Display device
First Claim
1. A display device for displaying, on a display screen, information specified in a document description language for a structured document, and performing a screen switching in response to a user input, said device comprising:
- analysis means for analyzing said information, and dividing said information into a plurality of component elements;
rule change instruction means for making an instruction for a change of layout rules to be applied to said information;
layout rule change means for selecting one of said layout rules responding to the instruction from said rule change instruction means;
layout means for laying out each of said component elements derived by said analysis means according to the layout rule selected by said layout rule change means;
user input means for receiving the user input;
display range determination means for determining a display range of said information based on said user input; and
display means for generating screen data of the display range determined by said display range determination means based on said component elements derived by said analysis means and a layout result of each of said component elements, and displaying the screen data on the display screen.
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Abstract
A layout rule change part 21 selects one of a plurality of layout rules recorded on a layout rule table 22 according to an inputted instruction. A layout part 23 follows thus selected layout rule, and lays out each component element in a hypertext document recorded on a component element recorder 13. The result is recorded on the component element recorder 13. Based on the component elements and the layout result recorded on the component element recorder 13, a display part 17 generates screen data of a display range determined by a display range determination part 16 for display on the screen. The user makes an instruction for screen switching by using a user input part 15, and another instruction for changing the current layout rule to whichever he/she prefers by using a rule change instruction input part 20.
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17 Claims
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1. A display device for displaying, on a display screen, information specified in a document description language for a structured document, and performing a screen switching in response to a user input, said device comprising:
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analysis means for analyzing said information, and dividing said information into a plurality of component elements;
rule change instruction means for making an instruction for a change of layout rules to be applied to said information;
layout rule change means for selecting one of said layout rules responding to the instruction from said rule change instruction means;
layout means for laying out each of said component elements derived by said analysis means according to the layout rule selected by said layout rule change means;
user input means for receiving the user input;
display range determination means for determining a display range of said information based on said user input; and
display means for generating screen data of the display range determined by said display range determination means based on said component elements derived by said analysis means and a layout result of each of said component elements, and displaying the screen data on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A display device for displaying, on a display screen, information specified in a document description language for a structured document, and performing a screen switching in response to a user input, said device comprising:
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analysis means for analyzing said information, and dividing said information into a plurality of component elements;
layout means for laying out each of said component elements derived by said analysis means;
user input means for receiving the user input;
rule change instruction means for making an instruction for a change of user input process rules to be applied to said user input;
user input process rule change means for selecting one of said user input process rules according to the instruction from said rule change instruction means;
display range determination means for following the user input process rule selected by said user input process rule change means, and determining a display range of said information based on said user input; and
display means for generating screen data of the display range determined by said display range determination means based on said component elements derived by said analysis means and a layout result of each of said component elements, and displaying the screen data on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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