Method, system and graphical user interface for displaying hyperlink information
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- at a portable electronic device with a touch screen,displaying a web page on the touch screen display, wherein the web page includes a plurality of links to additional content;
detecting a contact by a finger with the touch screen display, wherein the contact includes an area of contact;
determining the centroid of the area of contact;
choosing a first link in the plurality of links based on proximity of the first link to the centroid, wherein choosing is limited to links located within a predetermined distance from the centroid; and
displaying information associated with the first link over the displayed web page, wherein;
the information associated with the first link includes information other than anchor text of the first link;
text in the web page is displayed with an effective font size less than 10 points and the information associated with the first link is displayed with a font size that is at least 14 points; and
the information associated with the first link is displayed outside the area of contact.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and graphical user interfaces for displaying hyperlink information are disclosed. In one embodiment, a portable electronic device with a touch screen display: displays content on the touch screen display, wherein the content includes a plurality of links to additional content; detects a contact by a finger with the touch screen display, wherein the contact includes an area of contact; determines a point within the area of contact; choosing a first link in the plurality of links based on proximity of the first link to the determined point; and displays information associated with the first link over the displayed content, wherein the information associated with the first link includes information other than anchor text of the first link.
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- at a portable electronic device with a touch screen,
displaying a web page on the touch screen display, wherein the web page includes a plurality of links to additional content; detecting a contact by a finger with the touch screen display, wherein the contact includes an area of contact; determining the centroid of the area of contact; choosing a first link in the plurality of links based on proximity of the first link to the centroid, wherein choosing is limited to links located within a predetermined distance from the centroid; and displaying information associated with the first link over the displayed web page, wherein; the information associated with the first link includes information other than anchor text of the first link; text in the web page is displayed with an effective font size less than 10 points and the information associated with the first link is displayed with a font size that is at least 14 points; and the information associated with the first link is displayed outside the area of contact.
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2. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display;
displaying content on the touch screen display, wherein the content includes a plurality of links to additional content; detecting a contact by a finger with the touch screen display, wherein the contact includes an area of contact; determining a point within the area of contact; choosing a first link in the plurality of links based on proximity of the first link to the determined point; and displaying information associated with the first link over the displayed content, wherein the information associated with the first link includes information other than anchor text of the first link. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A graphical user interface on a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, comprising:
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content that includes a plurality of links to additional content; and information associated with a first link in the plurality of links; wherein, in response to the detection of an area of contact of a finger with the touch screen display; a point is determined within the area of contact; the first link is chosen based on proximity of the first link to the determined point; and the information associated with the first link is displayed over the content.
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25. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a touch screen display; one or more processors; memory; and a program, wherein the program is stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the program including; instructions for displaying content on the touch screen display, wherein the content includes a plurality of links to additional content; instructions for detecting a contact by a finger with the touch screen display, wherein the contact includes an area of contact; instructions for determining a point within the area of contact; instructions for choosing a first link in the plurality of links based on proximity of the first link to the determined point; and instructions for displaying information associated with the first link over the displayed content, wherein the information associated with the first link includes information other than anchor text of the first link.
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26. A computer-program product, comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism comprising instructions, which when executed by a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, cause the device to; display content on the touch screen display, wherein the content includes a plurality of links to additional content; detect a contact by a finger with the touch screen display, wherein the contact includes an area of contact; determine a point within the area of contact; choose a first link in the plurality of links based on proximity of the first link to the determined point; and display information associated with the first link over the displayed content, wherein the information associated with the first link includes information other than anchor text of the first link.
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27. A portable electronic device with a touch screen display, comprising:
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means for displaying content on the touch screen display, wherein the content includes a plurality of links to additional content; means for detecting a contact by a finger with the touch screen display, wherein the contact includes an area of contact; means for determining a point within the area of contact; means for choosing a first link in the plurality of links based on proximity of the first link to the determined point; and means for displaying information associated with the first link over the displayed content, wherein the information associated with the first link includes information other than anchor text of the first link.
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