Portable high speed internet device integrating cellular telephone and palm top computer
First Claim
1. A device that contains a display screen and a wireless connection that enables a user to view contents of an Internet image sent said device as a compressed raster image such that:
- the device has the ability to decompress the image;
the device has the ability to display a part of the image on its display.
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Abstract
The invention discloses a portable device that is similar to a combination of a palm top computer and a cellular telephone, and which allows the user to access the Internet and World Wide Web. A host computer that may also be a Web server, is connected to the Internet and comprises various software programs to translate, rasterize and compress images received from the Internet. The compressed images are sent the portable device and the device is capable of decompressing the compressed image. Thus, the user views a bit map image of a Web page. The portable device further comprises methods of pointing and clicking on text and images which represent links to other pages. All commands that the user enters into the portable device are sent to the host computer, which performs the commands via a virtual browser, and sends the information back to the portable device.
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4 Claims
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1. A device that contains a display screen and a wireless connection that enables a user to view contents of an Internet image sent said device as a compressed raster image such that:
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the device has the ability to decompress the image;
the device has the ability to display a part of the image on its display. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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2. A translator software that takes Internet or World Wide Web information that is to be displayed in a browser window such that:
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it translates said information to a raster image;
it compresses the image and sends it to a remote location.
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4. A device that enables a user to view contents of an Internet image sent said device as a compressed raster image such that:
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the device also receives a message containing the location of all the parts of the image that may need the user to input text or numbers;
the device has the ability to communicate this information to the user.
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