Portable high speed internet access device

• US 7,068,381 B1
• Filed: 02/02/2000
• Issued: 06/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Raja Singh Tuli
• Original Assignee: Raja Tuli
• Inventors: Tuli, Raja
• Primary Examiner(s): Evans, Arthur G.
• Application Number:
  US09/496,172
• Time in Patent Office: 2,337 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15, 358/1.6, 358/403, 358/450, 358/452, 358/462, 709/229, 345/619, 345/581, 345/660, 345/661, 725/110
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• 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: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234354 by altering signal-to-noise ratio parameters, e.g. requantization
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25833 involving client hardware characteristics, e.g. manufacturer, processing or storage capabilities allocation of resources considering hardware capabilities in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/5044; allocation of resources considering software capabilities in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/5055
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The invention discloses a portable device that allows the user to access the Internet and World Wide Web. The portable device includes a modem that connects to a cellular telephone, thus the portable device connects wirelessly to the Internet. A host computer that may also be a Web server, is connected to the Internet and comprises various software programs to translate and compress into bit map or raster images the information received from the Internet. The compressed image is 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.

Claims

1. A device that is at least capable to:

send a request to a host computer for a web page, the web page including graphics and text;

receive a compressed raster image, the raster image being translated at the host computer from the web page including the graphics and the text;

decompress the compressed raster image; and

selectively display a portion of the image under exclusive control of the device according to user input.

3. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device is at least further capable to:

receive user input to point and click on a specific location of the image being displayed;

send a message about the user input received on the location back to the host computer;

receive a refreshed image from the host computer in response to the user input; and

display the refreshed image.

4. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said device at least allows a user to scroll through the image under exclusive control of said device.

5. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said device is at least further capable to:

receive user input of text and numbers;

send the user input of text and numbers to the host computer; and

receive a refreshed image back to the device.

2. A translator software that is at least capable to:

take, in response to a request from a remote device, a web page containing Internet or World Wide Web information that is to be displayed in a browser window, said information including graphics and text;

translate the web page including said information to a raster image;

compress the image; and

send the compressed image to the remote device for display;

wherein the image is larger than a display area of the remote device available for displaying the web page.