WIRELESS INTERNET DISPLAY SIMULATION METHOD
Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates geneially to a method foi pioudmg wneless
Internet on-screen display to wired Internet web biowsei and in paiticular aims to allow Internet users to review the ways the web page is displayed on a mobile terminal such as PDΛ smait phone etc without the need ot using e\pensι\ e PDA. smart phone etc b\ pioviding images of the web page dιspla\ed on the mobile teiminal b\ using the web browser oi wπe-netwoiked personal computei
Background of the Invention
As the Internet has become widespread and use of mobile communication terminal has diasticalh inci eased lecently the Internet
is lapidh
tiom wired to wireless Currently in order to seaich foi information on the Internet with a mobile terminal a user is required to access a web seivei sepaiateh established b\ the service piouder through a wneless Internet gatewa\
The web server s function includes displav mg
Internet lnfoimation
written in HTML on a mobile teiminal and lefoimatt g it foi a bettei dιspla\ Heie not only the Internet language supported bv the web
the web biowsei mounted in the mobile terminal but also the gatewax shall be the same as the mobile terminal s standards
The standards of the browser cuirenth in use as mounted in a mobile teiminal
have various forms such as HTML which is used in desktop PCs, HDML (Handheld Device Markup Language), and WML (Wireless Maikup Language) which are modified versions of HTML for better display on a mobile terminal, etc
On wireless Internet market the contents piovideis enjov the ad antage that the .") contents thev have piovided so fai for the conventional wned communication can be provided also for the wireless Internet communication
However, the contents service cannot be piovided without using the communication netwoik owned by the wireless communication sen ice piovider and moreover, the sen ice might be lestncted depending on the mobile teiminal and/or the
10 browser in use
As such in oidei foi the contents providers to develop a wneless Internet site and its contents, thev should know the mechanical functions and env iionments of various PDAs and smart phones Further, they should have PDAs and smart phones in possession for testing which might mean additional difficultv for the contents pioviders lό Accordingly, if the contents piovideis aie allowed to review the images of the web page as displayed on a mobile teiminal without using a ical PDA it would be helpful in developing the contents In this regard theie has been felt a need for developing a method for piovidmg a web site on-scieen displav on a mobile terminal to the web biow ei of a peisonal computei
20 Further, pui chasers desiring to buy a PDA or a smart phone would be pleased if they could leview web site on-scieen displays as piovided to various mobile terminals with their wire-netwoiked web biowsei without using a real PDA or smart phone
Detailed Description of the Invention
The present invention i elates generallv to a method for pioviding wneless Internet on-screen displav to wned Internet web browsei and in paiticulai aims to allow Internet users to leview the wa s the web page is displa\ed on a mobile teiminal "j such as PDA smart phone etc without the need of pin chasing a high-piiced PDA
smart phone etc by providing images of the web page as displaved on the mobile teiminal bv using the web biowsei oi wiic-netwoiked peisonal compute)
The piesent invention discloses a method toi pio iding wneless Internet on- scieen displav to wned Internet web biowsei compπsing the steps of 0 first receiving information on the tvpes ol mobile teimmal and biowsei fiom the connected usei second leceivmg URL from the usei and then leceiving a web page corresponding to the leceived URL bv accessing the web sei ei and thud converting the web page icceived in the second step to wneless Internet i on-scieen displav compatible with the tvpes ol mobile teiminal and biowsu icceived in the first step and transmitting the same to the usei
In oidei foi the contents piovideis to develop a wneless Internet sue and the contents thev should know the mechanical functions and env iionments ol various PDAs and smart phones and tuithei thev should possess PI) \s and smart phones foi 0 testing According to the present invention however the wneless Internet on-scieen displavs as in the env iionments of vaπυus PD \s oi smart phones can be piovided to web browseis of personal computei without leal use ot PD \s oi smart phones
Further the piesent invention pi ov ides an env uonment wheiem useis can develop the desned sites and contents using the same mechanical functions and
environments as those of PDAs or smart phones while at the same time doing web- surfing.
