Display format for handheld wireless communication devices

A wireless communication device for displaying a web page, the wireless communication device comprising:

• an antenna configured to wirelessly receive the web page;
• a processor, in communication with the antenna, configured to determine whether the received web page is formatted for a portrait orientation, wherein the determination is made by determining if a width of the received web page is greater than a width of a display screen of a wireless communication device, wherein the received web page is not formatted for the portrait orientation if the width of the received web page is greater than the display screen of the wireless communication device;
• the display screen, in communication with the processor, configured to automatically display without user intervention the received web page in a landscape orientation on the display screen when the received web page is not formatted for the portrait orientation on the display screen;
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• a portrait-oriented browser and a landscape-oriented browser, in communication with the processor and the display screen, configured to automatically rotate an image corresponding to the received web page by approximately ninety degrees for automatic display in either the portrait orientation or the landscape orientation on the wireless communication device.

A wireless communication device for displaying a web page, the device comprising:

• means for receiving the web page;
• means for determining whether the received web page is formatted for a portrait orientation on a means for displaying on the wireless communication device, wherein the determination is made by determining if a width of the received web page is greater than a width of the means for displaying, wherein the received web page is not formatted for the portrait orientation if the width of the received web page is greater than the means for displaying;
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• means for automatically displaying without user intervention the received web page in a landscape orientation on the means for displaying when the received web page is not formatted for the portrait orientation on the means for displaying,
• wherein the wireless communication device includes means for browsing in the portrait orientation and means for browsing in the landscape orientation such that the means for displaying further comprises means for automatically rotating an image corresponding to the received web page by approximately ninety degrees for automatic display in either the portrait orientation or the landscape orientation on the wireless communication device.

A memory medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations, the instructions comprising:

• at least one instruction for receiving the web page at a wireless communication device;
• at least one instruction for determining at the wireless communication device whether the received web page is formatted for a portrait orientation on a display screen of the wireless communication device, wherein the determination is made by determining if a width of the received web page is greater than a width of the display screen of the wireless communication device, wherein the received web page is not formatted for the portrait orientation if the width of the received web page is greater than the display screen of the wireless communication device;
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• when the received web page is not formatted for the portrait orientation on the display screen, at least one instruction for automatically displaying without user intervention the received web page in a landscape orientation on the display screen,
• wherein the wireless communication device includes a portrait-oriented browser and a landscape-oriented browser such that the at least one instruction for displaying further comprises at least one instruction for automatically rotating an image corresponding to the received web page by approximately ninety degrees for automatic display in either the portrait orientation or the landscape orientation on the wireless communication device.