Methods and apparatus for enabling use of web content on various types of devices

• US 20090044098A1
• Filed: 03/01/2007
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InfoGin Ltd.
• Original Assignee: InfoGin Ltd.
• Inventors: Uziel, Asher, Wyler, Eran Shmuel, Ilani, Gil, Elrom, Ron, Shefi, Naaman
• Granted Patent: US 7,877,677 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols

Abstract

A system and method for configuring web content for display on mobile communicators including receiving an operator-selected web page, selection, by an operator, of at least one cell-based element of the web page, arrangement, by an operator, of the at least one cell-based element at a desired position in a page template; and creating at least one mobile communicator adapted page by automatically placing at least one cell-based element, indicated by the template, of at least another web page, having a page structure similar to the operator-selected web page, at a desired position indicated by the template.

Claims

1. A method for configuring web content for display on mobile communicators comprising:

receiving an operator-selected web page;

selection, by an operator, of at least one cell-based element of said web page;

arrangement, by an operator, of said at least one cell-based element at a desired position in a page template; and

creating at least one mobile communicator adapted page by automatically placing at least one cell-based element, indicated by the template, of at least another web page, having a page structure similar to said operator-selected web page, at a desired position indicated by the template.

2. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein said operator initially views web sites on the Internet and thereafter arranges and prioritizes the web content thereof for viewing on mobile communicators

3. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein there is displayed on a display screen of a computer of said operator:

said operator-selected web page;

a representation of a Document Object Model (DOM);

a prioritization and arrangement table; and

a table containing the HTML code corresponding to said at least one cell-based element selected by said operator.

4. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein said creating employs a matching algorithm.

5. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein said at least another web page is a future web page having at least certain structural similarities to said operator-selected web page.

6. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein said at least another web page is a different web page having at least certain structural similarities to said operator-selected web page

7. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein said selection, arrangement and creating steps take place without changing HTML code of said operator-selected web page.

8. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein said creating includes adding additional content, within selected elements, which was not present in said operator-selected web page.

9. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein said creating includes removal of web content from selected elements when creating said template.

10. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein said operator initially selects the scope of a template to be created by using regular expressions.

11. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein if there exist cell-based elements template having an attribute which is likely to be different at different times at which the web page is viewed, said operator is enabled to instruct that such attribute be ignored in said creating step.

12. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein information saved for each cell-based element in said template includes at least one of a priority of said cell-based element, its X and Y positions within said operator-selected web page, the area of said operator-selected web page taken up by said cell-based element, the number of images included in said cell-based element, the number of forms included in said cell-based element, the percentage of the area of said cell-based element which is covered by text and the percentage of the area of said cell-based element which is covered by links and the path of said cell-based element relative to the <

body>

tag as it appears in the tree representation of a template DOM.

13. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 12 and wherein said information includes at least one of the following:

for cell-based elements in which said operator added or removed content, an indication that such features exist;

cell-based elements which include a basic structure which is repeated several times.

14. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein said operator is enabled to indicate whether one or more cell-based elements in said template are mandatory elements, such that when employing said template to generate an adapted web page for display on a mobile communicator display screen, if one of these cell-based elements in the template is not matched by an cell-based element in the web page being adapted, the template is not used.

16. A system for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 1 and wherein said operator initially views web sites on the Internet and thereafter arranges and prioritizes the web content thereof for viewing on mobile communicators

15. A system for configuring web content for display on mobile communicators comprising a computer programmed to provide the following functionalities:

receiving an operator-selected web page;

selection, by an operator, of at least one cell-based element of said web page;

arrangement, by an operator, of said at least one cell-based element at a desired position in a page template; and

creating at least one mobile communicator adapted page by automatically placing at least one cell-based element, indicated by the template, of at least another web page, having a page structure similar to said operator-selected web page, at a desired position indicated by the template.

17. A system for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 15 and wherein there is displayed on a display screen of a computer of said operator:

said operator-selected web page;

a representation of a Document Object Model (DOM);

a prioritization and arrangement table; and

a table containing the HTML code corresponding to said at least one cell-based element selected by said operator.

18. A system for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 15 and wherein said creating functionality employs a matching algorithm.

19. A system for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 15 and wherein said at least another web page is a future web page having at least certain structural similarities to said operator-selected web page.

20. A system for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 15 and wherein said at least another web page is a different web page having at least certain structural similarities to said operator-selected web page

21. A system for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 15 and wherein said selection, arrangement and creating functionalities operate without changing HTML code of said operator-selected web page.

22. A system for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 15 and wherein said creating functionality includes adding additional content, within selected elements, which was not present in said operator-selected web page.

23. A system for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 15 and wherein said creating functionality includes removal of web content from selected elements when creating said template.

24. A system for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 15 and wherein information saved for each cell-based element in said template includes at least one of a priority of said cell-based element, its X and Y positions within said operator-selected web page, the area of said operator-selected web page taken up by said cell-based element, the number of images included in said cell-based element, the number of forms included in said cell-based element, the percentage of the area of said cell-based element which is covered by text and the percentage of the area of said cell-based element which is covered by links and the path of said cell-based element relative to the <

body>

tag as it appears in the tree representation of a template DOM.

25. A system for displaying web content on a mobile communicator according to claim 24 and wherein said information includes at least one of the following:

for cell-based elements in which said operator added or removed content, an indication that such features exist;

cell-based elements which include a basic structure which is repeated several times.