Method and apparatus for providing internet contents

• US 20050114430A1
• Filed: 10/22/2004
• Published: 05/26/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HDT Technologies, Inc., T2 Technologies Company Limited
• Original Assignee: T2 Technologies Company Limited
• Inventors: Zheng, Bin, Yu, Fei
• Application Number:
  US10/970,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20050114430A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of providing Internet contents, comprising steps of: downloading said Internet contents in a manner substantially unnoticeable to a user who browses a web page; presenting, in a container, said Internet contents to said user, after said Internet contents are completely downloaded. The present invention further provides a method of providing Internet contents, comprising steps of: inserting into a host web page of said Internet contents a tag used for creating an initially invisible container for Internet contents; downloading said Internet contents in a manner substantially unnoticeable to a user; inserting into said tag codes for displaying said Internet contents with surroundings being transparent, after said Internet contents are completely downloaded; setting said tag to be visible; and presenting said Internet contents in a container for Internet contents created using said tag.

Claims

1. A method of providing Internet contents, comprising steps of:

downloading said Internet contents in a manner substantially unnoticeable to a user who browses a web page;

presenting, in a container, said Internet contents to said user, after said Internet contents are completely downloaded.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said container is independent of said web page, and said container emerges from behind said web page after said Internet contents are completely downloaded.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said container is created using a tag included in said web page.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said container is selected from a group consisting of a dialog box, a popup window, a banner, a floating layer, and an inline frame.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said container is a transparent floating layer, and said Internet contents are contents in any shape and with transparent surroundings.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein

said step of downloading Internet contents is performed by a Java virtual machine of a browser if said browser supports Java;

said step of downloading Internet contents is performed by a browser itself if said browser does not support Java.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of downloading Internet contents comprises steps of:

downloading a first part of said Internet contents into a browser cache;

calculating downloading bandwidth;

identifying current connection which is either a broadband connection or a narrowband connection;

downloading a following part of said Internet contents in a way appropriate for said current connection.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said steps of calculating downloading bandwidth, identifying current connection, and downloading a following part of said Internet contents are repeated until said Internet contents are completely downloaded.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said step of identifying current connection comprises steps of:

identifying said current connection as a broadband connection, if said downloading bandwidth is greater than a broadband threshold; and

identifying said current connection as a narrowband connection, if said downloading bandwidth is less than a narrowband threshold.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein said step of downloading a following part of said Internet contents comprises steps of:

downloading said Internet contents for a second predetermined period of time if said current connection is identified as a broadband connection; and

downloading a predetermined number of bytes of said Internet contents if said current connection is identified as a narrowband connection.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said step of downloading a predetermined number of bytes of said Internet contents is suspended for a first predetermined period of time, if said downloading bandwidth is less than an idle threshold.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein said steps of downloading a first part of said Internet contents, calculating downloading bandwidth, identifying current connection, and downloading a following part of said Internet contents are implemented in Java applet.

13. A method of providing Internet contents, comprising steps of:

inserting into a host web page of said Internet contents a tag used for creating an initially invisible container for Internet contents;

downloading said Internet contents in a manner substantially unnoticeable to a user;

inserting into said tag codes for displaying said Internet contents with surroundings being transparent, after said Internet contents are completely downloaded;

setting said tag to be visible; and

presenting said Internet contents in a container for Internet contents created using said tag.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein said step of downloading said Internet contents comprises steps of:

downloading a first part of said Internet contents into a browser cache;

calculating downloading bandwidth;

identifying current connection which is either a broadband connection or a narrowband connection;

downloading a following part of said Internet contents in a way appropriate for said current connection.

15. An apparatus for providing Internet contents, comprising:

means for downloading Internet contents in a manner substantially unnoticeable to a user who browses a web page;

means for presenting said Internet contents to said user in a container after said Internet contents are completely downloaded.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising:

means for creating said container;

wherein a browser downloads said Internet contents in said container, and said container emerges from behind said web page after said Internet contents are completely downloaded.

17. The apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising:

means for creating said container based on a tag included in said web page.

18. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said means for downloading Internet contents is a Java virtual machine.

19. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said means for downloading Internet contents comprises:

means for downloading a first part of said Internet contents into a browser cache;

means for calculating downloading bandwidth;

means for identifying current connection which is either a broadband connection or a narrowband connection;

means for downloading a following part of said Internet contents in a way appropriate for said current connection.

20. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said container is selected from a group consisting of a dialog box, a popup window, a banner, a floating layer, and an inline frame.