Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in transforming existing web pages (or other information) for display (playback or the like) on associated web enabled Internet appliances. For display materials, a graphical editing tool is provided that allows a web designer to pull up source content pages wherein the information components are identified and assigned an identifier. The identified components are graphically arranged into a result area according to the capabilities of the receiving web enabled appliance. A set of transformation rules is generated according to the graphically arranged result. These rules are then used by a server device to transform the requested source information as it is requested by the web enabled appliance. The rules can be stored and applied by a device, including a proxy server device, that requests the source content material from a web server and then responds with the transformed information via application of the set of transformation rules.

Abstract: A method for use in generating a set of transform rules to be used in transforming existing web pages (or other information) for display (or playback, or the like) on associated web enabled Internet appliances. Information in a source page and a template page are identified as elements with an identifier and path name. User actions for arranging the elements are recorded are recorded onto at least a pair of stacks, which might include a redo stack, and an undo stack. The stacks are used as the basis for supporting the user actions. Chains of elements are generated from the stacks, and XSLT is provided from the chains. XSLT is associated with the transform rules, which reference the XSLT. The set of transform rules for the source pages are generated according to the source page URL, the XSLT, and the intended receiving device.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in transforming existing web pages (or other information) for display (playback or the like) on associated web enabled Internet appliances. For display materials, a graphical editing tool is provided that allows a web designer to pull up source content pages wherein the information components are identified and assigned an identifier. The identified components are graphically arranged into a result area according to the capabilities of the receiving web enabled appliance. A set of transformation rules is generated according to the graphically arranged result. These rules are then used by a server device to transform the requested source information as it is requested by the web enabled appliance. The rules can be stored and applied by a device, including a proxy server device, that requests the source content material from a web server and then responds with the transformed information via application of the set of transformation rules.