Customizing and storing web pages for mobile on web
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorsSatish Mehta, Srinivas Margasahayam
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Abstract
A device, system and method to enable a user to create a customized or tailored image of a web page that is specific to, and can be displayed on, a mobile, web-enabled device. The tailored image of the web page may include enlargeable images of subsections of the web page that are accessed by the user clicking on or scrolling over the subsection of the tailored image. The tailored image may also include hotspots corresponding to selectable elements of the web page.
Claims12
A method for customizing content for display on a mobile device, comprising:
- providing a type of the mobile device, wherein the type is associated with at least one specification of the mobile device;
- indicating at least one portion of a selected page for display on the mobile device;
- tailoring an image of the at least one portion of the selected page based on the at least one specification of the mobile device;
- identifying at least one selectable element within the at least one portion of the selected page;
- creating in the tailored image at least one hotspot associated with at least one identified selectable element;
- providing the tailored image of the at least one portion of the selected page for display on the mobile device;
- providing an indication that the tailored image includes a static image of dynamic content;
- and
- providing a link that enables a user to access the dynamic content.
A network device for customizing content for display on a mobile device, comprising:
- a transceiver operative to send and receive data over a network;
- a processor;
- and
- a processor-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed on the processor enable actions, including:
- providing a type of the mobile device, wherein the type is associated with at least one specification of the mobile device;
- indicating at least one portion of a selected page for display on the mobile device;
- tailoring an image of the at least one portion of the selected page based on the at least one specification of the mobile device;
- identifying at least one selectable element within the at least one portion of the selected page;
- creating in the tailored image at least one hotspot associated with at least one identified selectable element;
- providing the tailored image of the at least one portion of the selected page for display on the mobile device;
- providing an indication that the tailored image includes a static image of dynamic content;
- and
- providing a link that enables a user to access the dynamic content.
A system for customizing content for display on a mobile device, comprising:
- a plurality of mobile devices in communication with a network;
- a server device in communication with a network and with the plurality of mobile devices, configured to perform actions including:
- providing a type of at least one of the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the type is associated with at least one specification of the at least one mobile device;
- indicating at least one portion of a selected page for display on the at least one mobile device;
- tailoring an image of the at least one portion of the selected page based on the at least one specification of the at least one mobile device;
- identifying at least one selectable element within the at least one portion of the selected page;
- creating in the tailored image at least one hotspot associated with at least one identified selectable element;
- providing the tailored image of the at least one portion of the selected page for display on the at least one mobile device;
- providing an indication that the tailored image includes a static image of dynamic content;
- and
- providing a link that enables a user to access the dynamic content.
A processor-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed on a computing device enable actions for customizing content for display on a mobile device, including:
- providing a type of the mobile device, wherein the type is associated with at least one specification of the mobile device;
- indicating at least one portion of a selected page for display on the mobile device;
- tailoring an image of the at least one portion of the selected page based on the at least one specification of the mobile device;
- identifying at least one selectable element within the at least one portion of the selected page;
- creating in the tailored image at least one hotspot associated with at least one identified selectable element;
- providing the tailored image of the at least one portion of the selected page for display on the mobile device;
- providing an indication that the tailored image includes a static image of dynamic content;
- and
- providing a link that enables a user to access the dynamic content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.