Page title display method

• US 7,822,722 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2004
• Issued: 10/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Aramaki, Junichi, Iwatsu, Takeshi, Sakoh, Noriyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Jalil; Neveen Abel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Buckingham; Kellye D
• Application Number:
  US10/571,774
• Publication Number:
  US 20080235235A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,233 Days
• Field of Search: 715/254, 707/694
• US Class Current: 707/694
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

A method of displaying a page title on a terminal apparatus, and associated terminal apparatus and page data transmission apparatus are provided. The method includes transmitting a request signal to request external page data relating to an external page, and receiving external page data corresponding to the request signal. The external page data includes first title information, second title information, and address information that each relate to the external page. The first title information, second title information, and address information of the external page data are stored in a storage section of the terminal apparatus. The first title information includes a plurality of characters that are not limited in number, and the second title information includes a plurality of characters that are limited in number. The stored second title information is displayed on a display section of the terminal apparatus.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a page title on a terminal apparatus, said method comprising:

transmitting a first request signal from a network interface of the terminal apparatus to request external page data relating to an external page;

receiving said external page data corresponding to said request signal at the network interface of the terminal apparatus, said external page data including;

first title information,

second title information that is distinct from said first title information at a time of receiving the second title information, and

address information;

storing said first title information, said second title information, and said address information of said external page data in a storage section of said terminal apparatus, said first title information including a plurality of characters that are not limited in number, and said second title information including a plurality of characters that are limited in number; and

displaying simultaneously said stored first title information in a first display area and said stored second title information in a second display area that is smaller in size than the first display area, on a display section of the terminal apparatus,

wherein the number of characters of said second title information corresponds to the size of the second display area of said display section.

2. The page title display method according to claim 1, wherein said storing includes prohibiting said address information from being stored in said storage section of said terminal apparatus when said external page data includes flag information that indicates a page bookmark action is not available for the external page.

3. The page title display method according to claim 1,

wherein said storing includes storing service identification information that identifies a service corresponding to said external page data in the storage section of said terminal apparatus, said service identification information being included in said external page data along with said address information, and

wherein said page title display method further comprises:

transmitting a second request signal from the network interface of the terminal apparatus to request said external page data based on said stored address information;

transmitting said service identification information stored in the storage section of said terminal apparatus from the network interface of the terminal apparatus to a prescribed apparatus when prescribed information is received in response to the second request signal transmitted by the network interface of the terminal apparatus;

receiving additional information corresponding to said service identification information in the network interface of the terminal apparatus from said prescribed apparatus;

displaying said additional information on said display section of the terminal apparatus;

transmitting, after receiving additional information corresponding to said service identification information, a third request signal to re-request said page data based on said address information from the network interface of the terminal apparatus; and

receiving said page data corresponding to said third request signal in the network interface of the terminal apparatus.

9. The method of displaying the page title on the terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first title information is a page title of the external page, and the second title information is bookmark title information of the external page.

10. The method of displaying the page title on the terminal apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the second display area is a bookmark display area of a screen of the display section of the terminal apparatus.

11. The method of displaying the page title on the terminal apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the first display area is a page display area of the screen of the display section of the terminal apparatus.

4. A terminal apparatus, comprising:

first request signal transmission means for transmitting a first request signal to request external page data relating to an external page;

first page data reception means for receiving said external page data corresponding to said request signal, said external page data including;

first title information,

second title information that is distinct from said first title information at a time of receiving the second title information, and

address information;

storage means for storing said first title information, said second title information, and said address information of said external page data, said first title information including a plurality of characters that are not limited in number, and said second title information including a plurality of characters that are limited in number; and

display means for simultaneously displaying said stored first title information in a first display area and said stored second title information in a second display area that is smaller in size than the first display area,

wherein the number of characters of said second title information corresponds to the size of the second display area of said display means.

5. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said storage means does not store said address information when said external page data includes flag information that indicates a page bookmark action is not available for the external page.

6. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein said storage means further stores service identification information identifying a service corresponding to said external page data, said service identification information being included in said external page data along with said address information, and

wherein said terminal apparatus further comprises:

second request signal transmission means for transmitting a second request signal to request said external page data based on said stored address information;

service identification information transmission means for transmitting said stored service identification information to a prescribed apparatus when prescribed information is received in response to said second request signal transmitted by said second request signal transmission means;

additional information reception means for receiving additional information corresponding to said service identification information from said prescribed apparatus; and

second page data reception means for transmitting, after said display means displays said received additional information, a third request signal to re-request said external page data based on said address information, and for receiving said external page data corresponding to said third request signal.

12. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first title information is a page title of the external page, and the second title information is bookmark title information of the external page.

13. The terminal apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the second display area is a bookmark display area of a screen of the display section of the terminal apparatus.

14. The terminal apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the first display area is a page display area of the screen of the display section of the terminal apparatus.

7. A method of transmitting page data from a content apparatus, comprising:

receiving, in a data communication processing section of the content apparatus, a request signal from an external apparatus requesting page data that relates to a page stored in a storage portion of the content apparatus, said page data including;

first title information,

second title information that is distinct from said first title information at a time of receiving the second title information, and

address information, said first title information including a plurality of characters that are not limited in number, and said second title information including a plurality of characters that are limited in number;

transmitting, in response to said received request signal, to said external apparatus said page data; and

displaying simultaneously, on said external apparatus, said stored first title information in a first display area and said stored second title information in a second display area that is smaller in size than the first display area,

wherein the number of characters of said second title information corresponds to the size of the second display area of a display section of said external apparatus that displays said second title information based on said page data.

8. A page data transmission apparatus, comprising:

request signal reception means for receiving a request signal that requests a page from an external apparatus;

page data transmission means for transmitting, in response to said received request signal, to said external apparatus said page data, said page data including;

first title information, second title information that is distinct from said first title information at a time of receiving the second title information, and

address information, said first title information including a plurality of characters that are not limited in number, and said second title information including a plurality of characters that are limited in number; and

display means for simultaneously displaying said first title information in a first display area and said second title information in a second display area that is smaller in size than the first display area,

wherein the number of characters of said second title information corresponds to the size of the second display area of a display section of said external apparatus that displays said second title information based on said page data.

15. A terminal apparatus, comprising:

first request signal transmission portion configured to transmit a request signal to request external page data relating to an external page;

first page data reception portion configured to receive said external page data corresponding to said request signal, said external page data including;

first title information,

second title information that is distinct from said first title information at a time of receiving the second title information, and

address information;

a storage portion configured to store said first title information, said second title information, and said address information of said external page data, said first title information including a plurality of characters that are not limited in number, and said second title information including a plurality of characters that are limited in number; and

a display portion configured to simultaneously display said stored first title information in a first display area and said stored second title information in a second display area that is smaller in size than the first display area,

wherein the number of characters of said second title information corresponds to the size of the second display area of said display portion.