Configurable system for using Internet services on CE devices
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1. A method of providing services of an external network to a client device connected to the external network, comprising:
- in a client device in a local network;
obtaining structure of a structured document from a server for accessing desired services in the external network corresponding to the structured document, wherein the structured document resides in the external network, wherein said structure of the structured document comprises rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form;
incorporating the obtained structure into a configuration file;
receiving the configuration file by the client device in the local network;
based on the obtained structure, performing a scraping process on the structured document to obtain information for providing desired services in the external network, wherein the scraping process is configured using the obtained structure in the configuration file;
providing the information for displaying on the client device;
providing a server connected to the client device; and
maintaining on the server manually created configuration files corresponding to certain Web pages in the external network.
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Abstract
A configurable system brings Internet services, designed for PCs, to consumer electronics (CE) devices, and allows using external services such as Internet Services on CE devices. This reduces the need for input devices such as keyboards and mice, thereby making the configurable system suitable for CE devices. The configurable system relies on the structure of HTML/XML embedded in a Web page for information extraction by scrapping. Since cosmetic changes made to the Web site alter the embedded HTML/XML, the configurable system is updated whenever the Web site changes.
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1. A method of providing services of an external network to a client device connected to the external network, comprising:
in a client device in a local network; obtaining structure of a structured document from a server for accessing desired services in the external network corresponding to the structured document, wherein the structured document resides in the external network, wherein said structure of the structured document comprises rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form; incorporating the obtained structure into a configuration file; receiving the configuration file by the client device in the local network; based on the obtained structure, performing a scraping process on the structured document to obtain information for providing desired services in the external network, wherein the scraping process is configured using the obtained structure in the configuration file; providing the information for displaying on the client device; providing a server connected to the client device; and maintaining on the server manually created configuration files corresponding to certain Web pages in the external network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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