US 9,519,729 B2Granted

Scalable display of internet content on mobile devices

AssigneeSoftView LLC

InventorsGary B. Rohrabaugh, Scott A. Sherman

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Abstract

Mobile devices enabled to support resolution-independent scalable display of Internet (Web) content to allow Web pages to be scaled (zoomed) and panned for better viewing on smaller screen sizes. The mobile devices employ software-based processing of original Web content, including HTML-based content, XML, cascade style sheets, etc. to generate scalable content. The scalable content and/or data derived therefrom are then employed to enable the Web content to be rapidly rendered, zoomed, and panned. Display lists may also be employed to provide further enhancements in rendering speed. Context zooms, including tap-based zooms on columns, images, and paragraphs are also enabled.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

requesting through a mobile device having a touch-sensitive display a Web page comprising HTML-based Web content defining an original page layout, functionality, and design for viewing on a commercially available desktop browser, said HTML-based Web content including HTML code for at least one form and multiple columns and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) content;
retrieving and processing at the mobile device the HTML-based Web content including the HTML code for the at least one form and the multiple columns and the CSS content to generate a scalable vector representation of the Web page;
rendering the Web page on the touch-sensitive display utilizing the scalable vector representation to produce a first view of the Web page at a first zoom level that preserves the original page layout, functionality and design defined by the HTML-based Web content including the at least one form and the multiple columns and the CSS content relative to the original page layout, functionality and design defined by the HTML-based Web content including the at least one form and the multiple columns and the CSS content when rendered by the commercially available desktop browser;
and
re-rendering the Web page utilizing the scalable vector representation in response to associated user inputs to iteratively zoom in and out views of the Web page at multiple different zoom levels while preserving the original page layout, functionality, and design defined by the HTML-based Web content including the at least one form and the multiple columns and the CSS content relative to the original page layout, functionality and design defined by the HTML-based Web content including the at least one form and the multiple columns and the CSS content when rendered by the commercially available desktop browser.

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A method, comprising:

requesting through a mobile device having a touch-sensitive display a Web page comprising HTML-based Web content including HTML code for at least multiple columns and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) content;
retrieving and processing the HTML-based Web content including the HTML code for the at least multiple columns and the CSS content at the mobile device to generate a scalable vector representation of the Web page;
rendering the Web page on the touch-sensitive display utilizing the scalable vector representation to produce a first view of the Web page at a first zoom level that preserves the original page layout, functionality and design defined by the HTML-based Web content including the at least multiple columns and the CSS content relative to the original page layout, functionality and design defined by the HTML-based Web content including the at least multiple columns and the CSS content when rendered by a commercially available desktop browser;
and
re-rendering the Web page utilizing the scalable vector representation in response to associated user inputs to iteratively zoom in and out views of the Web page at multiple different zoom levels while preserving the original page layout, functionality, and design defined by the HTML-based Web content including the multiple columns and the CSS content relative to the original page layout, functionality and design defined by the HTML-based Web content including the at least multiple columns and the CSS content when rendered by the commercially available desktop browser;
and
in response to a tap on a first of the multiple columns via the touch-sensitive display, re-rendering the Web page on the touch-sensitive display such that the first of the multiple columns is displayed to fit a width of a display area of the touch-sensitive display, the display area used for displaying the HTML-based Web content.

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Facts

Application: 12/941,106Filed 8 Nov 2010 · continuation
Priority: 12 Jun 2000
Published: US 2011/0231746 A122 Sep 2011
Granted: 13 Dec 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification26 codes

G06F 40/143
Tree-structured documents: markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
G06F 3/0488
Using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of…:…
G06F 9/451
Arrangements for executing specific programs: execution arrangements for user interfaces
G06F 16/9577
Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation: optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

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Application60/211,019Us provisional application · filed 12 Jun 2000
Application60/217,345Us provisional application · filed 11 Jul 2000
Application09/828,511Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 7 Apr 2001
Application09/878,097Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Jun 2001
Application11/738,486Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Apr 2007
US 2011/0231746 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Sep 2011
US 7,831,926 B2Parent of this continuation
US 7,210,099 B2Parent of this continuation
Application09/878,097Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2002/0091738 A1Published application
US 2007/0288841 A1Published application
US 9,519,729 B2This patent

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