METHOD OF PRESENTING DIGITAL DATA ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OPERATING UNDER DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

• US 20130167013A1
• Filed: 12/23/2011
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 2236008 Ontario Inc. (Blackberry Limited)
• Original Assignee: QNX Software Systems Limited (Canada) (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: POLIAK, Anthony Andrew
• Application Number:
  US13/336,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20130167013A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for presenting structured data on the electronic device in different operating environments. The method includes selecting, from a plurality of presentation semantics associated with the structured data, a first set of presentation semantics in accordance with an operating environment of the electronic device; processing the structured data in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics; and presenting the structured data processed in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics using the electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for presenting structured data on an electronic device in different operating environments, the method comprising:

selecting, from a plurality of presentation semantics associated with the structured data, a first set of presentation semantics in accordance with an operating environment of the electronic device;

processing the structured data in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics;

presenting the structured data processed in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics using the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring the operating environment of the electronic device for changes to the operating environment;

selecting, from the plurality of presentation semantics, a second set of presentation semantics, in accordance with the changed operating environment of the electronic device;

processing the structured data in accordance with the second set of presentation semantics; and

presenting the structured data processed in accordance with the second set of presentation semantics using the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second set of presentation semantics is selected responsive to an expected change in the operating environment of the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the structured data is created using a markup language.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the markup language is any of:

HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML), and Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL).

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of presentation semantics are embedded in the structured data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of presentation semantics are provided in one or more style files.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more style files are cascading style sheet (CSS) files.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the structured data includes multi-media content and the plurality of presentation semantics includes audio content presentation semantics and visual content presentation semantics.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein selecting the first set of presentation semantics includes selecting a first set of audio content presentation semantics or a first set of visual content presentation semantics.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein presenting the structured data processed in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics includes:

rendering a visual portion of the multi-media content on a display of the electronic device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating environment of the electronic device is determined by one or more of:

speed of the electronic device, location of the electronic device, current time, and lighting conditions in which the electronic device is operating.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of presentation semantics includes device-specific presentation semantics.

14. An electronic device for presenting structured data, the electronic device comprising:

a processor configured to;

select, from a plurality of presentation semantics associated with the structured data, a first set of presentation semantics in accordance with an operating environment of the electronic device;

process the structured data in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics; and

an output device configured to present the structured data processed in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising:

one or more sensors configured to monitor the operating environment of the electronic device for changes to the operating environment and to provide information pertaining to changes in the operating environment to the processor.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein

the processor is further configured to:

select, from the plurality of presentation semantics, a second set of presentation semantics in accordance with the changed operating environment of the electronic device; and

,

process the structured data in accordance with the second set of presentation semantics; and

the output device is further configured to present the structured data processed in accordance with the second set of presentation semantics.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to select the second set of presentation semantics responsive to an expected change in the operating environment of the electronic device.

18. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the structured data comprises multi-media content;

the processor includes a presentation processing engine configured to process the structured data; and

the output device includes a display configured to present a visual portion of the structured data and an audio output configured to present an audio portion of the structured data

19. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising:

a receiver to receive the structured data from an external source.

20. A computer-readable medium having tangibly recorded thereon a set of non-transitory instructions for execution by an electronic device having a processor and an output device, the non-transitory instructions for carrying out a method for presenting structured data on the electronic device in different operating environments, the method comprising:

selecting, from a plurality of presentation semantics associated with the structured data, a first set of presentation semantics in accordance with an operating environment of the electronic device;

processing the structured data in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics;

presenting the structured data processed in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics using the electronic device.

21. A method for presenting structured data on an electronic device in different operating environments, the method comprising:

selecting, from a plurality of presentation semantics associated with the structured data, a first set of presentation semantics in response to a change in an operating environment of the electronic device;

processing the structured data in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics;

presenting the structured data processed in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics using the electronic device.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein selecting the first set of presentation semantics comprises:

configuring one or more sensors to monitor the change in the operating environment of the electronic device;

generating a trigger indicative of the change in the operating system of the electronic device; and

selecting the first set of presentation semantics in response to the generated trigger.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein configuring the one or more sensors to monitor the change in the operating environment of the electronic device comprises:

periodically monitoring the operating environment of the electronic device for changes to the operating environment.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein configuring the one or more sensors to monitor the change in the operating environment of the electronic device comprises:

polling the one ore more sensors to monitor the operating environment of the electronic device for changes to the operating environment.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein configuring the one or more sensors to monitor the change in the operating environment of the electronic device comprises:

continuously monitoring the operating environment of the electronic device for changes to the operating environment.