SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPAGINATION OF DISPLAY CONTENT

• US 20160132470A1
• Filed: 11/07/2014
• Published: 05/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: IMANA, Juan Ernesto Salas
• Granted Patent: US 9,898,450 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/125 Page layout or assigning input pages onto output media, e.g. imposition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/114 Pagination
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/163 Handling of whitespace

Abstract

A method and system for repaginating content displayed on a display screen of a computing device when upon receiving indication of an object superposed on the content. The content comprises display of one page in a series of digitally constructed pages. The repaginated content is re-flowed or line-wrapped around an identified keep out boundary to counteract any obscuration of displayed content. The repagination forces reconstruction of a next one of the series of pages for display.

Claims

1. A method executed in a processor of a computing device, the computing device further including a memory storing instructions and a display screen having touch functionality, the method comprising:

receiving indication of an object superposed on content rendered on the display screen, the content comprising display of one page in a series of digitally constructed pages;

calculating a keep out boundary around the superposed object, the keep out boundary being positioned such that the content is viewable when rendered outside thereof;

demarcating the content into a first and a second content portions based on an extremity of the keep out boundary; and

repaginating the second content portion by line-wrapping lines of the content around the keep out boundary while maintaining a plurality of text attributes of the content;

whereby the repagination forces reconstruction of a next one of the series of pages for display commensurate with including at least a portion of the second content portion thereinto.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the content comprises text content.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the content further comprises one or more images interspersed among the text content.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the object is superposed over a periphery of the content rendered on the display screen.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the keep out boundary is visually rendered.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the visual rendering comprises one of:

a line depth visually contrasting with the content, a color different from the content and a fluctuating graphic element.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the object superposed on the content is one of:

a thumb, a stylus and a finger digit.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the computing device comprises an electronic reading device displaying paginated content at the display screen.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of text attributes are selected from a group of text attributes consisting of:

a font size, a word spacing, a line spacing, and a font type.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the next page as reconstructed comprises at least a last line of the content existing prior to the repagination.

11. A computer-readable medium that stores instructions for a computing device, the computing device including a processor, a memory and a display screen having touch functionality, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the computing device to perform operations that include:

receiving indication of an object superposed on content rendered on the display screen, the content comprising display of one page in a series of digitally constructed pages;

calculating a keep out boundary around the superposed object, the keep out boundary being positioned such that the content is viewable when rendered outside thereof;

demarcating the content into a first and a second content portions based on an extremity of the keep out boundary; and

repaginating the second content portion by line-wrapping lines of the content around the keep out boundary while maintaining a plurality of text attributes of the content;

whereby the repagination forces reconstruction of a next one of the series of pages for display commensurate with including at least a portion of the second content portion thereinto.

12. A computing device comprising:

a memory that stores a set of instructions;

a display screen having touch functionality;

a processor that access the instructions in memory, the processor further configured to;

receive indication of an object superposed on content rendered on the display screen, the content comprising display of one page in a series of digitally constructed pages;

calculate a keep out boundary around the superposed object, the keep out boundary being positioned such that the content is viewable when rendered outside thereof;

demarcating the content into a first and a second content portions based on an extremity of the keep out boundary; and

repaginating the second content portion by line-wrapping lines of the content around the keep out boundary while maintaining a plurality of text attributes of the content;

whereby the repagination forces reconstruction of a next one of the series of pages for display commensurate with including at least a portion of the second content portion thereinto.

13. The computing device of claim 12 wherein the content comprises text content.

14. The computing device of claim 13 wherein the content further comprises one or more images interspersed among the text content.

15. The computing device of claim 12 wherein the object is superposed over a periphery of the content rendered on the display screen.

16. The computing device of claim 12 wherein the keep out boundary is visually rendered.

17. The computing device of claim 16 wherein the visual rendering comprises one of:

a line depth visually contrasting with the content, a color different from the content and a fluctuating graphic element.

18. The computing device of claim 12 wherein the object superposed on the content is one of:

a thumb, a stylus and a finger digit.

19. The computing device of claim 12 wherein the computing device comprises an electronic reading device displaying paginated content at the display screen.

20. The computing device of claim 12 wherein the plurality of text attributes are selected from a group of text attributes consisting of:

a font size, a word spacing, a line spacing, and a font type.