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Method and apparatus for accelerating navigation of hypertext pages using compound requests
Assignee: Unwired Planet LLC
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Filing: 1998-02-19
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Granted: 2000-09-12
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Expires: 2018-02-19
Abstract
Abstract Under the limited bandwidth of the current wireless data network and with the low memory in mobile devices in use today, the process of going through a number of intermediate pages to get to a desired page increases the latency of the information deliver and intensifies the network traffic. A method for accelerating the navigation of hypertext pages based on a compound request is disclosed. After a compound request is entered and activated, the compound request is parsed into an antecedent request followed by a final request wherein the antecedent request comprises a plurality of intermediate requests. All the intermediate requests are processed individually and sequentially as if they were entered individually and cards corresponding to the intermediate requests are fetched sequentially. A final card containing desired information by the final request is fetched based on the card corresponding to the last intermediate request and thereby displayed.
Inventors
- 👤 Alain S. Rossmann
- 👤 Andrew L. Laursen
- 👤 Bruce K. Martin, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 23:55
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329; G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/93; G06F16/94; G06F16/95; G06F16/955; G06F16/9558; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/02; G06F3/023; G06F3/0233; G06F3/0237; H04L67/00; H04L67/2866; H04L67/30; H04L67/303; H04L67/50; H04L67/56; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/72445; H04M7/00; H04M7/12; H04M7/1205; H04M7/1225; H04M7/123; H04M7/1235; H04M7/128; H04W; H04W4/00; H04W4/12; H04L67/01; H04L67/04; H04L67/2871; H04L67/565; H04M1/72469; H04M2207/00; H04M2207/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A method for accelerating navigation of hierarchical layers of accessible information hosted in a server device through a two-way communication device over a data network, the method comprising: displaying a menu on a client device, said menu comprising a plurality of items, each item having an address identifier; receiving a compound request entered by a user of the two-way communication device to display desired information; parsing said compound request to obtain an antecedent request and a final request; processing the antecedent request and the final request to obtain a final address identifier; and displaying desired information identified by said final address identifier.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
102 words
A method for accelerating navigation of hierarchical layers of accessible information hosted in a server device through a two-way communication device over a data network, the method comprising: displaying a menu on a client device, said menu comprising a plurality of items, each item having an address identifier; receiving a compound request entered by a user of the two-way communication device to display desired information; parsing said compound request to obtain an antecedent request and a final request; processing the antecedent request and the final request to obtain a final address identifier; and displaying desired information identified by said final address identifier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the antecedent request comprises at least one intermediate request including a first intermediate request.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method as recited in claim 2 wherein the first intermediate request corresponds to one of the items in the menu.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method as recited in claim 2 wherein the compound request comprises a sequence of numerals, a first numeral in the numeral sequence representing the first intermediate request, subsequent numerals representing one of the intermediate requests respectively and a final numeral in the numeral sequence representing the final request.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method as recited in claim 2 wherein the menu has no more than 9 items.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method as recited in claim 2 wherein the antecedent request and the final request processing comprises: fetching intermediate cards according to the intermediate requests; and fetching, based on the intermediate cards, a final card according to the final request.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method as recited in claim 6 wherein displaying a menu comprises displaying a first card, said method further comprising: displaying said intermediate cards after fetching said intermediate cards.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method as recited in claim 6 wherein displaying a menu comprises displaying a first card, said method further comprising: displaying a final card after processing said compound request.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising: fetching a deck of cards from said server device into said client device by data network, said deck of cards comprising a first card corresponding to said menu.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method as recited in claim 9 further comprising: data network to the server device; receiving a final deck having a final card corresponding to said final request; and displaying the final card on the client device.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
117 words
A communication apparatus for navigating hierarchical layers of accessible information hosted in a server device, said apparatus coupled to said service device through a two-way data network, the apparatus comprising: a display screen, said display screen for displaying a menu comprising a plurality of items, each item having an address identifier; an input system, said input system for allowing user input of a compound request, said compound request to display desired information, said compound request comprising an antecedent request and a final request; and a compound request processing system, said compound request processing system processing said antecedent request and a final request to obtain a final address identifier, said final address identifier corresponding to desired display information.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
117 words
A communication apparatus for navigating hierarchical layers of accessible information hosted in a server device, said apparatus coupled to said service device through a two-way data network, the apparatus comprising: a display screen, said display screen for displaying a menu comprising a plurality of items, each item having an address identifier; an input system, said input system for allowing user input of a compound request, said compound request to display desired information, said compound request comprising an antecedent request and a final request; and a compound request processing system, said compound request processing system processing said antecedent request and a final request to obtain a final address identifier, said final address identifier corresponding to desired display information.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
The communication apparatus as recited in claim 11 wherein the antecedent request comprises at least one intermediate request including a first intermediate request.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
The communication apparatus as recited in claim 12 wherein the first intermediate request corresponds to one of the items in the menu.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
50 words
The communication apparatus as recited in claim 12 wherein the compound request comprises a sequence of numerals, a first numeral in the numeral sequence representing the first intermediate request, subsequent numerals representing one of the intermediate requests respectively and a final numeral in the numeral sequence representing the final request.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The communication apparatus as recited in claim 14 wherein the menu has no more than 9 items.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
The communication apparatus as recited in claim 11 wherein said compound request processing system fetches intermediate cards according to the intermediate requests and fetches a final card based upon the final request.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
The communication apparatus as recited in claim 16 wherein said compound request processing system displays said intermediate cards after fetching said intermediate cards.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
23 words
The communication apparatus as recited in claim 16 wherein said compound request processing system displays a final card after processing said compound request.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
48 words
The communication apparatus as recited in claim 16 further comprising: an information fetching device, said information fetching device fetching a deck of cards from said server device into said client device by the two-way data network, said deck of cards comprising a first card corresponding to said menu.
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