Server side web browsing and multiple lens system, method and apparatus

• US 20070198914A1
• Filed: 08/31/2006
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CDN Innovations, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Gutenberg Printing LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Chiang, Hiang Swee
• Granted Patent: US 7,996,766 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A user may access a host server and receive display information within a single browser window. The display information includes at least one lens, wherein each lens controls server side web browsing and allows the user to view a separate web page from the Internet. The host server provides personalized web browsing capability specific to a particular user independent of the browser, device or location of the user. After the user submits a request to view a particular web page, the web page information is retrieved by the host server and transmitted to the user for display within a selected lens. Each lens controls server-side web browsing through independent navigational controls, such as a horizontal and vertical scroll bar, a resize button and the like. One lens may also control the web content displayed in another lens. The host server may reformat entire web pages so that they can be displayed within a lens without the need for scrolling. Additionally, each lens may have multiple cookies associated therewith. Users may further submit bookmarks which are applicable to one or more of the lenses. Bookmarks may be recognized through initiating a single command.

Claims

1. A method, performed by a host server, for presenting web content to a user at a remote device, comprising:

receiving an identifier from said user;

verifying said identifier; and

upon said verification, transmitting display information including at least one lens for presentation within a window of a browser on said remote device, wherein the at least one lens controls server-side web browsing and is operative to display a separate web page upon receiving a uniform resource locator from said user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a first uniform resource locator through a first lens; and

transmitting a first web page corresponding to said first uniform resource locator for display in said first lens.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising receiving web page display data corresponding to said first web page from a second server.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving said web page display data in a first language; and

translating said web page display data into a second language prior to transmission for display on said remote device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said first language comprises at least one of hypertext markup language, cascading style sheet language, extensible markup language, extensible style sheet language, extensible hypertext markup language and wireless markup language.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said second language comprises at least one of hypertext markup language and wireless markup language.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein four lenses are transmitted for display.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein each lens has at least one navigational control.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said navigational control comprises at least one of a uniform resource locator entry field, a horizontal scroll bar, a vertical scroll bar, a minimize command button, a maximize command button, a close lens command button, a forward command button, a backward command button, a bookmark command button, a reformat command button and a menu command button.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein each lens has full browser control capability.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein a first lens controls the web content displayed in a second lens.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein each lens is operative to present web page display data for any uniform resource locator received.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said identifier comprises an identification code and a password.

14. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving a single command to bookmark said first web page; and

storing a bookmark identifier for said first web page.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said single command is received through a bookmark command button associated with said first lens.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing at least one cookie associated with each lens.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing at least one cookie associated with said user identifier.

18. The method of claim 2, wherein said first web page is transmitted such that only a portion of display data associated with said first web page can be viewed within a display area of said first lens without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving a request from said user to reformat said first web page; and

reformatting said first web page in response to said request.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising transmitting a reformatted first web page to said user for display in said first lens, wherein substantially all of said display data can be viewed within said display area without using said horizontal scroll bar or said vertical scroll bar.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising transmitting said first web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by said user.

22. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving display data corresponding to said first web page;

determining whether said display data has a size greater than or less than a display area of said first lens; and

reformatting said first web page if said size is greater than or less than said display area.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising transmitting a reformatted first web page to said user for display in said first lens, wherein substantially all of said display data can be viewed within said display area without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising transmitting said first web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by said user.

52. The computer readable medium of claim 51, further comprising:

code for receiving said web page display data in a first language; and

code for translating said web page display data into a second language prior to transmission for display on said remote device.

53. The computer readable medium of claim 52, wherein said first language comprises at least one of hypertext markup language, cascading style sheet language, extensible markup language, extensible style sheet language, extensible hypertext markup language and wireless markup language.

54. The computer readable medium of claim 52, wherein said second language comprises at least one of hypertext markup language and wireless markup language.

25. A host server for presenting web content to a user at a remote device, comprising:

a storage device; and

a processor connected to the storage device, the storage device storing a program for controlling the processor;

the processor operative with the program to,

(i) receive an identifier from said user;

(ii) verify said identifier; and

(iii) transmit display information to said user including at least one lens for presentation within a window of a browser on said remote device, wherein the at least one lens controls server-side web browsing and is operative to display a separate web page upon receiving a uniform resource locator from said user.

26. The host server of claim 25, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to:

receive a first uniform resource locator through a first lens; and

transmit a first web page corresponding to said first uniform resource locator for display in said first lens.

27. The host server of claim 26, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to receive web page display data corresponding to said first web page from a second server.

28. The host server of claim 27, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to:

receive said web page display data in a first language; and

translate said web page display data into a second language prior to transmission for display on said remote device.

29. The host server of claim 28, wherein said first language comprises at least one of hypertext markup language, cascading style sheet language, extensible markup language, extensible style sheet language, extensible hypertext markup language and wireless markup language.

30. The host server of claim 28, wherein said second language comprises at least one of hypertext markup language and wireless markup language.

31. The host server of claim 25, wherein said plurality of lenses comprises four lenses.

32. The host server of claim 25, wherein each lens has at least one navigational control.

33. The host server of claim 32, wherein said navigational control comprises at least one of a uniform resource locator entry field, a horizontal scroll bar, a vertical scroll bar, a minimize command button, a maximize command button, a close lens command button, a forward command button, a backward command button, a bookmark command button, a reformat command button and a menu command button.

