Method for controlling a screen display

• US 20020113819A1
• Filed: 11/15/2001
• Published: 08/22/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: EdgeCast Software, Inc.
• Original Assignee: EdgeCast Software, Inc.
• Inventors: Baer, Dan, Amon, Thomas C.
• Application Number:
  US10/001,149
• Publication Number:
  US 20020113819A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/177 of tables; using ruled lines

Abstract

The present invention may be regarded as a method for controlling a screen display having a screen width and a screen height. A portion of a web browser display is relocated off of the screen display. The size of the relocated web browser display is expanded.

A one cell HTML table is defined as the screen width/the screen height.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a screen display having a screen width and a screen height, the method comprising:

a) relocating a portion of a browser display off of the screen display;

b) expanding the size of the relocated browser display; and

c) defining a one cell HTML table as the screen width/the screen height.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying information stored in the one cell HTML table, whereby the displayed information completely fills the screen display.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the displayed information is an advertisement.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the displayed information is a flash advertisement.

5. The method of claim 2 further comprising before (a), saving an initial screen origin;

and after (c), (d) relocating the browser to the saved initial screen origin; and

(e) re-dimensioning the browser.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising after (e), refreshing the screen display.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the browser is re-dimensioned by −

screen width /−

screen height.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the information is displayed for a predetermined time period.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion of the browser that is relocated off the display comprises a menu area.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the menu area is located at the top of the browser display.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the portion of the browser that is located off the display further comprises a bar.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the bar is a left bar.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion of the browser that is relocated off the display comprises a bar.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the bar is a left bar.