Internet service of differently formatted viewable data signals including commands for browser execution
OwnerAndrew M. Ritchie, Jonathan M. Bradshawinventors
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Abstract
Output signals are served from a serving device to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network. The output signals represent commands executable by each browsable device so as to display viewable data in accordance with specified page formatting. Requests from browsing clients are identified which contain information relating to the data itself and the display format for the data. The data is read and processed so as to combine a representation of the viewable data with executable instructions. The signals are then supplied to requesting browsing devices, after effectively being assembled as a real time on-line process.
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A method of serving output signals from a serving device to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network, wherein said output signals represent commands executable by a browsing device so as to display viewable data in accordance with a specified page format;
- said method comprising steps of:
- identifying requests from browsing devices that define a request for specified viewable data, said request including formatting type identification data;
- maintaining a plurality of formatting types of data defining respectively corresponding predetermined formats for portions of said viewable data;
- storing content data representing said viewable data;
- selecting a specific part of said content data representing specific viewable data;
- selecting a specific one of said types of formatting data in response to said formatting type identification data;
- processing said content data and said formatting types of data so as to combine said selected part of said content data with said specific one of said types of formatting data, and for outputting processed viewable data with executable instructions;
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- supplying output signals to the requesting browsing device derived from said output processed data,
- in which said output signals represent commands executable by a browsing device so as to display said specific viewable data in accordance with a first specified page format when a first type of formatting data is selected and in a second specified page format when a second type of formatting data is selected.
A method of serving output signals from a serving device to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network, wherein said output signals represent HTML (hypertext mark-up language) data executable by a browsing device so as to display viewable data in accordance with a specified page format;
- said method comprising:
- identifying requests from browsing devices that define a request for specified viewable data, said request including formatting type identification data;
- maintaining a plurality of formatting types of data defining respectively corresponding predetermined formats for portions of said viewable data;
- storing content data representing said viewable data, said content data including graphics data;
- selecting a specific part of said content data representing specific viewable data;
- selecting a specific one of said types of formatting data in response to said formatting type identification data;
- processing said content data and said formatting types of data so as to combine said selected part of said content data with said specific one of said types of formatting data, and for outputting processed data in the form of hypertext mark-up language data;
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- supplying output signals to the requesting browsing device derived from said hypertext mark-up language data;
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- in which said output signals represent hypertext mark-up language data executable by a browsing device so as to display said specific viewable data in accordance with a first specified page format when a first type of formatting data is selected and in a second specified page format when a second type for formatting data is selected.
A serving device for serving output signals to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network, wherein said output signals represent commands executable by a browsing device so as to display viewable data in accordance with a specified page format, said serving device comprising:
- means for identifying requests from browsing devices that define a request for specified viewable data, said request including formatting type identification data;
- means for storing a plurality of formatting types of data defining respectively corresponding predetermined formats for portions of said viewable data;
- means for storing content data representing said viewable data;
- means for selecting a specific part of said content data representing specific viewable data;
- means for selecting a specific one of said types of formatting data in response to said formatting type identification data;
- means for processing said read content data and said formatting types of data so as to combine said selected part of said content data with said specific one of said types of formatting data, and for outputting processed data in the form of executable instructions;
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- means for supplying output signals to the requesting browsing device derived from said output processed data,
- in which said output signals represent commands executable by a browsing device so as to display said specific viewable data in accordance with a first specified page format when a first type of formatting data is selected and in a second specified page format when a second type of formatting data is selected.
A serving device for serving output signals to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network, wherein said output signals represent HTML (hypertext mark-up language) data executable by a browsing device so as to display viewable data in accordance with a specified page format, said serving device comprising:
- means for identifying requests from browsing devices that define a request for specified viewable data, said request including formatting type identification data;
- means for storing a plurality of formatting types of data defining predetermined formats for portions of said viewable data;
- means for storing a plurality of formatting types of data defining predetermined formats for portions of said viewable data;
- means for selecting a specific part of said content data representing specific viewable data;
- means for selecting a specific one of said types of formatting data in response to said formatting type identification data;
- means for processing said content data and said formatting types of data so as to combine said selected part of said content data with said specific one of said types of formatting data, and for outputting processed data in the form of HTML data;
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- means for supplying output signals to the requesting browsing device derived from said HTML data,
- in which said output signals represent HTML data executable by a browsing device so as to display said specific viewable data in accordance with a first specified page format when a first type of formatting data is selected and in a second specified page format when a second type of formatting data is selected.
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