Andrea M Barton

US Patent:

20050262220, Nov 24, 2005

Filed:

Feb 7, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/071936

Inventors:

Terry Ecklund - Overland Park KS, US
Patrick O'Boyle - Kansas City MO, US
Andrea Barton - Overland Park KS, US
Travis Newkirk - Overland Park KS, US
Damon Herbst - Shawnee KS, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709219000

Abstract:

A computing system is provided that comprises a portable, hand-held computer comprising a display and a plurality of cursor control keys; and a proxy server coupled to the portable computer by a data link. A proxy server is also coupled to at least one remote server on the Internet. The portable computer is adapted to activate a menu comprised of a plurality of entries. Each entry corresponds to at least one mark-up language file to be accessed by the user. The method disclosed herein provides a shorthand way of requesting mark-up language files using one hand and a minimal number of keystrokes. Once the proxy server receives the file, it separates the file into viewable segments and sends the first viewable segment to the portable computer.