FI106337B - Method for scrolling through hypertext pages with a mobile telephone set - Google Patents

Description

1 106337 METHOD FOR BROWSING HYPEREXT PAGES WITH YOUR MOBILE TELEPHONE

The present invention relates to a method for browsing hypertext pages as defined in the preamble of claim 1 by a mobile station.

With the World Wide Web (WWW), the Internet has become one of the fastest growing telecommunications segments. In the near future, it is expected that the WWW and digital mobile communication systems will be increasingly integrated, i.e., for example, a GSM phone will be able to browse web pages and access various related services. The problem has been that web pages are mostly designed for use with a graphical user interface and, for example, with a mouse 15, whereas a typical mobile station has a fairly limited text-based display with a keypad interface. This makes it very difficult to display and follow hyperlinks, for example. One solution to this problem is the Nokia Commu-20 nicator, which has, in addition to the usual features of a mobile station, a compact computer-to-fN 'system with graphical user interfaces. Computer: Y: However, adding a system will result in a high cost of the device, which will result in a medium • · · ·. ···. 25 out of reach of peer users. Nokia Artus NetGate, for its part, enables you to retrieve information from the WWW • · · *. pages with keywords using a standard mobile · · · * · *. The problem, however, is that web pages cannot be freely browsed. The information can only be retrieved from • · * .V 30 predefined pages.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel method for overcoming the above disadvantages.

In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide: *: 35 a method that allows web pages to be browsed and hyperlinked using a standard mobile device.

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As regards the features of the present invention, reference is made to the claims.

In the method of browsing hypertext pages of the present invention by a mobile station 5 in a communication system including a communications network such as the Internet, conversion means such as a pro-xy server, and the telecommunication system including a mobile station preferably supporting Smart Messaging specification and / or Time preferably includes softkey keys, selecting a hypertext page or hyperlink from the mobile station transmits the selection to the conversion means. Next, the conversion means retrieves the hypertext page corresponding to the selection from the communication network. Further, the conversion means 15 convert the page into a format that can be displayed on the display of the mobile station. The converted page is forwarded to the mobile station and displayed on the mobile station screen. From the hypertext page retrieved according to the invention, the hyperlin-20 kit is identified by the conversion means. Further, in accordance with the invention, the conversion means stores information about the hypertext pages retrieved and i.e. the hyperlinks contained therein. The data to be stored includes, for example, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) pages / links.

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· <! Further according to the invention, the hyperlinks contained in the hypertext page transmitted to the mobile station and the · ·:! ! other content of the page is transmitted to the mobile station separately.

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In one embodiment of the method, links to the hypertext page to be transmitted to the mobile station 30 are sent as a form that includes link descriptions, for example. si, including link-specific ·· «• V credentials, such as code that allows conversion tools to find the link corresponding to the description and,. \ t 35 its URL in the data it stores. Hyper • · text page content other than links is forwarded to the mobile as an SMS, USSD or similar (Short 3 106337

Message Service, SMS; Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD). If the content exceeds the maximum length of the message, it will be split and sent as multiple messages.

5 In one embodiment of the method, a hypertext page is selected for submission by sending from the mobile station to the conversion means a form containing identification information of the selected hypertext page, such as the URL address of that page. The hyperlink is screened by selecting a link from the menu, and a form is sent to the conversion tools, which includes user-specific identification of the page in question and which link to follow.

In one embodiment of the method, hyperlinks 15 are displayed and / or selected by softkey keys.

Softkey keys are general-purpose keys in certain mobile phone models that are intended to change depending on the situation. In this case, for example, a menu containing hyperlinks can be selected to be viewed by default by pressing a predefined softkey, and further, a softkey can be selected from the menu. button.

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In one embodiment of the method, the form is

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TTML, WML, or similar (Tagged Text Markup

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25 Language, TTML; Wireless Markup Language, WML).

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In one embodiment of the method, a hypertext page retrieved from a communications network is a web page.

In one embodiment of the method, the mobile station * is based on digital mobile communication technology, such as GSM, DCS1800, or the like.

