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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1996
Yuval Shachar, Herzlia, IL;
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated telephone/terminal device for performing telephone and data communications functions is described. The telephone/terminal device includes a display screen, input device, telephone interface, data communications interface (e.g., modem), a processor and memory. A hypertext markup language interpreter resident within the telephone/terminal device provides the basis of a hypertext based GUI. Resident hypertext documents stored within the memory of the device control user interface to essential functions such as setup and configuration, dialing, data access, etc. One aspect of the invention is directed to using HTML and TCP/IP (Internet 'World Wide Web' compatible interpreter and protocols) to provide seamless access to Internet-hosted hypertext documents in a device which requires no computer training or expertise of the user thereof.