Server side web browsing and multiple lens system, method and apparatus

• US 7,890,856 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2006
• Issued: 02/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: CDN Innovations, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Gutenberg Printing LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Chiang, Hiang Swee
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong; Stephen S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Faber; David
• Application Number:
  US11/515,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20070180367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,629 Days
• Field of Search: 715200-204, 715/209, 715234-243, 715251-255, 715/273, 709/203
• US Class Current: 715/238
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A user may access a host server and receive display information within a single browser window. The display information includes at least one lens, wherein each lens controls server side web browsing and allows the user to view a separate web page from the Internet. The host server provides personalized web browsing capability specific to a particular user independent of the browser, device or location of the user. After the user submits a request to view a particular web page, the web page information is retrieved by the host server and transmitted to the user for display within a selected lens. Each lens controls server-side web browsing through independent navigational controls, such as a horizontal and vertical scroll bar, a resize button and the like. One lens may also control the web content displayed in another lens. The host server may reformat entire web pages so that they can be displayed within a lens without the need for scrolling. Additionally, each lens may have multiple cookies associated therewith. Users may further submit bookmarks which are applicable to one or more of the lenses. Bookmarks may be recognized through initiating a single command.

Claims

1. A method, performed by a host server, for reformatting a web page presented at a remote device, comprising:

electronically transmitting by the host server a web page corresponding to a received uniform resource locator for display in a first lens presented within a window of a browser on the remote device, the transmitted web page comprising display data and specifying a first font size, only a portion of the display data being visible within a first display area of the first lens using the first font size, the browser further comprising a second lens within the window of the browser;

electronically receiving a request by the host server from the remote device to reformat the transmitted web page, the request to reformat indicating to the host server to fit all of the display data into the first display area of the first lens; and

in response to the request;

electronically reformatting by the host server the transmitted web page, the reformatting comprising specifying that at least a portion of the display data be displayed using a second font size; and

electronically transmitting by the host server the reformatted web page for display in the first display area of the first lens, all of the display data being viewable within the first display area without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting by the host server the reformatted web page comprises transmitting the reformatted web page wherein all of the display data is visible within the first display area.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting by the host server the reformatted web page comprises transmitting the display data reformatted to a percentage of its original size as identified in the request.

33. The method of claim 1, further comprising the first lens directing that the reformatted web page be displayed in the second lens.

4. A method implemented in a computing system comprising:

electronically transmitting a uniform resource locator to a host server through a first lens presented within a window of a browser on a remote device, the browser further comprising a second lens within the window of the browser;

electronically receiving a web page corresponding to the uniform resource locator displayed in the first lens presented within the window of the browser, the web page comprising display data and specifying a first font size, only a portion of the display data visible within a first display area of the first lens using the first font size, the browser further comprising a second lens within the window of the browser;

electronically transmitting a request to reformat the received web page, the request to reformat indicated to fit all of the display data into the first display area of the first lens; and

in response to the request

electronically receiving the reformatted web page for display in the first display area of the first lens, all of the display data being viewable within the first display area using a second font size without using a horizontal scroll bar or vertical scroll bar.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the reformatted web page in response to the request comprises receiving the display data such that all of the display data is visible within the first display area.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the reformatted web page in response to the request comprises receiving the display data reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by a user.

7. A method, performed by a host server, for reformatting a web page presented at a remote device, comprising:

electronically transmitting by the host server a web page corresponding to a received uniform resource locator for display in a first lens presented within a window of a browser on the remote device, the web page comprising display data and specifying a first font size, only a portion of the display data being visible within a first display area of the first lens using the first font size, the browser further comprising a second lens within the window of the browser;

electronically receiving by the host server a request from the remote device to reformat the transmitted web page, the request to reformat indicating to the host server to fit all of the display data into the first display area of the first lens; and

in response to the request;

electronically determining by the host server whether the display data has a size greater than or less than the first display area of the first lens;

electronically reformatting the transmitted web page if the size of the display data is greater than or less than the first display area, the reformatting comprising specifying that at least a portion of the display data be displayed using a second font size; and

electronically transmitting by the host server the reformatted web page for display in the first display area of the first lens, all of the display data being viewable within the first display area without using a horizontal scroll bar or vertical scroll bar.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein transmitting by the host server the reformatted web page comprises transmitting the reformatted web page to the remote device such that all of the display data is visible within the first display area.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein transmitting by the host server the reformatted web page comprises transmitting the display data reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by a user.

