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Method and system for providing reduced-size hypertext content to a limited-display client device

  • US 8,726,149 B2
  • Filed: 07/20/2009
  • Issued: 05/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method by which a computer system provides hypertext content to a client device, comprising:

  • identifying the client device as a limited-display client device;

    receiving a request from the client device for hypertext content;

    generating a reduced-size version of the hypertext content requested by the client device; and

    based on the identification of the client device as a limited-display client device and in response to the request, returning the reduced-size version of the hypertext content to the client device,wherein generating the reduced-size version of the hypertext content includes performing a layout conversion from a first hypertext layout of the hypertext content to a second hypertext layout of the reduced hypertext content, the layout conversion removing information from the hypertext content which is not relevant to the display of the client device;

    wherein the client device is a handheld wireless telephone,and wherein the hypertext content includes telephone numbers and the second hypertext layout contains the telephone numbers formatted as icons which may be user-activated for dialing.

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