METHODOLOGY TO DYNAMICALLY REARRANGE WEB CONTENT FOR CONSUMER DEVICES

• US 20140258816A1
• Filed: 03/08/2013
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Xiong, True, McCoy, Charles
• Application Number:
  US13/790,273
• Publication Number:
  US 20140258816A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided that convert or transform web-based content and pages and dynamically rearrange such content in pages in such a way that the presentation is native or highly convenient to customers already familiar and conditioned to use embedded, network-enabled devices such as IPTVs, media players such as Blu-ray® players, game consoles such as the PS3® game console, network boxes, and the like. Users can employ various user input devices to navigate webpages just as they would other content on the network-enabled device. The user input device may vary, but may include remote controls, second displays, mobile phones, laptop computers, devices for the disabled, and so on.

Claims

1. A method of displaying webpages and content on a network-enabled device, comprising:

on a network-enabled device having a navigational scheme, receiving a webpage having web content displayed in a web format and a means for navigation;

converting the display format of the web content to a format appropriate for the network-enabled device and converting the means for navigation to the navigational scheme; and

displaying at least a portion of the converted content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network-enabled device has a predetermined format for display of content, and wherein the converting includes converting the display format of the web content to the predetermined format.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the converting a means for navigation includes mapping the means for navigation onto a navigational scheme corresponding to an IPTV, media player or game console.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the format appropriate for the network-enabled device for display of content includes displaying thumbnails of available image, audio, or video files in a matrix, and wherein the converting the display format of the web content to a format appropriate for the network-enabled device includes positioning thumbnails of the available image, audio, or video files from the web page on the matrix, such that a user input device associated with the network-enabled device may be employed to navigate between the thumbnails and to select a thumbnail for display.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the converting the display format further comprises sizing thumbnails according to their size on the webpage.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the converting the display format further comprises playing back a slideshow of at least a portion of the images and/or video files on the webpage.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein if a thumbnail of an image, audio or video file is automatically selected on the webpage, then automatically selecting the same image or video on the matrix.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the format appropriate for the network-enabled device for display of content includes displaying a list of text-based representations of available image, audio, or video files, and wherein the converting the display format of the web content to a format appropriate for the network-enabled device includes positioning the text-based representations of the available image, audio, or video files from the web page in a list, such that a user input device associated with the network-enabled device may be employed to navigate between the representations and to select a representation for display.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the text based representations are links or menu items.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the web content includes at least one link, and further comprising following the at least one link to determine additional information about a corresponding content item, and further comprising displaying an indicator of the content item.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the webpage having web content displayed in a web format includes a plurality of standard links, and wherein the converting includes mapping the standard links to a common section on the predetermined format.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising arranging the conversion of the means for navigation to the navigational scheme such that the user input device can control targeting of the links.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein if the web content includes text, and the network-enabled device has a 3-D capability, then using the 3-D capability to make the text appear closer to the user than on a display of the network-enabled device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein if the web content includes text, performing the converting such that the text is prominent and does not wrap around images.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein if a second display is being used to control content on the network-enabled device, then emphasizing a display of content on the network-enabled device corresponding to the content on the second display.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the converting includes filtering the web content such that the displayed converted content corresponds to only that which is capable of being rendered on the network-enabled device.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the converting includes filtering the web content such that only a selected type of content is displayed.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the filtering is in response to a user request.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the converting uses metadata in the webpage.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving conversion settings from a server.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the converting further comprises replacing cursor functionality on a webpage with user input functionality.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the user input functionality corresponds to remote control functionality.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying at least a portion of the converted content further comprises displaying any translated content from right to left.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying at least a portion of the converted content further comprises displaying converted content in a manner native or consistent with a manner the network-enabled device displays other content.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein the converting the means for navigation to the navigational scheme includes mapping a browser NEXT button to a fast-forward button, and a browser back button to a REWIND button.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the web format of the web page is a standard format having a common set of parameters for conversion, and further comprising converting the display format according to the common set of parameters.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the standard format is a storefront or wiki.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying includes displaying a first portion of a web page following the converting, and further displaying a link, and further comprising displaying at least a portion of a remainder of the web page in response to user activation of the link.

29. The method of claim 1, further comprising checking a cache to determine if a portion of the received webpage having web content has been cached, and if so, displaying the cached portion.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising caching at least a portion of the converted content.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the portion of the converted content cached corresponds to static elements of the web content.

32. The method of claim 29, further comprising creating the cache by analyzing a browsing history.

33. The method of claim 1, further comprising using device information to determine which of the web content to display.

34. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising instructions for causing a computing device to perform the method of claim 1.

35. A method of displaying webpages and content on a network-enabled device, comprising:

on a network-enabled device, determining characteristics of a user input device;

performing a range request to find out a size of a webpage;

downloading the webpage;

using the determined characteristics of the user input device and device characteristics of the network-enabled device, dynamically translating and transforming the webpage; and

displaying the transformed webpage.

36. The method of claim 35, further comprising segmenting the content inside the webpage by content type.

37. The method of claim 35, wherein the determining characteristics of the user input device is performed by making a backend call to a database or by sending a request to the user input device.

38. The method of claim 35, wherein the dynamically translating and transforming includes rearranging the webpage from a vertical navigation viewing scheme to a horizontal navigation viewing scheme.

39. A method of displaying webpages and content on a network-enabled device, comprising:

receiving notification that a network enabled device has requested a webpage, the network-enabled device having a navigational scheme, and the webpage having web content displayed in a web format and a means for navigation;

converting the display format of the web content to a format appropriate for the network-enabled device and converting the means for navigation to the navigational scheme; and

transmitting at least a portion of the converted content to the network enabled device for display.