Method and a system for displaying information, and a device

• US 20040268248A1
• Filed: 06/25/2004
• Published: 12/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Makela, Mikko
• Granted Patent: US 7,565,604 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A method for displaying information in a device (1), which information is stored as a document with interpreting instructions for displaying the information. The interpreting instructions are interpreted, and on the basis of the interpretation, the information is converted to information to be displayed on the display of the device. In connection with the conversion of the document, it is examined if the document can be displayed without optimization on the display (2) of the device, wherein if, on the basis of the examination, it is detected that the displaying of the document requires optimization, the document is optimized; in other cases, the document is displayed in unoptimized format. The invention also relates to a system and a device (1) applying the method.

Claims

1. A method for displaying information in a device, the method comprising:

storing information as a document with interpreting instructions for displaying the information;

interpreting the interpreting instructions;

converting, on the basis of the interpretation, the information to be displayed on the display of the device;

examining, in connection with the conversion of the document, if the document can be displayed without optimization on the display of the device, wherein if, on the basis of the examination, it is detected that the displaying of the document requires optimization, the method further comprises optimizing the document;

in other cases, the method comprises displaying the document in an unoptimized format.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising:

determining a maximum length for information fitting on the display in the width direction; and

comparing it with the quantity of information to be displayed of the document in the width direction;

wherein if it is detected that the width of the information to be displayed exceeds said maximum length, optimization is implemented.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein if the information causing the optimization is text, the method further comprises dividing a text line exceeding the maximum length into two or more lines.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein if the information causing the optimization is an image, the method further comprises downsizing the image by maintaining the aspect ratio.

5. The method according to claim 4, comprising:

defining a first limit value and a second limit value,

omitting the displaying of the image if the image to be optimized is smaller than or equal to said first limit value; and

omitting the displaying of the image if the width of the image to be optimized is smaller than or equal to the second limit value and the height is greater than or equal to the second limit value.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the document used is a document based on HTML specifications.

7. The method according to claim 1, comprising selecting one of the following alternatives for implementing the optimization:

the optimization is on, wherein the document is optimized at the stage of displaying,

the optimization is off, wherein the document is not optimized at the stage of displaying, or

the optimization is automatic, wherein the document is subjected to the optimization only when necessary.

8. A system for displaying information, which information is stored as a document with interpreting instructions for displaying the information, and which system comprises:

a device with a display and interpreting means for interpreting the interpreting instructions and for converting the information, on the basis of the interpretation, to information to be displayed on the display;

examining means to examine if the document can be displayed without optimization on the display of the device; and

optimizing means for optimizing the document, if, on the basis of the examination, it has been detected that the displaying of the document requires optimization.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the maximum length of information fitting on the display in the width direction has been defined, wherein the examining means comprise comparing means for comparing the quantity of information of the document to be displayed, in the width direction, with said maximum length, and means for transferring the result of the comparison to the optimizing means, wherein the optimizing means being adapted to perform the optimization, if it is detected that the width of the information to be displayed exceeds said maximum length.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the device comprises the comparing means and the optimizing means.

11. The system according to claim 8, also comprising at least one data network and communication means for transferring information between the data network and the device, wherein the device comprises the comparing means, and the data network comprises the optimizing means.

12. The system according to claim 8, also comprising at least one data network and communication means for transferring information between the data network and the device, wherein the data network comprises the comparing means and the optimizing means.

13. A device with a display for displaying information, which information is stored as a document with interpreting instructions for displaying the information, and the device comprising:

interpreting means for interpreting the interpreting instructions and for converting the information, on the basis of the interpretation, to information to be displayed on the display;

examining means for examining if the document can be displayed without optimization on the display of the device; and

optimizing means for optimizing the document, if, on the basis of the examination, it has been detected that the displaying of the document requires optimization.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein the maximum length of information fitting on the display in the width direction has been defined, wherein the examining means comprise comparing means for comparing the quantity of information of the document to be displayed, in the width direction, with said maximum length, and means for transferring the result of the comparison to the optimizing means, wherein the optimizing means being adapted to perform the optimization, if it is detected that the width of the information to be displayed exceeds said maximum length.

15. The device according to claim 13 comprising means for dividing a text line exceeding the maximum length into two or more lines.

16. The device according to claim 13 comprising means for downsizing an image having a certain aspect ratio by maintaining the aspect ratio.

17. The device according to claim 13 comprising a first limit value and a second limit value, wherein the optimizing means being adapted to:

omit the displaying of the image if the image to be optimized is smaller than or equal to said first limit value; and

omit the displaying of the image if the width of the image to be optimized is smaller than or equal to the second limit value and the height is greater than or equal to the second limit value

18. A wireless communication device with a display for displaying information, which information is stored as a document with interpreting instructions for displaying the information, and the wireless communication device comprising:

interpreting means for interpreting the interpreting instructions and for converting the information, on the basis of the interpretation, to information to be displayed on the display;

examining means for examining if the document can be displayed without optimization on the display of the wireless communication device; and

optimizing means for optimizing the document, if, on the basis of the examination, it has been detected that the displaying of the document requires optimization.