Patent ID: 7010551
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented file conversion method for extracting, from an HTML file acquired through the internet and composed of a plurality of pieces of data displayable on a display unit and with a start and an end of each piece of data indicated by respective identifiers in the form of tags, data displayable on a limited-capability device, in accordance with the identifiers, and for outputting the extracted data to the limited-capability device, the file conversion method comprising: a step of determining what characteristic of the HTML file is to be converted; a step of detecting the tags by reading the file; a step of determining whether the data indicated by the detected tags is displayable on the limited-capability device; a step of extracting the data, the start and the end of which are indicated by the detected tags and which is determined to be displayable on the limited-capability device; a step of displaying on the display unit the extracted data to be shaped for display on the limited-capability device; a step of reading out a stored conversion rule that is specific to each set of tags and that has having shaping conditions including character count per line and image size limitations; a step of converting, based on the read-out conversion rule, the extracted data to meet the limitations for display on the limited-capability device; and a step of outputting an output file that is newly created from the extracted data that has been shaped in the step of shaping, as a different file from the HTML file, to the limited-capability device for display, wherein the step of extracting the data is performed by referencing a processing condition data area of a memory file that defines the tags of the HTML data that is displayable on the limited-capability device, and wherein the processing condition data area has a data structure containing a plurality of categories, and wherein the file conversion method further comprises selecting the processing condition data to be used, based on the category selected from among the plurality of categories.