US20020052916A1 Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

System, Method, and computer program product for customizing channels, content, and data for mobile devices

Assignee: Avantgo Inc

•

Filing: 2001-06-28

•

Granted: —

•

Expires: 2021-06-28

📄 Original PDF 🌐 Google Patents 🔄 Sync Now

Abstract

Abstract Described herein are systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for enabling web content (as well as other objects) to be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices), and for users of mobile devices to operate with such web content on their mobile devices in an interactive manner while in an off-line mode.

Inventors

👤 David Kloba
👤 Michael Gray
👤 David Moore
👤 Thomas Whittaker
👤 David Williams
👤 Rafael Weinstein
👤 Joshua Freeman
👤 Linus Upson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —

Jurisdiction US

Data Source google_patents

Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 10:01

CPC Classifications

H; H04; H04W; H04W4/00; G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/957; G06F16/9574; G06F16/9577; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/04; H04L67/06; H04L67/14; H04L67/2866; H04L67/30; H04L67/50; H04L67/535; H04L67/56; H04L67/568; H04L67/5682; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; H04L67/02; H04L67/289; H04L67/306; H04L67/34; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329; H04W72/00; H04W72/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7

Claim 1

Independent Claim 96 words

1 . A method for enabling a user to create customized channels for mobile devices, comprising the steps of: 1) creating a bookmark to an automatic channel Web page; 2) surfing to a Web site; 3) invoking said automatic channel bookmark, thereby displaying said automatic channel Web page; 4) querying a browser via said automatic channel Web page for a URL (Universal Resource Locator) of said Web site; 5) automatically populating an automatic channel form for said Web site: and 6) automatically adding said Web site as a new channel to be stored in a database.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 96 words

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 21 words

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said querying step uses a script in said automatic channel Web page.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 107 words

3 . A method for enabling a user to create customize channels for mobile devices, comprising the steps of: 1) surfing to a Web page having a quick channel button, wherein said quick channel button indicates that a user would want said Web page loaded onto said mobile device; 2) activating said quick channel button, whereby said user is brought to a server Web site; 3) attempting to determine if said user is registered with said server; 4) adding said Web page as said new channel and returning said user to said Web page; and 5) presetting state information regarding said Web page for subsequent synchronization operations.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 107 words

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 28 words

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein step 3 further comprises the step of registering said user, if said user is not registered with said server.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 37 words

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein step 3 further comprises the step of requiring said user to log in, if said user is registered with said server, but is not recognized by said server.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US5684828A Cited

US5377326A Cited

US5805807A Cited

US5349678A Cited

US5987499A Cited

US5392390A Cited

US5666553A Cited

US5740364A Cited

US5666530A Cited

US5928329A Cited

US5410543A Cited

US5426594A Cited

US5694546A Cited

US6029195A Cited

US5684990A Cited

US5802292A Cited

US5850517A Cited

US5954795A Cited

US5768511A Cited

US5884323A Cited

US6000000A Cited

US5832489A Cited

US5727202A Cited

US6029175A Cited

US5732074A Cited

US6021433A Cited

US5987476A Cited

US5754774A Cited

US5953392A Cited

US5673322A Cited

US5937163A Cited

US6076109A Cited

US5727159A Cited

US5809242A Cited

US5881234A Cited

US5835712A Cited

US5918013A Cited

US5727129A Cited

US5961601A Cited

US5813007A Cited

US5862346A Cited

US5906657A Cited

US5862339A Cited

US5922045A Cited

US5919247A Cited

US5794259A Cited

US5974238A Cited

US5799063A Cited

US6006231A Cited

US6012083A Cited

US5918237A Cited

US5943676A Cited

US5864676A Cited

US6026474A Cited

US6023698A Cited

US5896502A Cited

US6065059A Cited

US5873100A Cited

US5978833A Cited

US5978842A Cited

US6049821A Cited

US6006274A Cited

US5790977A Cited

US5961602A Cited

US5948066A Cited

US6138155A Cited

US5890158A Cited

US6085192A Cited

US5946697A Cited

US5991800A Cited

US6023708A Cited

US6195692B1 Cited

US5987454A Cited

US5978828A Cited

US6122658A Cited

US6119167A Cited

US5895471A Cited

US6061718A Cited

US5877766A Cited

US6070184A Cited

US6035324A Cited

US5917491A Cited

US6182113B1 Cited

US6023701A Cited

US6052735A Cited

US6148330A Cited

US6041360A Cited

US6236991B1 Cited

US6032162A Cited

US6065051A Cited

US6353839B1 Cited

US6058416A Cited

US6209027B1 Cited

US6415316B1 Cited

US6278449B1 Cited

US6226650B1 Cited

US6131096A Cited

US6209111B1 Cited

US6535912B1 Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Maintenance schedule is calculated for granted US utility patents.

Assigned Categories & Tags

No categories assigned to this patent yet.

Assign Category Tag

Select Category

Notes (Optional)