderers operatively connected to the page cache to add the pages comprising rendered content to the page cache, the plurality of first renderers for rendering the plurality of pages from information received in response to a plurality of requests for the content for display by the web browser in a format compatible with a user interface implemented in the wireless communication device;

    a renderer controller resident on the wireless communication device, the renderer controller configured to examine, in response to each of the plurality of requests, a resultant content type and to determine at least one second converter configured to create at least one second renderer required to render one of the plurality of pages for display by the web browser in the format compatible with the user interface implemented in the wireless communication device; and

    a serialization manager resident on the wireless communication device, the serialization manager configured to maintain a registry of converters registered with the serialization manager, to register the plurality of first converters resident on the wireless communication device in the registry of converters, and to determine whether each of the at least one second converter is a first converter registered in the registry of converters and is resident on the wireless communication device.

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