MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE DISPLAYING TEXTUAL CONTENT BY VARYING FONTS USING RAPID SERIAL VISUAL PRESENTATION AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

• US 20110115819A1
• Filed: 11/17/2009
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Hanson, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US12/620,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20110115819A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/649
• 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 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/109 Font handling; Temporal or kinetic typography
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A mobile wireless communications device includes a wireless transceiver, a display having an available display area and a memory. A processor cooperates with the wireless transceiver for downloading textual content having a plurality of words and storing the textual content in the memory. The processor also cooperating with the memory for generating successive fragments of the textual content, each fragment having at least one word. The successive fragments are searched to locate a longest fragment. A selected font in which the longest fragment can be displayed on the display area of the display is determined. Rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) is used for displaying on the display area of the display the successive fragments of the textual content in the selected font.

Claims

1. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:

a wireless transceiver;

a display having an available display area;

a memory; and

a processor cooperating with said wireless transceiver for downloading textual content comprising a plurality of words and storing the textual content in said memory;

said processor also cooperating with said memory for

generating successive fragments of the textual content, each fragment comprising at least one word,

searching the successive fragments to locate a longest fragment,

determining a selected font in which the longest fragment can be displayed on the display area of said display, and

using rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) for displaying on the display area of said display the successive fragments of the textual content in the selected font.

2. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein the selected font comprises a largest font in which the longest fragment can be displayed on the display area of said display.

3. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein the selected font comprises a font style and a font size;

and wherein the selected font comprises a largest font size for a given font style in which the longest fragment can be displayed on the display area of said display.

4. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said processor is also for determining a physical orientation of the mobile wireless communications device from among a plurality of different physical orientations;

and wherein said processor determines the selected font based upon the physical orientation.

5. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 4 wherein the different physical orientations comprise portrait, landscape, and diagonal orientations.

6. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein the textual content comprises at least one of an electronic mail message, short message service (SMS) message, a web page, a web feed, and a document.

7. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:

a wireless transceiver;

a display having an available display area;

a memory; and

a processor cooperating with said wireless transceiver for downloading textual content comprising a plurality of words and storing the textual content in said memory;

said processor also cooperating with said memory for

generating successive fragments of the textual content, each fragment comprising at least one word,

searching the successive fragments to locate a longest fragment,

determining a selected font having a font style and a font size in which the longest fragment can be displayed on the display area of said display, the selected font comprising a font size for a given font style in which the longest fragment can be displayed on the display area of said display, and

using rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) for displaying on the display area of said display the successive fragments of the textual content in the selected font.

8. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 7 wherein said processor is also for determining a physical orientation of the mobile wireless communications device from among a plurality of different physical orientations;

and wherein said processor determines the selected font based upon the physical orientation.

9. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein the different physical orientations comprise portrait, landscape, and diagonal orientations.

10. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 7 wherein the textual content comprises at least one of an electronic mail message, short message service (SMS) message, a web page, a web feed, and a document.

11. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:

a wireless transceiver;

a display having an available display area;

a memory;

a portable housing carrying said display, said memory, and a processor,

said processor cooperating with said wireless transceiver for downloading textual content comprising a plurality of words and storing the textual content in said memory;

said processor also cooperating with said memory for

generating successive fragments of the textual content, each fragment comprising at least one word,

searching the successive fragments to locate a longest fragment,

determining a physical orientation of the mobile wireless communications device from among a plurality of different physical orientations;

determining a selected font based upon the physical orientation and in which the longest fragment can be displayed on the display area of said display, and

using rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) for displaying on the display area of said display the successive fragments of the textual content in the selected font.

12. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 11 wherein the different physical orientations comprise portrait, landscape, and diagonal orientations.

13. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 11 wherein the selected font comprises a largest font in which the longest fragment can be displayed on the display area of said display.

14. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 11 wherein the selected font comprises a font style and a font size;

and wherein the selected font comprises a largest font size for a given font style in which the longest fragment can be displayed on the display area of said display.

15. A method of displaying textual content comprising a plurality of words on a mobile wireless communications device comprising:

downloading the textual content using a wireless transceiver;

generating, using a processor, successive fragments of the textual content, each fragment comprising at least one word;

searching, using the processor, the successive fragments to locate a longest fragment;

determining, using the processor, a selected font in which the longest fragment can be displayed on a display area of a display of the mobile wireless communications device; and

displaying on the display area of the display the successive fragments of the textual content in the selected font and using rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP).

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the selected font comprises a largest font in which the longest fragment can be displayed on the display area of the display.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the selected font comprises a font style and a font size;

and wherein the selected font comprises a largest font size for a given font style in which the longest fragment can be displayed on the display area of the display.

18. The method of claim 15 further comprising determining a physical orientation of the mobile wireless communications device from among a plurality of different physical orientations;

and wherein the selected font is determined based upon the physical orientation.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the different physical orientations comprise portrait, landscape, and diagonal orientations.

20. The method of claim 15 wherein the textual content comprises at least one of an electronic mail message, short message service (SMS) message, a web page, a web feed, and a document.