System and method for providing and displaying information content

• US 20040133848A1
• Filed: 10/24/2003
• Published: 07/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Novarra Incorporated (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Matlin, Igor, Patterson, Sean, McHugh, Cecile, Hayosh, Thomas, Wallace, Kevin, Dafforn, Brent, Wiatrak, Bruce, Hunt, Simon
• Granted Patent: US 7,747,782 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/500
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A system and method is provided for enabling an electronic device to efficiently access information content. A server browser accesses the information content over a network. The accessed information content is retrieved and adapted for presentation for the electronic device. A serializer dynamically formats the adapted information content according to a client browser. The client browser receives and presents the information content on the electronic device. An event translator is included to provide additional compatibility with commercially available client browsers. The information content is formatted to selectively minimize the horizontal scrolling required to view the content. The need for horizontal scrolling is selectively removed where not necessary to preserve the context. Each component or sub-component of the original area, such as a frame, table row, table cell or nested table, is considered separately and may be preserved, resized, or replaced. Where the context requires that the content be wider than the viewable area of the screen, horizontal scrolling is preserved.

Claims

1. A method for optimizing display of information content on a client device, the method comprising:

determining an efficiency with which the client device can process information content when it is stored in a first storage format versus when it is stored in a second storage format;

determining the transmission capabilities of a wireless communication link used to send information content to the client device; and

based on the efficiency with which the client device can process the information content in the first and second storage formats and based on the transmission capabilities of the wireless communication link, determining whether to send the information content to the client device in the first storage format or the second storage format.