RENDERING OR RESIZING OF TEXT AND IMAGES FOR DISPLAY ON MOBILE / SMALL SCREEN DEVICES

• US 20120096344A1
• Filed: 10/19/2010
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Ho, Ronald, Grieve, Andrew A.
• Application Number:
  US12/907,661
• Publication Number:
  US 20120096344A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/249
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

Various embodiments are disclosed. According to one example embodiment, an apparatus may include at least one processor; at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor cause the apparatus to at least: receive, by a computing device having a display with a first dimension that is less than a threshold size, a document including text and at least one image; reformat the document for display on the computing device, including: decreasing a size for at least one of tabs or indents; and moving a location of the at least one image to the left on the display of the computing device.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least;

receive, by a computing device having a display with a first dimension that is less than a threshold, a document including text and at least one image;

reformat the document for display on the computing device, including;

decreasing a size for at least one of tabs or indents; and

moving a location of the at least one image to the left on the display of the computing device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the computing device comprises a mobile computing device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory and the computer program code configured, along with the processor, are further configured to cause the apparatus to limit a font size for the text of the document to a maximum font size.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the memory and the computer program code configured, along with the processor, are further configured to cause the apparatus to:

determine a maximum font size to be used for displaying the document text on the mobile computing device;

identify any text in the document that has a font size that is greater than the maximum font size; and

decrease the font size of the identified text to the maximum font size.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory and the computer program code configured, along with the processor, are further configured to cause the apparatus to decrease margins in the document.

6. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device having a display with a first dimension that is less than a threshold, a document including text and at least one image;

formatting the document into a small-size display format for display on the computing device, including;

decreasing a size for at least one of tabs or indents from a first size to a second size; and

moving a location of the at least one image from a first location to a second location, the second location being located to the left of the first location on the display of the computing device; and

displaying the formatted document in the small-size format on the computing device.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the computing device comprises a mobile computing device, and wherein the received document is formatted for display on a device having a display that is larger than the display of the computing device.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the moving comprises performing at least one of the following:

left justifying the image, or decreasing a distance between a left margin of the document and a left edge of the image to move the image closer to the left margin.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the formatting the document into a small-size display format further comprises limiting a font size for the text of the document to a maximum font size.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the limiting a font size comprises:

determining a maximum font size to be used for displaying the document text on the computing device;

identifying any text in the document that has a font size that is greater than the maximum font size; and

decreasing the font size of the identified text to the maximum font size.

11. The method of claim 6 wherein the formatting the document for display on the computing device further comprises:

decreasing margins;

removing at least one of indents or tabs for the document; and

wrapping text at the border of the display of the mobile computing device to a next line of the display.

12. The method of claim 6 and further comprising:

replacing one or more embedded objects in the document with an icon.

13. The method of claim 6 and further comprising:

receiving at the computing device a user request to display at least a portion of the document in a full-size display format;

reformatting at least a portion of the document from the small-size format to the full-size format; and

displaying on the computing device the reformatted portion of the document in the full-size format in response to the user request.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the reformatting at least a portion of the document from the small-size format to the full-size format comprises at least:

increasing a size for at least one of tabs or indents from the second size to the first size; and

moving a location of the at least one image from the second location to the first location.

15. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device having a display with a first dimension that is less than a threshold size, a document including text and at least one image;

formatting the document into a small-size display format for display on the computing device, including;

decreasing a font size of any text in the document that is greater than the maximum font size to the maximum font size; and

moving a location of the at least one image from a first location to a second location, the second location being located to the left of the first location on the display of the computing device.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the computing device comprises a mobile computing device, and wherein the received document is formatted for display on a device having a display that is larger than the display of the computing device.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the decreasing a font size comprises:

determining a maximum font size to be used for displaying the document text on the computing device;

identifying any text in the document that has a font size that is greater than the maximum font size; and

decreasing the font size of the identified text to the maximum font size.

