| 摘要 |
<p>The invention discloses a portable device (12) that allows the user (3) to access the Internet and World Wide Web. The portable device (12) includes a modem that connects to a cellular telephone, thus the portable device (12) connects wirelessly to the Internet. A host computer (1) that may also be a Web server, is connected to the Internet and comprises various software programs (2, 4, 11, and 14) to translate and compress into bit map or raster images the information received from the Internet. The compressed image is sent the portable device (12) and the device is capable of decompressing the compressed image. Thus, the user (3) views a bit map image of a Web page on a display window (13). The portable device (12) further comprises methods of pointing and clicking on text and images which represent links to other pages. All commands that the user (3) enters into the portable device (12) are sent to the host computer (1), which performs the commands via a virtual browser, and sends the information back to the portable device (12).</p> |