Still further, according as a user chooses a desired type of PDA or a smart phone on the web, the appearance of the chosen PD.A or smart phone is selected from among the PDA or smart phone simulations in the main server, displayed on the web, and shown on the web browser of the user.
Here, the user can later access the web through the browser of the virtual PDA or smart phone displayed on his web browser and can see the same i mage of the Internet on the browser as it is shown by the real PDA or smart phone
Brief Description of the Drawings
Fig 1 shows a network connection in the method for providing wireless
Internet on-screen display to wired Internet w eb browser according to the present invention.
Figs. 2a and 2b illustrate web pages used in the present invention
Fig 3 is an overall scheme diagram of the method for providing wireless Internet on-screen display to w ired Internet web brow ser according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig 4 is a flow chart of the method for providing w ireless Internet on-screen displav* to wired Internet web browser according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
Fig. 5a is a chart showing the flow of services on the part of the user in the method for providing wireless Internet on-screen display to wired Internet web browser
according to an embodiment of the present invention
Fig 5b is a chart showing the flow of services on the part ot the servei in the method for providing wireless Internet on-screen displav to wned Internet web biowser according to an embodiment ot the present invention
Description of the Preferred Embodiment
Now a prefeπed embodiment of the piesent invention is descπbed m detail below making leference to Fig I thioughFig 5b
Fig 1 shows the network connection in the method foi pioviding wneless
Internet on-screen display to wned Internet web biowsei accoiding to the piesent invention
Referring to Fig 1 peisonal computeis 110a- 11 On aie connected to service pioviding server HO thiough the Internet 120 and the seivice pioviding seivei 110 is connected to a multiple of web servers 140a~140n thiough the Internet
The service pioviding seiver HO compπses database HI which stoies the environments for PDAs smart phones, etc
Now, the method for providing wneless Internet on-scieen displav to ned Internet web browser according to an embodiment ot the piesent invention is descπbed in detail in the following
Fust an Internet usei 110a 11 On accesses the sen ice pioviding senei HO to register himself as a member and then downloads the client pi giam foi installation
Next the Internet usei 110a~l lOn accesses the sen ice piov iding senei HO to
login and then tiansmits the tvpes of PDA and biowsei to tht sei n-e pio iding senei
130 Then, the service providing server 130 stores the received types of PDA and browser in database 131 fetcl es the appearance of PDA oi smart phone selected and transmitted by the Internet user 110a~ 11 On from database I 31 and pi ov ides the same to the web browser of the Internet user 110a- 1 lOn An example of a web page so provided is illustrated in Fig 2a in which the web browser comprises an address entry window 201 and an image of Cellvic (trademaik) PDA 202 is given in the middle
Thereafter the Internet usei 110a- 11 On enteis URL of the web site he wishes to access in the address entiv window 201 and then receives the wneless Internet on- screen displav piovided fiom the entered URL on the scieen of the displavcd PDA oi
smart phone
An example of the scieen thus piovided is illustiated in Fig 2b In the address entry window 201 of the illustrated web browsei is entered 'www yahoo co L and the on-screen display provided fiom 'www yahoo co kf is shown on scieen 201 of Cellvic
PDA 202
To be moie specific, if the Internet user 110a- 11 On enteis URL of the web site he wishes to access in the address entry window 201 the client piogi m plugged-in to the web biowser lequests the service providing servei to tiansmit wneless Internet onscreen displav compatible with the entered URL Heie the client piogiam plugged-in to
the web browser receives information on the PDA and biowsei from the Internet user 110a- 11 On shows the corresponding attributes to the lntei net usei 110a- 11 On allowing the Internet usei to change the attributes and transmits the changed attributes to the service pi ov iding sen ei 130
Then, the seivice providing servei 130 accesses a web se ei I40a-140n
corresponding to the entered URL in order to receive a web page, converts the received web page into the wireless Internet on-screen display compatible with the types of PDA or smart phone and web browser received from the Internet user 1 10a- 1 HJn, and then provides the same to the Internet user 1 10a~ 1 l On ;"> Here, the client program plugged-in to the web browser transmits information on the PDA and browser received from the Internet user 1 10a- 1 1 On to the service providing server 1 30. and outputs the screen transmitted from the service providing server 130 (the screen in the environments of the entered PDA and brow ser) on the web
Meanwhile, as seen in Fig 2b. ad ertisements can be carried in the space left 0 blank when the appearance of PDA or smart phone is illustrated
Fig 3 is an overall scheme diagram oϊ the method for providing wireless Internet on-screen displav* to wired Internet web bro ser according to an embodiment of the present invention.