18. The method of claim 15 and further comprising decreasing a size for at least one of tabs or indents.

19. A method comprising:

transmitting, from a computing device to a server, a first request for a document, the first request including a user agent field that indicates the computing device is a first type of user agent;

receiving at least a portion of the requested document in a first display format based on the user agent field indicating a first type of user agent;

displaying, on the computing device, the received portion of the received document in the first display format;

receiving, at the computing device, via user input a request to view at least a portion of the document in a second display format;

transmitting, from the computing device to the server, a second request for the document, the second request including a user agent field that indicates that the computing device is a second type of user agent;

receiving at least a portion of the requested document in a second display format based on the user agent field indicating a second type of user agent; and

displaying on the computing device the received portion of the received document in the second display format.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the user agent identifies one or more of the following for the computing device:

an operating system used by the computing device;

a browser used by the computing device;

or

a device type for the computing device.

21. The method of claim 19 wherein the first type of user agent is associated with a computing device having a full-size display with at least one dimension that is greater than a threshold, and wherein the second type of user agent is associated with a mobile computing device having a small-size display with at least one dimension that is less than the threshold.

22. The method of claim 19 wherein the second display format is a full-size display format, and the first display format is a small-size display format that accommodates a display having a dimension that is smaller than a threshold.

23. The method of claim 19 wherein the second type of user agent is associated with a computing device having a full-size display with at least one dimension that is greater than a threshold, and wherein the first type of user agent is associated with a mobile computing device having a small-size display with at least one dimension that is less than the threshold.

24. The method of claim 19 wherein the first type of user agent is associated with a computing device having a display with at least a first dimension that is less than a threshold, and the second type of user agent is associated with a computing device having a display with at least the first dimension that is greater than the threshold.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein the first display format is a full-size display format, and the second display format is a mobile display format.

26. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor cause the apparatus to at least;

transmit, from a computing device to a server, a first request for a document, the first request including a user agent field that indicates the computing device is a first type of user agent;

receive at least a portion of the requested document in a first display format based on the user agent field indicating a first type of user agent;

display, on the computing device, the received portion of the received document in the first display format;

receive, at the computing device, via user input a request to view at least a portion of the document in a second display format;

transmit, from the computing device to the server, a second request for the document, the second request including a user agent field that indicates that the computing device is a second type of user agent;

receive at least a portion of the requested document in a second display format based on the user agent field indicating a second type of user agent; and

display on the computing device the received portion of the received document in the second display format.

27. A method comprising:

transmitting, from a computing device to a server, a request for a first document, the request for the first document including a user agent field that indicates the computing device as having a first size display;

receiving at least a portion of the requested first document in a first display format based on the user agent field indicating a computing device with a first size display;

transmitting from the computing device to the server a request for a second document, the request for the second document including a user agent field that indicates the computing device as having a second display that is larger than the first size display; and

receiving at least a portion of the requested second document in a second display format based on the user agent field indicating a computing device having a second size display.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein the first size display comprises a display having a dimension that is less than a threshold, and wherein the second size display comprises a display having a dimension that is greater than the threshold, and wherein the first display format is a small-size display format and the second display format is a full-size display format.

29. The method of claim 28 and further comprising displaying on the computing device at least one of a portion of the requested first document in a small-size display format or a portion of the requested second document in a full-size display format.

30. The method of claim 28 wherein the first document and the second document include a same data, wherein the first document provides the data in a small-size display format and the second document provides the data in a full-size display format.

31. The method of claim 28 wherein the user agent identifies one or more of the following for a computing device:

an operating system used by the computing device;

a browser used by the computing device;

or

a device type for the computing device.

32. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor cause the apparatus to at least;

transmit, from a computing device to a server, a request for a first document, the request for the first document including a user agent field that indicates the computing device as having a first size display;

receive at least a portion of the requested first document in a first display format based on the user agent field indicating a computing device with a first size display;

transmit from the computing device to the server a request for a second document, the request for the second document including a user agent field that indicates the computing device as having a second display that is larger than the first size display; and

receive at least a portion of the requested second document in a second display format based on the user agent field indicating a computing device having a second size display.