34. The host server of claim 25, wherein each lens has full browser control capability.

35. The host server of claim 25, wherein a first lens controls the web content displayed in a second lens.

36. The host server of claim 25, wherein each lens is operative to present web page display data for any uniform resource locator received.

37. The host server of claim 25, wherein said identifier comprises an identification code and a password.

38. The host server of claim 26, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to:

receive a single command to bookmark said first web page; and

store a bookmark identifier for said first web page.

39. The host server of claim 38, wherein said single command is received through a bookmark command button associated with said first lens.

40. The host server of claim 25, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to store at least one cookie associated with each lens.

41. The host server of claim 25, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to store at least one cookie associated with said user identifier.

42. The host server of claim 26, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to transmit said first web page such that only a portion of display data associated with said first web page can be viewed within a display area of said first lens without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar.

43. The host server of claim 42, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to:

receive a request from said user to reformat said first web page; and

reformat said first web page in response to said request.

44. The host server of claim 43, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to transmit a reformatted first web page to said user for display in said first lens, wherein substantially all of said display data can be viewed within said display area without using said horizontal scroll bar or said vertical scroll bar.

45. The host server of claim 43, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to transmit said first web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by said user.

46. The host server of claim 26, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to:

receive display data corresponding to said first web page;

determine whether said display data has a size greater than or less than a display area of said first lens; and

reformat said first web page if said size is greater than or less than said display area.

47. The host server of claim 46, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to transmit a reformatted first web page to said user for display in said first lens, wherein substantially all of said display data can be viewed within said display area without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar.

48. The host server of claim 46, wherein the processor is further operative with the program to transmit said first web page reformatted to a percentage of its original size selected by said user.

49. A computer readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon for presenting, through a host server, web content to a user at a remote device, comprising:

code for receiving an identifier from said user;

code for verifying said identifier; and

code for transmitting display information to said user including at least one lens for presentation within a window of a browser on said remote device, wherein the at least one lens controls server-side web browsing and is operative to display a separate web page upon receiving a uniform resource locator from said user.

50. The computer readable medium of claim 49, further comprising:

code for receiving a first uniform resource locator through a first lens; and

code for transmitting a first web page corresponding to said first uniform resource locator for display in said first lens.

51. The computer readable medium of claim 50, further comprising code for receiving web page display data corresponding to said first web page from a second server.

55. The computer readable medium of claim 49, wherein said plurality of lenses comprises four lenses.

56. The computer readable medium of claim 49, wherein each lens has at least one navigational control.

57. The computer readable medium of claim 56, wherein said navigational control comprises at least one of a uniform resource locator entry field, a horizontal scroll bar, a vertical scroll bar, a minimize command button, a maximize command button, a close lens command button, a forward command button, a backward command button, a bookmark command button, a reformat command button and a menu command button.

58. The computer readable medium of claim 49, wherein each lens has full browser control capability.

59. The computer readable medium of claim 49, wherein a first lens controls the web content displayed in a second lens.

60. The computer readable medium of claim 49, wherein each lens is operative to present web page display data for any uniform resource locator received.

61. The computer readable medium of claim 49, wherein said identifier comprises an identification code and a password.

62. The computer readable medium of claim 50, further comprising:

code for receiving a single command to bookmark said first web page; and

code for storing a bookmark identifier for said first web page.

63. The computer readable medium of claim 62, wherein said single command is received through a bookmark command button associated with said first lens.

64. The computer readable medium of claim 49, further comprising code for storing at least one cookie associated with each lens.

65. The computer readable medium of claim 49, further comprising code for storing at least one cookie associated with said user identifier.

66. The computer readable medium of claim 50, wherein said first web page is transmitted such that only a portion of display data associated with said first web page can be viewed within a display area of said first lens without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar.

67. The computer readable medium of claim 66, further comprising code for receiving a request from said user to reformat said first web page.

68. The computer readable medium of claim 67, further comprising code for reformatting said first web page in response to said request such that substantially all of said display data can be viewed within said display area without using said horizontal scroll bar or said vertical scroll bar.

69. The computer readable medium of claim 67, further comprising code for reformatting said first web page to a percentage of its original size selected by said user.

70. The computer readable medium of claim 50, further comprising:

code for receiving display data corresponding to said first web page;

code for determining whether said display data has a size greater than or less than a display area of said first lens; and

code for reformatting said first web page if said size is greater than or less than said display area.

71. The computer readable medium of claim 70, further comprising code for reformatting said first web page such that substantially all of said display data can be viewed within said display area without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar.

72. The computer readable medium of claim 70, further comprising code for reformatting said first web page to a percentage of its original size selected by said user.

73. A method performed by a host server for presenting web content to a user at a remote device comprising:

receiving an identifier from said user;

verifying said identifier; and

upon said verification, transmitting display information including at least one lens which controls the web content in a second lens.

74. A method performed by a host server for presenting web content to a user at a remote devise, comprising:

receiving an identifier from said user;

verifying said identifier;

upon said verification transmitting display information including at least one lens for presentation within a window of a browser; and

storing at least one cookie associated with each lens.

75. A method performed by a host server for presenting web content to a user at remote device, comprising:

receiving an identifier from said user;

verifying said identifier;

upon said verification transmitting display information including a first lens for presentation within a window of a browser;

receiving a first uniform resource locator through said first lens;

transmitting a first web page corresponding to said first uniform resource locator for display in said first lens, said first web page being transmitted such that only a portion of display data associated with said first web page can be viewed within a display area of said first lens without using a horizontal scroll bar or a vertical scroll bar.