Patent EA-004075-B1 (EA)
Title: Method and device for accessing information sources and services on the web
IPC: G06F40/14
Filed: 2000-12-29
Abstract: 1. A method for accessing information sources and services on the Web, from a communication device connected via a network to the Internet comprising: one or several steps of displaying a selection page among a plurality of selection pages in a treelike arrangement and stored locally, inside said communication device, each selection page comprising a set of icons and a step which consists in transmitting, in response to a selection of an icon providing direct access in a selection page being displayed, the address of the information source corresponding to said icon, characterized in that for each selection page a set of icons includes one or several icons providing direct access to the remote information sources and/or one or several selection icons for accessing local other selection page within said treelike arrangement; said remote information sources having addresses locally generated in steps of displaying and selection. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that locally generated addresses are locally stored in an address table or address base. 3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that locally generated addresses are generated in steps of displaying and selection. 4. The method according to one of the preceding claim, characterized in that the first access icons comprise icons for providing an access to commercial sites. 5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that that the first access icons comprise a logotype of the commercial site. 6. The method according to one of the preceding claim, characterized in that the icon for providing an access to a selection page comprises a subject title. 7. The method according to one of the preceding claim, characterized in that further comprises updating a plurality of locally stored selection pages. 8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that that such updating is realized by loading information from a control server. 9. A device for accessing information sources and services on the Web, comprising means for providing communication via a network to the Internet, control and processing means, data storage means, displaying means, data collection means, and indication and selection means, wherein said storage means comprises a plurality of selection pages, each page comprises a set of icons, characterized in that for each selection page a set of icons includes one or several icons providing direct access to the remote information sources and/or one or several selection icons for accessing local other selection page within said treelike arrangement, and that the control and processing means is programmed for: controlling displaying of selection page via said displaying means in response to activation of the icon selection provided for local access to other selection page within said treelike arrangement, and transmitting, in response to a selection of an icon providing direct access in a selection page being displayed, the address of the information source corresponding to said icon of the direct access, wherein said storage means further comprises the address table or address base for local storage of addresses of the remote information sources. 10. The device according to claim 9, characterized in that the control and processing means is further provided with local generation of addresses of information sources in steps of selection and displaying. 11. The device according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that it is configured so as to be installed in a public booth instead of an existing telephone devices. 12. The device according to any one of claims 9-11, characterized in that the first access icons comprise icons for providing an access to commercial sites. 13. The device according to any one of claims 9-12, characterized in that the control and processing means is adapted for to receiving by data loading from the control server for updating selection pages, and also for processing said data of updating so that said updated selection pages, to be displayed, are stored.