Method and apparatus for browsing content-based documents

• US 20090150759A1
• Filed: 04/15/2008
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chung, Ji-hye, Kim, Yeun-bae, Lea, Jong-ho, Lee, Hye-jeong
• Application Number:
  US12/081,406
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150759A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

A method and apparatus for browsing content-based documents are provided. The method includes analyzing documents to generate a document tree on the basis of content-based components, and presenting the documents on the basis of the generated document tree to be adaptive to a browsing environment. Thus, the method can be applied to a browsing environment having various platforms and display devices without having to reproduce the web documents.

Claims

1. A method for browsing content-based documents, comprising:

analyzing documents to generate a document tree on the basis of content-based components; and

presenting the documents on the basis of the generated document tree to be adaptive to a browsing environment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the document tree comprises:

grouping the content-based components into at least one component group according to a semantic relation; and

providing the component group with at least one attribute suitable for the browsing environment.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the generating of the document tree further comprises adjusting a presentation priority for the content-based components or the component groups to be suitable for the browsing environment.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the presenting of the documents comprises rendering the documents on the basis of the generated document tree according to the attribute provided to be suitable for the browsing environment.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the attribute provided to be suitable for the browsing environment comprises at least one of a layout, a presentation style, and a content format.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising searching or extracting information of a specific content from the documents on the basis of the generated document tree.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the grouping of the content-based components comprises incorporating the plurality of content-based components into a representative component node in a parallel arrangement according to similarity such that the document tree has a flat structure.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the representative component node comprises summary information on the content of the plurality of content-based components.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the representative component node comprises information on exposure levels of the plurality of content-based components.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the grouping of the content-based components comprises grouping the components having the semantic relation into at least one component group using layouts or repeated patterns of the plurality of content-based components

11. An apparatus for browsing content-based documents, comprising:

a browser engine for analyzing documents to generate a document tree on the basis of content-based components; and

a rendering engine for presenting the documents on the basis of the generated document tree to be adaptive to a browsing environment.

12. The apparatus of claim 11;

wherein the browser engine groups the content-based components into at least one component group according to a semantic relation, and provides the component group with at least one attribute suitable for the browsing environment.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the browser engine adjusts a presentation priority for the content-based components or the component groups to be suitable for the browsing environment.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the rendering engine renders the documents on the basis of the generated document tree according to the attribute provided to be suitable for the browsing environment.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the browser engine searches or extracts information of a specific content from the documents on the basis of the generated document tree.

16. A mobile terminal on which an apparatus for browsing content-based documents is mounted, the apparatus comprising:

a browser engine for analyzing documents to generate a document tree on the basis of content-based components; and

a rendering engine for presenting the documents on the basis of the generated document tree to be adaptive to a browsing environment.

17. An Internet protocol television (IPTV) on which an apparatus for browsing content-based documents is mounted, the apparatus comprising:

a browser engine for analyzing documents to generate a document tree on the basis of content-based components; and

a rendering engine for presenting the documents on the basis of the generated document tree to be adaptive to a browsing environment.