Method and device for accessing information sources and services on the web
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for accessing information- or service-providing web sites, from a mobile communication device connected through a communication network and provided with a display, comprising:
- a preliminary search for information or service, locally performed within said communication device in different themes and sub-themes within a plurality of successively displayed selection pages, said selection pages being organized in a structure of tree menu and beforehand locally stored within said communication device, each said selection page comprising a set of icons including one or more direct access icons for directly accessing an information- or service-providing web site and one or more selection icons for locally accessing and displaying another selection page within said structure of tree menu, wherein at least one of said selection pages comprises two or more direct access icons, anda step for emitting on the communication network, in response to a selection of a direct access icon in a selection page being currently displayed, an address of an information- or service-providing web site corresponding to said selected icon, said address being locally generated during the display and selection steps and directly accessing said information- or service-providing web site.
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Abstract
A method for accessing information sources and services on the Web, from a communication device connected via a network to the Internet. The method comprises: one or several steps of displaying a selection page among a plurality of selection pages in a treelike arrangement and stored locally, each selection page comprising a set of icons including one or several icons providing direct access to the information sources and one or several icons for accessing other selection pages; and a step which consists in transmitting, in response to a selection of an icon providing direct access in a selection page being displayed, the address of the information source corresponding to the icon. The invention is particularly useful in communication and office automation equipment, installed in public booths, in enclosed spaces or in private sites or for professional use.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for accessing information- or service-providing web sites, from a mobile communication device connected through a communication network and provided with a display, comprising:
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a preliminary search for information or service, locally performed within said communication device in different themes and sub-themes within a plurality of successively displayed selection pages, said selection pages being organized in a structure of tree menu and beforehand locally stored within said communication device, each said selection page comprising a set of icons including one or more direct access icons for directly accessing an information- or service-providing web site and one or more selection icons for locally accessing and displaying another selection page within said structure of tree menu, wherein at least one of said selection pages comprises two or more direct access icons, and a step for emitting on the communication network, in response to a selection of a direct access icon in a selection page being currently displayed, an address of an information- or service-providing web site corresponding to said selected icon, said address being locally generated during the display and selection steps and directly accessing said information- or service-providing web site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A device for accessing information- or service- providing web sites comprising a mobile communication device connectable through a communication network to the Internet, control and processing device or devices, data storage device or devices, a display, and pointing and selection device or devices, said storage device or devices containing a plurality of selection pages each comprising a set of icons, characterized in that, for each said selection page, the set of icons includes one or more direct access icons for directly accessing an information- or service-providing web site and one or more selection icons for locally accessing another selection page within a structure of a tree menu, wherein at least one of said selection pages comprises two or more direct access icons,
and in that the control and processing device or devices are programmed for: -
enabling a preliminary search locally performed within said communication device in different themes and sub-themes within a plurality of selection pages organized in said structure of tree menu and beforehand locally stored in said data storage means within said communication device, each said selection page comprising a set of icons including one or more icons for directly accessing an information- or service-providing web site and one or more selection icons for locally accessing and displaying on the display means another selection page within said structure of tree menu, and emitting on the communication network, in response to selecting a direct access icon by the pointing and selection device or devices in a selection page being currently displayed, an address of an information- or service-providing web site corresponding to said selected direct access icon, said address being locally generated during the preliminary search and selection steps. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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