33. A method comprising:

receiving a request for a document from a mobile computing device, the document including at least an image;

determining a display size of the mobile computing device, the display size including a first dimension and a second dimension;

determining whether or not a width of the image is greater than a larger of the two dimensions of the display size of the mobile computing device;

reducing a size of the image so that the width of the image is equal to or less than the larger of the two dimensions of the display size if the width is greater than a larger of the two dimensions of the display size; and

transmitting the document including the reduced image to the mobile computing device.

34. The method of claim 33 wherein the request includes a user agent field that identifies one or more of the following for the mobile computing device:

an operating system used by the mobile computing device;

a browser used by the mobile computing device;

or

a device type for the mobile computing device;

and wherein the determining a display size of the mobile computing device comprises performing a lookup into a table of display sizes based on the received user agent field to determine the display size of the mobile computing device.

35. The method of claim 33 and further comprising:

receiving the document including the reduced image;

displaying the reduced image on the display of mobile computing device in a first display mode;

performing the following in a second display mode;

further reducing a size of the image so that a width of the image is equal to or less than a smaller of the two dimensions of the display size of the mobile computing device;

displaying the further reduced image on the display of the mobile computing device in the second display mode.

36. The method of claim 35 wherein the two dimensions of the display are height and width, and wherein a first display mode is landscape mode and a second display mode is portrait mode.

37. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor cause the apparatus to at least;

receive a request for a document from a mobile computing device, the document including at least an image;

determine a display size of the mobile computing device, the display size including a first dimension and a second dimension;

determine whether or not a width of the image is greater than a larger of the two dimensions of the display size of the mobile computing device;

reduce a size of the image so that the width of the image is equal to or less than the larger of the two dimensions of the display size if the width is greater than a larger of the two dimensions of the display size; and

transmit the document including the reduced image to the mobile computing device.

38. The apparatus of claim 37 with the at least one processor being further configured to cause the apparatus to at least:

receive the document including the reduced image;

display the reduced image on the display of mobile computing device in a first display mode; and

perform the following in a second display mode;

further reduce a size of the image so that a width of the image is equal to or less than a smaller of the two dimensions of the display size of the mobile computing device; and

display the further reduced image on the display of the mobile computing device in the second display mode.

39. A method comprising:

sending, from a computing device, a request for an image, the computing device having a display having a first dimension and a second dimension, at least one of the first dimension or the second dimension being less than a threshold dimension;

receiving a reduced version of the requested image by the computing device, wherein a width of the received reduced version of the requested image is equal to or less than the larger of the two dimensions of the display;

displaying the reduced version of the image on the display of the computing device in a first display mode;

performing the following in a second display mode;

further reducing a size of the reduced version of the image to provide a further reduced version of the image, wherein a width of the further reduced version of the image is equal to or less than a smaller of the two dimensions of the display; and

displaying the further reduced version of the image on the display.

40. The method of claim 39 wherein the first display mode is landscape mode, and the second display mode is portrait mode.

41. The method of claim 39, wherein the computing device is a mobile computing device, the method further comprising receiving by the mobile computing device a display mode selection wherein either the landscape mode or the portrait mode is selected.

42. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a computer-readable medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause one or more processors of a computing device to:

send, from the computing device, a request for an image, wherein the computing device includes a display having a first dimension and a second dimension, at least one of the first dimension or the second dimension being less than a threshold;

receive a reduced version of the requested image at the computing device, wherein a width of the received reduced version of the requested image is equal to or less than the larger of the two dimensions of the display;

display the reduced version of the image on the display of the computing device in a first display mode; and

perform the following in a second display mode;

further reduce a size of the reduced version of the image to provide a further reduced version of the image, wherein a width of the further reduced version of the image is equal to or less than a smaller of the two dimensions of the display; and

display the further reduced version of the image on the display.