Method and system for manipulation of graphics information

• US 20030016233A1
• Filed: 06/28/2002
• Published: 01/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bitflash Graphics Incorporated (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Charpentier, Frederic Jean-Luc
• Application Number:
  US10/183,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20030016233A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay

Abstract

Manipulation of graphics information according to a computing device on which graphics information is to be displayed is performed. The capabilities of the computing device are used to form a set of constraints for the graphics information obtained from a content provider. These constraints take into consideration such factors as display characteristics of the computing device, processing power, available memory and communication capacity. The graphics information is manipulated to conform to the set of constraints, resulting in graphics information that can be displayed and interpreted by the computing device.

Claims

1. A method of modifying graphics information to be displayed on a computing device having a set of display characteristics representing display capabilities of the computing device, said method comprising:

determining a scheme by which to conform characteristics of the graphics information to the set of display characteristics; and

harmonizing the characteristics of the graphics information to the set of display characteristics according to said scheme to provide the graphics information in a format adapted for the set of display characteristics.

2. The method according to claim 1 further including, prior to the step of determining:

receiving a request for modification of the graphics information, said request including an indication of the set of display characteristics of the computing device; and

obtaining the graphics information in accordance with said request.

3. The method according to claim 2 wherein said scheme is based on said indication of the set of display characteristics in said request.

4. The method according to claim 1 further including:

converting the graphics information to a first format, prior to harmonizing the characteristics of the graphics information.

5. The method according to claim 4 further including:

creating an abstract representation of the graphics information in the first format, wherein the first format is suitable for facilitating creation of said abstract representation.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the step of determining includes:

determining the characteristics of the graphics information using said abstract representation.

7. The method according to claim 6 wherein the step of determining includes:

determining a set of graphics display constraints for the computing device based on the set of display characteristics; and

determining a set of manipulations to conform the characteristics of the graphics information to said set of graphics display constraints; and

constructing said scheme to apply each manipulation in said set of manipulations to said abstract representation in a predetermined order; and

wherein the step of harmonizing includes;

applying said scheme to the graphics information by applying each manipulation in said set of manipulations to said abstract representation in said predetermined order to provide the graphics information in the adapted for the set of display characteristics.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the step of determining includes:

determining a set of graphics display constraints for the computing device based on the set of display characteristics; and

determining a set of manipulations to conform the characteristics of the graphics information to said set of graphics display constraints; and

constructing said scheme to apply each manipulation in said set of manipulations to the graphics information in a predetermined order.

9. The method according to claim 8 wherein the step of harmonizing includes:

applying said scheme to the graphics information by applying each manipulation in said set of manipulations to the graphics information in said predetermined order to provide the graphics information in the adapted for the set of display characteristics.

10. The method according to claim 1 further including:

providing the graphics information in the format adapted for the set of display characteristics to the computing device for display thereon.

11. The method according to claim 1 further including:

interpreting the graphics information in the format adapted for the set of display characteristics to provide the graphics information in a format interpretable by the computing device for display thereon; and

wherein the format adapted for the set of display characteristics is independent of a type of the computing device.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein said scheme may be determined to optimize a speed at which the graphics information is provided to the computing device and a speed at which the computing device display the graphics information

14. The system according to claim 13 further including:

a graphics obtainment mechanism for receiving a request for modification of the graphics information and obtaining the graphics information accordingly, said request including an indication of the set of display characteristics of the computing device.

15. The system according to claim 14 further including:

a request dissection mechanism for obtaining the set of display characteristics from said request.

16. The system according to claim 13 further including:

a format conversion mechanism for converting the graphics information to a first format.

17. The system according to claim 16 further including:

a graphics abstraction mechanism for creating an abstract representation of the graphics information; and

wherein said first format is suitable for facilitating creation of said abstract representation.

18. The system according to claim 17 wherein said conformation mechanism includes:

a characteristic interpretation mechanism for determining a set of graphics display constraints for the computing device based on the set of display characteristics and determining a set of manipulations to conform characteristics of the graphics information to said set of constraints; and

a control mechanism for constructing said scheme to apply each manipulation in said set of manipulations to said abstract representation in a predetermined order; and

wherein said graphics harmonization mechanism includes;

a manipulation mechanism for applying said scheme to the graphics information by applying each manipulation in said set of manipulations to said abstract representation in said predetermined order to provide the graphics information in the format adapted for the set of display characteristics.

