DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A WEBPAGE AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR SAME

• US 20120260160A1
• Filed: 12/24/2010
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Hye-Jeong, Choi, Sung-Wook, Nambu, Masanori, Takizawa, Tomomi, Kim, Byuk-Sun, Kim, Yong-Deok
• Application Number:
  US13/516,469
• Publication Number:
  US 20120260160A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

Disclosed are a display apparatus displaying a web page and a displaying method of the same, the display apparatus including: an input unit which receives web page information; an image processor which processes a web page to display the web page; a display unit which displays thereon the processed web page; a command receiver which receives a user'"'"'s command; and a controller which controls the image processor to divide the web page into at least one block, assign at least one indexing number to the block, and display the block corresponding to the indexing number according to the user'"'"'s command. Accordingly, it is convenient for a user to search a web page, and/or blocks and elements thereof.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

an input unit which receives web page information;

an image processor which processes a web page to display the web page;

a display unit which displays thereon the processed web page;

a command receiver which receives a user'"'"'s command; and

a controller which controls the image processor to divide the web page into at least one block, assign at least one indexing number to the block, and display the block corresponding to the indexing number according to the user'"'"'s command.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the block comprises at least one element, and the image processor assigns the indexing number to one of the elements.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the block comprises a plurality of elements, the web page information comprises tabindex information of the element, and the image processor assigns the indexing number to one of the plurality of elements based on the tabindex information.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the block comprises a plurality of elements, the web page information comprises character display information comprising at least one of a character size and a character thickness with respect to the element, and the image processor assigns the indexing number to one of the plurality of elements based on the character display information.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the block comprises a plurality of elements, and the image processor displays an indexing number to index a plurality of elements included in the block corresponding to the selected indexing number if the indexing number is selected.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the image processor displays in an area of the display unit a reduced screen of a web page comprising the indexing number corresponding to each block.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the block comprises a plurality of elements and the image processor assigns a preset number of indexing numbers to the elements according to a predetermined priority.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the web page information comprises tabindex information of the element, and the image processor sets the priority based on the tabindex information.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the web page information comprises character display information comprising at least one of a character size and a character thickness with respect to the element, and the image processor sets the priority based on the character display information.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the image processor displays in an area of the display unit an information window of the element corresponding to the indexing number.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processor assigns the indexing number to a single web page.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processor assigns the indexing number to a screen of the web page displayed on the display unit.

13. A web page displaying method of a display apparatus which comprises a display unit, the method comprising:

receiving web page information;

dividing the web page into at least one block and assigning at least one indexing number to the block;

receiving a user'"'"'s command to select the indexing number;

displaying the block corresponding to the selected indexing number according to the user'"'"'s command.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the block comprises at least one element, and the assigning the indexing number comprises assigning the indexing number to one of the elements.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the block comprises a plurality elements, and the web page information comprises at least one of tabindex information, a character size and a character thickness with respect to the element, and the assigning the indexing number comprises assigning the indexing number to one of the plurality of elements based on at least one of the tabindex information, the character size an the character thickness.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the block comprises a plurality of elements, further comprising:

displaying an indexing number to index a plurality of elements included in the block corresponding to the selected indexing number.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein the block comprises a plurality of elements, and the assigning the indexing number comprises assigning a preset number of indexing numbers to the element according to a predetermined priority.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the web page information comprises at least one tabindex information, the character size and the character thickness with respect to the element, and the assigning the indexing number comprises setting the priority based on at least one of the tabindex information, the character size and the character thickness.

19. The method according to claim 17, further comprising displaying in an area of the display unit an information window with respect to the element corresponding to the indexing number.