Display format for handheld wireless communication devices

• US 20040204130A1
• Filed: 08/30/2002
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Khazaka, Samir Khalil, Kirn, Bradley C.
• Granted Patent: US 7,627,354 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

A method and apparatus displays a web page on a wireless communication device. The web page is received (203) and a determination is made as to whether the received web page is formatted for a first orientation on a display screen of the wireless communication device (204). When the received web page is not formatted for the first orientation on the display screen, the received web page is automatically displayed in a second orientation on the display screen. (206, 208)

Claims

1. A method of displaying a web page on a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

receiving the web page;

determining whether the received web page is formatted for a first orientation on a display screen of the wireless communication device; and

when the received web page is not formatted for the first orientation on the display screen, automatically displaying the received web page in a second orientation on the display screen.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

rotating ninety degrees an image corresponding to the received web page.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

launching a landscape-oriented browser that can display the received web page.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

launching a portrait-oriented browser that can display the received web page.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

when the received web page is formatted for portrait orientation on the display screen, automatically displaying the received web page in portrait orientation on the display screen.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

when the received web page is formatted for landscape orientation on the display screen, automatically displaying the received web page in landscape orientation on the display screen.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the received web page is formatted for the first orientation on the display screen of the wireless communication device comprises:

examining the contents of the received web page.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first orientation is a portrait orientation, and determining whether the received web page is formatted for the portrait orientation on the display screen of the wireless communication device comprises:

building an image represented by the received web page in memory; and

determining the amount of scrolling to view the image in both a portrait-oriented browser and a landscape-oriented browser;

wherein the received web page is not formatted for the portrait orientation on the display screen when the amount of scrolling for the portrait-oriented browser is greater than the amount of scrolling for the landscape-oriented browser.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first orientation is a landscape orientation, and determining whether the received web page is formatted for the landscape orientation on the display screen of the wireless communication device comprises:

building an image represented by the received web page in memory; and

determining the amount of scrolling to view the image in both a portrait-oriented browser and a landscape-oriented browser;

wherein the received web page is not formatted for the landscape orientation on the display screen when the amount of scrolling for the landscape-oriented browser is greater than the amount of scrolling for the portrait-oriented browser.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the received web page is formatted for display on a display screen of the wireless communication device comprises:

reading a header in the web page that identifies the web page as a standard web page or a wireless web page.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device performs the acts of claim 1.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the wireless communication device is a personal digital assistant.

13. An apparatus for displaying a web page on a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

an antenna configured to wirelessly receive the web page;

a processor, in communication with the antenna, configured to determine whether the received web page is formatted for a first orientation; and

a display screen, in communication with the processor, configured to automatically display the received web page in a second orientation on the display screen when the received web page is not formatted for the first orientation on the display screen.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, the display screen is further configured to rotate ninety degrees an image corresponding to the received web page.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, the processor is further configured to launch a landscape-oriented browser that can display the received web page.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, the processor is further configured to launch a portrait-oriented browser that can display the received web page.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, the display screen is further configured to automatically display the received web page in portrait orientation on the display screen when the received web page is formatted for portrait orientation.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, the display screen is further configured to automatically display the received web page in landscape orientation on the display screen when the received web page is formatted for landscape orientation.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, the processor is further configured to examine the contents of the received web page to determine whether the received web page is formatted for the first orientation.

20. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

a memory;

wherein the first orientation is a portrait orientation, and the processor is further configured to determe whether the received web page is formatted for the portrait orientation on the display screen of the wireless communication device by;

building an image represented by the received web page in memory; and

determining the amount of scrolling to view the image in both a portrait-oriented browser and a landscape-oriented browser;

wherein the received web page is not formatted for the portrait orientation on the display screen when the amount of scrolling for the portrait-oriented browser is greater than the amount of scrolling for the landscape-oriented browser.

21. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

a memory;

wherein the first orientation is a landscape orientation, and the processor is further configured to determe whether the received web page is formatted for the landscape orientation on the display screen of the wireless communication device by;

building an image represented by the received web page in memory; and

determining the amount of scrolling to view the image in both a portrait-oriented browser and a landscape-oriented browser;

wherein the received web page is not formatted for the landscape orientation on the display screen when the amount of scrolling for the landscape-oriented browser is greater than the amount of scrolling for the portrait-oriented browser.

22. The apparatus of claim 13, the processor determines whether the received web page is formatted for display on a display screen of the wireless communication device by:

reading a header in the web page that identifies the web page as a standard web page or a wireless web page.