Device-specific communicating between a transmitting device and a receving device
OwnerGudmundur Hafsteinsson, Georg Ludvikssoninventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and a method for communication of data between a WEB server and a mobile device equipped with a browser, such as a WAP mobile phone. The invention further relates to a method of dynamically, cheaper and faster conversion of data between a first and a second format compliant to the WEB server and the device.
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A method for communicating between a transmitting device and a receiving device, wherein the communication is initiated by a request for specific data from a data source, and the communication comprising conversion of source data in a first format as output from the transmitting device into a second, device-specific format to be received by the receiving device, said method comprising the steps of inline:
- receiving data in the first format from the server,
- converting the source data from the first format into data in the second format where the conversion is a two step process and is comprised of at least the following two separated steps
- converting the data from the first format into an intermediate, device-independent, standardized format using content-specific conversion rules, manually created for each application, relating the first format to the intermediate format
- converting the data in the intermediate format into a device-specific, second format using general rules relating the intermediate format to the device-specific, second format
- forwarding the data in the second format to the client
A method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the conversion from the legal format to the device-independent, standardized, intermediate format is based on transformations built using a development, perhaps with a graphical user interface (GUI)
A method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the legal format is XML
A method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the intermediate, standardized, device-independent format is XML-based.
A method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the transmitting device is a database and wherein the first format is a format of that device
A method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the transmitting device is a WEB server and wherein the first format is a source format of WEB servers
A method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving device is a mobile device with Internet capabilities equipped with a browser and wherein the second format is suitable for display in the browser.
A method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving device is a WEB server and wherein the second format is a source format of WEB servers
A method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the request for data concerns data from more than one data source
A system for wireless communication of data between an external content source and a mobile device with Internet capabilities equipped with a browser, comprising a converter for inline conversion of data in a first format as output from the external content source into a second, device-specific format to be received by the device or for conversion of data in the second, device-specific format into data in the first format, said system comprising:
- receiving means for receiving the data in the first format,
- a database for storing and retrieving a conversion scheme,
- a converter for converting the data based on a conversion scheme comprised of at least the following two separated conversion steps:
- converting the data from the first format into an intermediate, device-independent format using content-specific selection rules, manually created for each application, relating the first format to the intermediate format.
- converting the data in the intermediate format into a device-specific, second format using general rules relating the intermediate format to the device-specific, second format
- and transmitting means for transmitting the converted data
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.