First, a user 3 10 accesses the service providing server 320 to register himself as 3 a member and then transmit s the tvpes of PDA and browser
Then, the service prov iding serv er 320 tores the received tvpes of PD \ and oi" browser, receives L'RL of the web site the user 3 10 wishes to access, and further receives HTM L document by accessing the w eb site corresponding to t he receiv ed URL
Next, the received HTML document is converted into a PDA compatible 0 document, which is transmitted to the user computer 1 0 The user computer 3 10 displays the received PDA compatible document
Fig 4 is a flow chart show ing the method for prov iding w ireless Internet onscreen displav* to wired Internet web browser according to an embodi ment of the present invention
First, if an Internet user accesses the service providing server (step S101) and enters/selects the tvpes of PDA and browser (step SI 02), the appearances of the entered/selected types of PDA and browser are provided to the internet user (step SI 03)
Next if the Internet user enters URL in the address entry window- (step SI 04) and receives a web page by accessing the web servei corresponding to the entered URL
(step SI 05), the received web page is converted into the wneless Internet on-screen display (step I 06) and the same is transmitted to the Internet usei (step I 07) Here, advertisements can be caiπed in the blank space
Fig 5a is a chart showing the flow of services on the part of the usei in the method for providing wneless Internet on-screen displav to wired Internet web browsei according to an embodiment of the present invention
Fust, the Internet usei downloads the client piogiam bv accessing the service providing server (step S201) and installs the downloaded client program (step S202)
Next the usei logs in the seivice pioviding servei (step S203) In case of initial use, the usei transmits the t pe^ of PDA and biowsei to let the se ce pioviding se ei store the leceived types of PDA and browsei (steps S204, S2υs). and then the corresponding appearance of PDA is leceived and displayed (step S206) In case of non-initial use the appearance of PDA is received fiom the service pioviding senei and then displav ed (step S206) Theieafter. the user enteis URL and transmits it to the service pioviding seiver
(step S207) leceives a PDA scieen (step S208) and displav s it (step S209)
Fig 5b is a chart showing the flow of semces on the part of the servei in the method for providing wireless Internet on-screen display to wned Internet web browser accoiding to an embodiment of the present invention
First, upon access and login of a usei (step S220) a usei v erification is conducted, and then it is checked whether or not it is the initial use (step S221 )
In case of initial use a PDA environment is set (step S222), the PDA environment settings ai e stored (step S223), the environment value of the stoi ed PDA environment is returned (step S224), the URL is l eceived and accessed to (step S225) and the HTML document is fetched (step S226)
In case of non-initial use, the stoi ed PDA env ironmental value is l etumed (step S224), the URL is leceived and accessed to (step S225) and the HTML document is fetched (step S226)
Thei eaftei the fetched HTML document is conv erted into a PDA document
(step S226) and the PDA document is then outputted (step S227)
While the present invention has been described above with refei ence to the prefeπ ed embodiments, the scope of the rights of the pi esent invention is not li mited thereto but rather shall be detei mined by the claims attached hei ein below and then equiv alents allowing various alterations, modifications and adjustments as those skilled in the art will understand
Industrial Applicability
The pi esent invention allow s the Internet users including web contents developers to rev iew vaπous wireless Internet access env ironments using PD As oi
smart phones w ithout l eallv using the same and thus enables them to develop contents with ease
The present invention furthei allows the contents developers who feel it
burdensome to purchase varioi s tool kits such as PDA, smart phone, etc . to save their time and money, and thus, the contents so developed can greatly contribute to vitalize the wireless Internet.