Web page content translator

Abstract

A system, method, and computer readable medium for reformatting web content into a format readable on one or more mobile devices is provided. A user generates a user request for a web page from a mobile device to a proxy server. The proxy server forwards the user request to an origin web server, which returns the requested web page to the proxy server. A conversion engine within the proxy server extracts the desired content from the web page, and reformats the content in accordance with one or more predefined transform methods associated with the one or more mobile devices before transmitting the transformed web page with the desired content to the one or more mobile devices. Secure or unsecure connection provided via a decorated uniform resource locator can be used to connect a mobile device, the proxy server, and an origin web server.

Description

RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority to application Ser. No. 60 / ______, filed Nov. 6, 2000, entitled “Web Page Content Translator”, which is assigned to the assignee of this application. The disclosure of application Ser. No. 60 / ______ is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates generally to dynamically extracting and reformatting existing web page content and, more particularly, to dynamically extracting a portion of content from a web page and reformatting the extracted content for viewing on a mobile device.[0004]2. Background Description[0005]Organizations of all sizes are reliant on the Internet to conduct business. Because of the explosion of mobile enterprise solutions, users of wireless devices now demand that businesses deliver web content for viewing on desktop, or mobile / portable (e.g., handheld) devices. Whether organizations are creating new web applications, or ex...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]It is a feature and advantage of the present invention to provide a system and method that dynamically extracts a portion of web content for viewing on mobile devices;

[0008]It is another feature and advantage of the present invention to provide a system and method that reformats extracted web content for viewing on mobile devices using transforms that, for example, add meta tag information to the header of a page, add a specific attribute and attribute value to a specific tag, ignore previously specified global conversions, and / or insert text from a specified file;

[0009]It is yet another feature and advantage of the present invention to manage and maintain a single set of web content that can be used in both desktop and mobile device environments;

[0010]It is still another feature and advantage of the present invention to eliminate the need to maintain multiple sets of web content, one for each device type, for delivery to a plurality of mobile devices.

[0011]It is another feature and advantage of the present invention to optionally provide a secure connection via a decorated URL between a mobile device and / or a client (e.g., a Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) gateway) which forwards a secure request from the mobile device, a proxy server that reformats original web page content, and a web page server.

[0012]It is another feature and advantage of the present invention to provide a secure connection between, for example, a proxy server that reformats an original web page and an origin web page server by setting up the proxy server in a mobile device browser (i.e., enabling the mobile device to communicate with the origin web page server via the proxy server).

Problems solved by technology

Further, secure connections between mobile devices and web servers via a proxy server that reformats original web page content were generally unavailable via a decorated uniform resource locator (URL) connection.

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