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An advantage of the present invention over the known technical ankle is that it allows web pages to be browsed and hyperlinks tracked on a limited screen of a conventional mobile station. For each link, the user is not required to specify the exact location of the information, such as a URL, but the user can access the information by "surfing". In particular, the invention is well suited to mobile devices that support the definition of Smart Messaging. There is no need to add joystick- or trackball-type accessories to mobile devices to facilitate link tracking, 5 but linking is easy and flexible with existing mobile devices with only a key interface.

The invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the method of the invention; and Figure 2 illustrates an arrangement of a method according to the invention.

Figure 1 illustrates, by way of example, a block diagram of an embodiment of the method of the invention. The user has a specific TTML form on their GSM phone, the URL of the desired web page is entered in the input field. The form is sent to a server that retrieves the desired web page from the Internet. The server detects hyperlinks on the page and stores information such as the URLs of the page and the links it contains. In addition, the server converts the page so that it can be displayed on a GSM phone screen. In this connection, for example, * 9 '···' content that is not playable on the screen of the phone is removed from the page content. Content other than links will be sent to the user • · ·! as a standard short message. If the content of the page exceeds the maximum length of the short message, it is divided into sections and overwritten. 30 are delivered in several short messages. The user reads the text.

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The TTML form, 9 9 *, is then sent to the GSM phone with links to the page the user has just been reading / browsing. This form contains descriptions of links »·» k as a menu. The form does not include «35 link URLs, but codes that allow the server to · · find the correct link and its URL in the data it stores. By selecting from the menu which link 106337 is to be tracked and sending the form back to the server the user can follow the link. The return form contains user-specific identification of what the web page is about, 5 and which link to follow.

Figure 2 shows, by way of example, an arrangement of the method according to the invention. GSM phone 1 selects the desired web page. The selection is forwarded to the proxy-type server 2, which retrieves the page from the Interne-10 server 3, and delivers the page converted to the GSM phone. The server and the Internet communicate using the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The server and the GSM phone communicate using SMS messages and TTML forms.

The invention is not limited to the above embodiments only, but many modifications are possible within the scope of the inventive idea defined by the claims.

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Claims (7)

A method for browsing hypertext pages of a mobile telephony in a communication system, including a mobile telephony (1), transformation means (2) and a communication network (3), wherein a hypertext page or hyperlink method is selected with the mobile telephony ( 1) the selection is conveyed to the transformation means (2), the hypertext side corresponding to the choice is searched on the communication network (3), then transformed by utilizing the transformation means (2) into a form which can be displayed with the mobile telephony (1), is conveyed to the mobile telephony (1) and the page is displayed on the image screen of the mobile telephony (1), characterized in that - the hypertext page hyperlinks to be communicated to the mobile telephony (1) are identified by utilizing the transformation means (2), - the data on the text page and the hyperlinks it contains are saved by utilizing the transformation means (2), and - the hyperlinks and other hypertext pages in the nne-pour is disseminated separately to the mobile telephone (1) · 2. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that - the hyperlinks are conveyed to the mobile telephony device «« ·… ί (1) as a form, which includes a description • «t« of the links and identification data relating to the links; : V: and 0. The other contents of the hypertext page except the hyperlinks are conveyed to the mobile telephony (1) as an SMS, USSD or equivalent message. • · * ..;. T Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: - the choice of hypertext page is conveyed to the transformation means (2) as a form, to which the identification data of the selected hypertext page is transferred; and The selection of hyperlink is conveyed to the transformation means (2) as a form, to which belongs the identification hyperlink identification data. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the hyperlinks' are displayed and / or selected by using the soft key of the mobile device (1). Process according to any of the methods 1-4, characterized in that the form is made up of a TTML, WNL or equivalent form. Method according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the hypertext page is a WWW page. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the mobile telephone apparatus (1) is a digital mobile telephone apparatus. (i • <• • tl • «I • ·« * ·· »* mmm * mm» m · mm mm »m» mmm mm · • * · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · « · · Mm »« ff «tl • Il f · II • • · · mmm mmm * m ·