19. The system according to claim 13 wherein said conformation mechanism includes:

a characteristic interpretation mechanism for determining a set of graphics display constraints for the computing device based on the set of display characteristics and determining a set of manipulations to conform characteristics of the graphics information to said set of constraints; and

a control mechanism for constructing said scheme to apply each manipulation in said set of manipulations to said abstract representation in a predetermined order.

20. The system according to claim 19 wherein said graphics harmonization mechanism includes:

a manipulation mechanism for applying said scheme to the graphics information by applying each manipulation in said set of manipulations to the graphics information in said predetermined order to provide the graphics information in the format adapted for the set of display characteristics.

21. The system of claim 13 further including:

a communications module for providing the harmonized graphics information in the format adapted for the set of display characteristics to the computing device for display thereon.

22. The system according to claim 13 further including:

a graphics interpretation mechanism for the computing device to interpret the graphics information in the format adapted for the set of display characteristics for provision of the graphics information in a format interpretable by the computing device for display thereon; and

wherein the format adapted for display is independent of a type of the computing device.

23. The system according to claim 13 wherein said scheme may be determined to optimize a speed at which the graphics information is provided to the computing device and a speed at which the computing device display the graphics information

25. The computer-executable instructions according to claim 24 further including, prior to the step of determining:

receiving a request for modification of the graphics information, said request including an indication of the set of display characteristics of the computing device; and

obtaining the graphics information in accordance with said request.

26. The computer-executable instructions according to claim 25 wherein said scheme is based on said indication of the set of display characteristics in said request.

27. The computer-executable instructions according to claim 24 further including:

converting the graphics information to a first format, prior to harmonizing the characteristics of the graphics information.

28. The computer-executable instructions according to claim 27 further including:

creating an abstract representation of the graphics information in the first format, wherein the first format is suitable for facilitating creation of said abstract representation.

29. The computer-executable instructions according to claim 28 wherein the step of determining includes:

determining the characteristics of the graphics information using said abstract representation.

30. The computer-executable instructions according to claim 29 wherein the step of determining includes:

determining a set of graphics display constraints for the computing device based on the set of display characteristics; and

determining a set of manipulations to conform the characteristics of the graphics information to said set of graphics display constraints; and

constructing said scheme to apply each manipulation in said set of manipulations to said abstract representation in a predetermined order; and

wherein the step of harmonizing includes;

applying said scheme to the graphics information by applying each manipulation in said set of manipulations to said abstract representation in said predetermined order to provide the graphics information in the format adapted for the set of display characteristics.

31. The computer-executable instructions according to claim 24 wherein the step of determining includes:

determining a set of graphics display constraints for the computing device based on the set of display characteristics;

determining a set of manipulations to conform the characteristics of the graphics information to said set of graphics display constraints; and

constructing said scheme to apply each manipulation in said set of manipulations to the graphics information in a predetermined order.

32. The computer-executable instructions according to claim 31 wherein the step of harmonizing includes:

applying said scheme to the graphics information by applying each manipulation in said set of manipulations to the graphics information in said predetermined order to provide the graphics information in the adapted for the set of display characteristics.

33. The computer-executable instructions according to claim 24 further including:

providing the graphics information in the format adapted for the set of display characteristics to the computing device for display thereon.

34. The computer-executable instructions according to claim 24 further including:

interpreting the graphics information in the format adapted for the set of display characteristics at the computing device to provide the graphics information in a format interpretable by the computing device for display thereon; and

wherein the format adapted for the set of display characteristics is independent of a type of the computing device.

35. The computer-executable instructions according to claim 24 wherein said scheme may be determined to optimize a speed at which the graphics information is provided to the computing device and a speed at which the computing device display the graphics information

13. A system for modifying graphics information to be displayed on a computing device having a set of display characteristics representing display capabilities of the computing device, said system comprising:

a conformation mechanism for assessing the set of display characteristics and characteristics of the graphics information to determine a scheme by which to conform the characteristics of graphics information to the set of display characteristics;

a graphics modification mechanism for harmonizing the characteristics of the graphics information to the set of display characteristics according to said scheme; and

a controller for orchestrating modification of the graphics information to provide the graphics information in a adapted for the set of display characteristics.

24. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for modifying graphics information to be displayed on a computing device having a set of display characteristics representing display capabilities of the computing device, said computer-executable instructions comprising:

determining a scheme by which to conform characteristics of the graphics information to the set of display characteristics;

harmonizing the characteristics of the graphics information to the set of display characteristics according to said scheme to provide the graphics information in a format adapted for the set of display characteristics.