METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING DOCUMENTS

• US 20150278164A1
• Filed: 03/20/2015
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Geonsoo, SUNG, Hyunjo
• Application Number:
  US14/663,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20150278164A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing

Abstract

A method and electronic device for of constructing documents utilizing code from existing documents. The method includes displaying a first document on a display screen; selecting, by a processor, a section of the first document in response to an input; extracting code corresponding to the section from the first document; constructing, by the processor, a second document based on the code; and displaying the second document on the display screen.

Claims

1. A method of constructing documents comprising:

displaying a first document on a display screen;

selecting, by a processor, a section of the first document in response to an input;

extracting code corresponding to the section from the first document;

constructing, by the processor, a second document based on the code; and

displaying the second document on the display screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the code corresponding to the section includes code which when executed by the processor causes the section to be displayed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises a gesture that defines a closed curve around the section.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the section is selected based on a duration for which the input is applied to the first document.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is performed in a first location of the document and a second location in the document, and the section is selected based on a distance between the first location and the second location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input includes a sliding gesture and the section is selected based on a direction of the sliding gesture.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein extracting the code includes:

identifying content items displayed in the section; and

for each of the content items, identifying a code object that corresponds to the content item.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein constructing the second document includes identifying in the code an orphaned start tag and inserting an end tag that matches the orphaned start tag.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second document is displayed in a pop-up window.

10. An electronic device comprising a display screen and a processor configured to:

display a first document on the display screen;

select a section of the first document in response to an input;

extract code corresponding to the section from the first document;

construct a second document based on the code; and

display the second document on the display screen.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the code corresponding to the section includes code which when executed by the processor causes the section to be displayed.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the input comprises a gesture that defines a closed curve around the section.

13. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the section is selected based on a duration for which the input is applied to the first document.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the input is performed in a first location of the document and a second location in the document, and the section is selected based on a distance between the first location and the second location.

15. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the input includes a sliding gesture and the section is selected based on a direction of the sliding gesture.

16. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein extracting the code includes:

identifying content items displayed in the section; and

for each of the content items, identifying a code object that corresponds to the content item.

17. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein constructing the second document includes identifying in the code an orphaned start tag and inserting an end tag that matches the orphaned start tag.

18. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the second document is displayed in a pop-up window.

19. A non-transitory recording medium storing processor-executable instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

displaying a first document on a display screen;

selecting a section of the first document in response to an input;

extracting code corresponding to the section from the first document;

constructing a second document based on the code; and

displaying the second document on the display screen.