Web page partitioning, reformatting and navigation

• US 20040100509A1
• Filed: 11/27/2002
• Published: 05/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Milic-Frayling, Natasa, Sommerer, Ralph
• Application Number:
  US10/306,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20040100509A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/864
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A web page partitioning module discovers and delineates logical sections within a web page creating a partition of the page. A logical section reformatting module reformats an individual logical section of the web page to fit within an incompatible display. A logical section map generation module allows a user to navigate among logical sections of a web page by displaying a map of the logical section of the web page and allowing a user to select a desired logical section for display. The web page partitioning module, the logical section reformatting module, and the logical section map generation module may reside on a client device or a server device, such as a proxy server or web server or embedded in the document authoring tools.

Claims

1. A computer program product encoding a computer program for executing on a computer system a computer process for displaying a web page on an incompatible display having at least two axes, the computer process comprising:

partitioning the web page into one or more logical sections;

reformatting a logical section of the one or more logical sections to produce a reformatted logical section, wherein the reformatted logical section fits within the incompatible display along at least one axis when displayed in the incompatible display; and

generating data for displaying the reformatted logical partition in the incompatible display.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the computer process further comprises:

displaying the reformatting logical section in the incompatible display.

3. The computer program product of claim 4 wherein the operations of partitioning, reformatting, generating, transmitting and displaying are performed by a client device

4. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the computer process further comprises:

transmitting the data to a browser for display in the incompatible display.

5. The computer program product of claim 4 wherein the operations of partitioning, reformatting, generating and transmitting are performed by a server device and the browser executes on a remote client device.

6. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the computer process further comprises:

generating data for displaying a web page partition map including one or more partition lines designating the one or more logical sections of the web page.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the computer process further comprises:

receiving a selection of a desired logical section of the web page, based on the web page partition map.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the generating operation comprises:

generating the data for displaying the desired logical partition as the reformatted logical section in the incompatible display, responsive to receiving the selection of the desired logical section of the web page.

9. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the computer process further comprises:

generating data for displaying a web page partition map including a representation of a property of one or more of the logical sections.

10. A method of displaying a web page on an incompatible display having at least two axes, the method comprising:

partitioning the web page into one or more logical sections;

reformatting a logical section of the one or more logical sections to produce a reformatted logical section, wherein the reformatted logical section fits within the incompatible display along at least one axis when displayed in the incompatible display; and

generating data for displaying the reformatted logical partition in the incompatible display.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

displaying the reformatting logical section in the incompatible display.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the operations of partitioning, reformatting, generating, transmitting and displaying are performed by a client device.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

transmitting the data to a browser for display in the incompatible display.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the operations of partitioning, reformatting, generating and transmitting are performed by a server device and the browser executes on a remote client device.

15. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

generating data for displaying a web page partition map including one or more partition lines designating the one or more logical sections of the web page.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

receiving a selection of a desired logical section of the web page, based on the web page partition map.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the generating operation comprises:

generating the data for displaying the desired logical partition as the reformatted logical section in the incompatible display, responsive to receiving the selection of the desired logical section of the web page.

18. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

generating data for displaying a web page partition map including a representation of a property of one or more of the logical sections.

19. A system for displaying a web page on an incompatible display having at least two axes, the system comprising:

a web page partitioning module partitioning the web page into one or more logical sections;

a logical section reformatting module reformatting a logical section of the one or more logical sections to produce a reformatted logical section, wherein the reformatted logical section fits within the incompatible display along at least one axis when displayed in the incompatible display; and

a logical section rendering module generating data for displaying the reformatted logical partition in the incompatible display.

20. The system of claim 19 further comprising:

a display module displaying the reformatting logical section in the incompatible display.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein the web page partitioning module, the logical section reformatting module, the logical section rendering module, and the display module reside in a client device.

22. The system of claim 19 further comprising:

a transmission module transmitting the data to a browser for display in the incompatible display.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein the web page partitioning module, the logical section reformatting module, and the logical section rendering module reside in a server device and the display module resides in a client device.

24. The system of claim 19 further comprising:

a map generation module generating data for displaying a web page partition map including one or more partition lines designating the one or more logical sections of the web page.

25. The system of claim 24 further comprising:

an selection module receiving a selection of a desired logical section of the web page, based on the web page partition map.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein the logical section rendering module generates the data for displaying the desired logical partition as the reformatted logical section in the incompatible display, responsive to receipt the selection of the desired logical section of the web page by the selection module.