10. A host server for reformatting a web page presented at a remote device, comprising:

computing memory and a coupled processor, the processor operative to;

receive a uniform resource locator received through a first lens presented within a window of a browser on the remote device, the browser further comprising a second lens within the window of the browser;

transmit a web page corresponding to the uniform resource locator for display in the first lens within the window of the browser, the web page comprising display data and specifying a first font size, only a portion of the display data being visible within the first display area of the first lens using the first font size;

receive a request from the remote device to reformat the transmitted web page, the request to reformat indicating to the host server to fit all of the display data into the first display area of the first lens; and

in response to the request;

reformat the transmitted web page, the reformatting comprising specifying that at least a portion of the display data be displayed using a second font size; and

transmit the reformatted web page for display in the first display area of the first lens, all of the display data being viewable within the first display area without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar comprised in navigation controls of the first lens.

11. The host server of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operative to transmit the reformatted web page such that all of the display data is visible within the first display area.

12. The host server of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to transmit the reformatted web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by the remote device.

13. A remote device for receiving a reformatted web page from a host server, comprising:

computing memory and a coupled processor, the processor operative to;

transmit a uniform resource locator to the host server through a first lens presented within a window of a browser on the remote device, the browser further comprising a second lens within the window of the browser;

receive a web page corresponding to the uniform resource locator displayed in the first lens presented within the window of the browser, the web page comprising display data and specifying a first font size, only a portion of the display data being visible within a first display area of the first lens using the first font size;

transmit a request to reformat the received web page, the request to reformat indicated to fit all of the transmitted display data into the first display area of the first lens; and

receive the reformatted web page for display in the first display area of the first lens, all of the display data being viewable within the first display area using a second font size without using a horizontal scroll bar or vertical scroll bar.

14. The remote device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further operative to receive the reformatted web page such that all of the display data is visible within the first display area.

15. The remote device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further operative with the processor to receive the web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected in the request.

16. A host server for reformatting a web page presented at a remote device, comprising:

computing memory and a coupled processor, the processor operative to;

transmit by the host server a web page corresponding to a received uniform resource locator for display in a first lens presented within a window of a browser on the remote device, the web page comprising display data and specifying a first font size, only a portion of the display data being visible within a first display area of the first lens using the first font size, the browser further comprising a second lens within the window of the browser;

receive by the host server a request from a user to reformat the transmitted web page, the request to reformat indicating to the host server to fit all of the display data into the first display area of the first lens; and

in response to the request;

determine whether the display data has a size greater than or less than the first display area of the first lens;

reformat the transmitted web page if the size of the display data is greater than or less than the first display area, the reformatting comprising specifying that at least a portion of the display data be displayed using a second font size; and

transmit by the host server the reformatted web page for display in the first display area of the first lens, all of the display data being viewable within the first display area without using a horizontal scroll bar or vertical scroll bar.

17. The host server of claim 16, wherein the processor is further operative to transmit the reformatted web page such that all of the display data is visible within the first display area.

18. The host server of claim 16, wherein the processor is further operative to transmit the reformatted display data, the display data reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected in the request.

19. A computer readable medium having stored therein computer executable instructions that cause a system to perform a method comprising:

receiving a uniform resource locator received through a first lens presented within a window of a browser on a remote device, the browser further comprising a second lens within the window of the browser;

transmitting a web page corresponding to the uniform resource locator for display in the first lens within the window of the browser, the web page comprising display data and specifying a first font size, only a portion of the display data being visible within a first display area of the first lens using the first font size;

receiving a request from the remote device to reformat the transmitted web page, the request to reformat indicating to a host server to fit all of the display data into the first display area of the first lens; and

in response to the request;

reformatting the transmitted web page, the reformatting comprising specifying that at least a portion of the display data be displayed using a second font size; and

transmitting the reformatted web page for display in the first display area of the first lens, all of the display data being viewable within the first display area without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein reformatting the web page comprises reformatting the web page in response to the request such that all of the display data is visible within the first display area.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein reformatting the web page comprises reformatting the display data to a percentage of its original size identified in the request.

22. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that cause a system to perform a method comprising:

transmitting a uniform resource locator to a host server through a first lens presented within a window of a browser on a remote device, the browser further comprising a second lens within the window of the browser;

receiving a web page corresponding to the uniform resource locator displayed in the first lens presented within the window of the browser, the web page comprising display data and specifying a first font size, only a portion of the display data being visible within a first display area of the first lens using the first font size;

transmitting a request to reformat the received web page, the request to reformat indicated to fit all of the display data into the first display area of the first lens; and

in response to the request;

receiving the reformatted web page for display in the first display area of the first lens, all of the reformatted display data being viewable within the first display area using a second font size without using a horizontal scroll bar or vertical scroll bar.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein receiving the reformatted web page comprises receiving the display data such that all of the display data is visible within the first display area.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein receiving the reformatted web page in response to the request comprises receiving the display data reformatted to a percentage of its original size identified in the request.

25. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that cause a computing device to perform a method comprising:

transmitting by a host server a web page corresponding to a received uniform resource locator for display in a first lens presented within a window of a browser on a remote device, the web page comprising display data and specifying a first font size, only a portion of the display data being visible within a first display area of the browser using the first font size;

receiving a request by the host server from the remote device to reformat said transmitted web page, the request to reformat indicating to the host server to fit all of the display data into the first display area of the first lens; and

in response to the request;

determining whether the display data has a size greater than or less than the first display area of the first lens;

reformatting the transmitted web page if the size of the display data is greater than or less than the display area, the reformatting comprising specifying that at least a portion of the display data be displayed using a second font size; and

transmitting the reformatted web page for display in the first display area of the first lens, all of the display data being viewable within the first display area without using a horizontal scroll bar or vertical scroll bar.

26. The computer readable medium of claim 25, wherein reformatting the web page comprises reformatting the display data such that all of the display data is visible within the first display area.

27. The computer readable medium of claim 25, wherein reformatting the web page comprises reformatting the display data to a percentage of its original size identified in the request.

28. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that cause a system to perform a method comprising:

requesting a host server to transmit a web page for presentation in a first display area of a first lens presented within a window of a browser on said remote device, the browser further comprising a second lens within the window of the browser;

receiving from the host server the web page, the web page comprising display data and specifying a first font size, only a portion of the display data associated being visible within a first display area of the first lens using the first font size;

transmitting a request to reformat the received web page, the request to reformat indicating to fit all of the display data into the first display area of the first lens; and

in response to the request;

receiving from the host server display data for display in the first display area of the first lens, all of the reformatted display data being viewable within the first display area using a second font size without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar.

29. The computer readable medium of claim 28, wherein all of the reformatted web page is visible within the first display area.

30. The computer readable medium of claim 28, wherein in the reformatted web page, the display data has been reformatted to a percentage of its original size identified in the request.

31. A method performed by a host server for presenting web content to a remote device, comprising:

receiving an identifier from the remote device;

verifying the identifier;

upon the verification, transmitting display information including at least a first lens and a second lens for presentation within a window of a browser on the remote device;

receiving a first uniform resource locator through the first lens;

transmitting a web page corresponding to the first uniform resource locator for display in the first lens, the web page comprising display data and-specifying a first font size, only a portion of the display data being visible within a first display area of the first lens using the first font size;

receiving a request from the remote device to reformat the transmitted web page, the request to reformat indicating to the host server to fit all of the transmitted display data into the first display area of the first lens; and

in response to the request;

reformatting the transmitted web page, the reformatting comprising specifying that at least a portion of the display data be displayed using a second font size; and

transmitting the reformatted web page for display in the first display area of the first lens, all of the display data being viewable within the first display area without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar comprised in navigation controls of the first lens.

32. A method, performed by a host server, for reformatting a web page presented at a remote device, comprising:

electronically transmitting by the host server the web page stored at the host server and corresponding to a received uniform resource locator for display in a first lens presented within a window of a browser on the remote device, the web page comprising display data and specifying a first font size, only a portion of the display data being visible within a first display area of the first lens using the first font size, the browser further comprising a second lens within the window of the browser;

electronically receiving a request by the host server from the remote device to reformat the transmitted web page, the request to reformat indicating to the host sever to fit all of the display data into the first display area of the first lens; and

in response to the request;

electronically reformatting by the host server the transmitted web page, the reformatting comprising specifying that at least a portion of the display data be displayed using a second font size; and

electronically transmitting by the host server the reformatted web page for display in the first display area of the first lens, all of the reformatted display data being viewable within the first display area without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar.