Document display system and method
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1. A document presentation system comprising:
- a rendering unit that analyses user or publisher preferences to determine content layout and navigation;
a formatting unit that resizes and rearranges content according to the content layout and navigation determined by the rendering unit;
a display unit that presents content to a user and responds to user interaction; and
a cache unit that stores reformatted content for display by the display unit.
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Abstract
A document display system comprising a rendering unit, a formatting unit, a display unit and a cache unit. The rendering unit analyses preference to determine content layout and navigation. Based on the analysis, the formatting unit resizes and rearranges the content for display by the display unit. The reformatted content is cached before display. A method of reformatting content for display unit includes retrieving the content, reformatting the content according to characteristics determined for the display unit and rendering the content and associated control structures for display.
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1. A document presentation system comprising:
- a rendering unit that analyses user or publisher preferences to determine content layout and navigation;
a formatting unit that resizes and rearranges content according to the content layout and navigation determined by the rendering unit;
a display unit that presents content to a user and responds to user interaction; and
a cache unit that stores reformatted content for display by the display unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 20, 22)
- a rendering unit that analyses user or publisher preferences to determine content layout and navigation;
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23. A method of reformatting content for display on a display device including the steps of:
- retrieving content from a repository;
determining characteristics of a display device that is to display the content including the area available for display of the content and any associated control structures on the display;
rendering the content and any associated control structures to suit the display characteristics; and
reformatting content for display of the content in the available content areas, said reformatting including resizing and rearranging. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
- retrieving content from a repository;
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