Frame page displaying method, frame page displaying device, and program

• US 7,984,376 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2005
• Issued: 07/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Access Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Access Company Limited
• Inventors: Matsuzawa, Koji, Ito, Shunji, Nagamachi, Masayuki, Aida, Satoshi, Yamabuchi, Shinji, Uematsu, Michimasa, Harakawa, Takuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Hutton; Doug
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dasgupta; Soumya
• Application Number:
  US11/587,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20070234206A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,274 Days
• Field of Search: 715/273, 715/240, 715/817, 715/819, 715/825, 715/828, 715/829, 715/841
• US Class Current: 715/273
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/027 Arrangements and methods specific for the display of internet documents
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

In a state in which an operation screen for operating a frame in a frame page has been displayed, whether a change occurring to a frame in the page different from the currently displayed frame is a change arising from an operation satisfying a condition that is regarded to represent a user'"'"'s explicit intention to view the different frame or not is judged. If the change is judged by the judgment to be a change arising from an operation satisfying the condition, the display is shifted to a screen showing the page in whole display and notifying the user of the frame to which the change has occurred.

Claims

1. A frame displaying method, comprising:

displaying, on a display, a full screen view of an acquired frame page, wherein a selection of a frame of the acquired frame page is possible;

receiving the selection of the frame, which is selected by a user, while the full screen view is displayed;

displaying, on the display, the frame selected by the user on a first operation screen, wherein the frame selected by the user is operable;

judging, while the first operation screen is displayed, whether an operation is a user operation, whether the operation causes a change to another frame, which is not currently displayed on the display, of the acquired frame page, and whether the change is a change to a content of the another frame; and

if the operation is a user operation, the operation causes a change to the another frame, and the change is a change to the content of the another frame, then displaying, on the display, the full screen view of the acquired frame page, and notifying the user of the change to the another frame, while the full screen view is displayed.

2. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising:

if the operation is not a user operation, then continuing to display, on the display, the first operation screen regardless of whether the change is a change to the content of the another frame.

3. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after the full screen view of the acquired page is displayed due to the change to the content of the another frame, displaying, on the display, the another frame of the acquired frame page on a second operation screen, wherein the another frame is operable.

4. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after the full screen view of the acquired frame page is displayed due to the change to the content of the another frame, letting the user select whether to display a second operation screen, on which the another frame is operable.

5. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the operation is selected from the group comprising:

anchor selection caused by a user operation in the frame,

form transmission caused by a user operation in the frame,

image map selection caused by a user operation in the frame, and

script operation activated by a user operation in the frame.

6. The frame displaying method according to claim 2, wherein the operation is selected from the group comprising:

an operation occurring in the acquired frame page due to a markup language or a communication protocol independently of user operations, and

an operation of a script activated in the acquired frame page independently of user operations.

7. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the full screen view of the acquired frame page is not displayed regardless of the judging, if the change is a change to a content of the frame, a parent frame of the frame, or an ancestor frame of the frame, when the first operation screen is displayed.

8. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the full screen view of the acquired frame page is displayed regardless of the judging, if the change is a change to a content of the frame, a parent frame of the frame, or an ancestor frame of the frame, when the first operation screen is displayed.

9. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the user selects whether or not to display the full screen view of the acquired frame page, if the change is a change to content of the frame, a parent frame of the frame or an ancestor frame of the frame, when the first operation screen is displayed.

10. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein a user setting, which has been inputted previously, determines whether to display the full screen view of the acquired frame page, if the change is a change to a content of the frame, a parent frame of the frame, or an ancestor frame of the frame, when the first operation screen is displayed.

11. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising:

judging, while the first operation screen is displayed, whether the operation further segments the frame into frames; and

if the operation further segments the frame into frames, then displaying the full screen view of the acquired frame page.

12. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein when the acquired frame page is first displayed in the full screen view, each frame of the acquired frame page is set in a selectable state as data acquisition for each frame has been completed.

13. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein when the acquired frame page is first displayed in the full screen view each frame of the acquired frame page is set in a selectable state when it is judged, during data acquisition for each frame, that each frame is not to be further segmented into frames.

14. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the selection of the frame on the full screen view is made by moving a focus position by use of a directional key and operating a confirmation key.

15. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the selection of the frame on the full screen view is made by the user'"'"'s designation of one of operation buttons of the frames displayed on the display by use of an input pen.

16. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the selection of the frame on the full screen view is implemented by letting the user perform an operation for enlarging the frame to exceed a prescribed size.

17. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the selection of the frame on the full screen view is implemented by letting the user perform an operation for changing a display area of the frame to exceed a prescribed size.

18. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the selection of the frame on the full screen view is implemented by assigning prescribed keys respectively to each frame of the acquired frame page and selecting the frame corresponding to one of the assigned keys that is operated by the user.

19. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a menu screen, wherein the menu screen includes a menu item for shifting to the full screen view; and

shifting the display to the full screen view if the user selects the menu item.

20. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing a scroll position and a focus position of the first operation screen display; and

displaying, on the display, the first operation screen display, at the stored scroll position and the stored focus position.

21. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein on the first operation screen of the frame, the frame is displayed in zoom display throughout the display screen.

22. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein on the first operation screen of the frame, the frame and other frames of the acquired frame page are displayed at the same time while placing the frame at the top of the display screen.

23. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein on the first operation screen of the frame, the frame and other frames of the acquired frame page are displayed at the same time as inline frames while placing the frame at the top of the display screen.

24. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the notification of the change to the another frame is made on the full screen view by a method selected from the group comprising:

setting the another frame in a focused state,

displaying the another frame in blinking display,

issuing a message, and

displaying an icon overlaid on the another frame.

25. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein a content of each frame of the acquired frame page is displayed in each frame on the full screen view.

26. The frame displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the full screen view regarding the acquired frame page and the full screen view which is displayed after the judgment are thumbnail display screens of the acquired frame page.

27. A computer program product comprising computer-readable instructions to be executed on a computer, the instructions configured to:

display, on a display, a full screen view of an acquired frame page, wherein a selection of a frame of the acquired frame page is possible;

receive the selection of the frame, which is selected by a user, while the full screen view is displayed;

display, on the display, the frame selected by the user on a first operation screen, wherein the frame selected by the user is operable;

judge, while the first operation screen is displayed, whether an operation is a user operation, whether the operation causes a change to a another frame, which is not currently displayed on the display, of the acquired frame page, and whether the change is a change to a content of the another frame; and

if the operation is a user operation, the operation causes a change to the another frame, and the change is a change to the content of the another frame, then display, on the display, the full screen view of the acquired frame page, and notifying the user of the change to the another frame, while the full screen view is displayed.

28. A terminal device, comprising a controller configured to:

display, on a display, a full screen view of an acquired frame page, wherein a selection of a frame of the acquired frame page is possible;

receive the selection of the frame, which is selected by a user, while the full screen view is displayed;

display, on the display, the frame selected by the user on a first operation screen, wherein the frame selected by the user is operable;

judge, while the first operation screen is displayed, whether an operation is a user operation, whether the operation causes a change to another frame, which is not currently displayed on the display, of the acquired frame page, and whether the change is a change to a content of the another frame; and

if the operation is a user operation, the operation causes a change to the another frame, and the change is a change to the content of the another frame, then display, on the display, the full screen view of the acquired frame page, and notifying the user of the change to the another frame, while the full screen view is displayed.

29. A cellular phone comprising a controller configured to:

display, on a display, a full screen view of an acquired frame page, wherein a selection of a frame of the acquired frame page is possible;

receive the selection of the frame, which is selected by a user, while the full screen view is displayed;

display, on the display, the frame selected by the user on a first operation screen, wherein the frame selected by the user is operable;

judge, while the first operation screen is displayed, whether an operation is a user operation, whether the operation causes a change to another frame, which is not currently displayed on the display, of the acquired frame page, and whether the change is a change to a content of the another frame; and

if the operation is a user operation, the operation causes a change to the another frame, and the change is a change to the content of the another frame, then display, on the display, the full screen view of the acquired frame page, and notifying the user of the change to the another frame, while the full screen view is displayed.

30. A computer program product comprising computer-readable instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to implement the following functions:

a function of displaying, on a display, a full screen view of an acquired frame page, wherein a selection of a frame of the acquired frame page is possible;

a function of receiving the selection of the frame, which is selected by a user, while the full screen view is displayed;

a function of displaying, on the display, the frame selected by the user on a first operation screen, wherein the frame selected by the user is operable;

a function of judging, while the first operation screen is displayed, whether an operation is a user operation, whether the operation causes a change to another frame, which is not currently displayed on the display, of the acquired frame page, and whether the change is a change to a content of the another frame; and

a function of displaying, on the display, the full screen view of the acquired frame page, and notifying the user of the change to the another frame, while the full screen view is displayed, if the operation is a user operation, the operation causes a change to the another frame, and the change is a change to the content of the another frame.

31. A terminal device comprising:

a communication unit that acquires a page via a network; and

a controller which is configured to execute the following sequence of processes (1)-(5) when the acquired page is a frame page;

(1) displaying, on a display, a full screen view of an acquired frame page, wherein a selection of a frame of the acquired frame page is possible;

(2) receiving the selection of the frame, which is selected by a user, while the full screen view is displayed;

(3) displaying, on the display, the frame selected by the user on a first operation screen, wherein the frame selected by the user is operable;

(4) judging, while the first operation screen is displayed, whether an operation is a user operation, whether the operation causes a change to another frame, which is not currently displayed on the display, of the acquired frame page, and whether the change is a change to a content of the another frame; and

(5) if the operation is a user operation, the operation causes a change to the another frame, and the change is a change to the content of the another frame, then displaying, on the display, the full screen view of the acquired frame page, and notifying the user of the change to the another frame, while the full screen view is displayed.

32. The terminal device according to claim 31, wherein the controller further executes the step of:

(6) if the operation is not a user operation, then continuing to display, on the display, the first operation screen regardless of whether the change is a change to the content of the another frame.

33. The terminal device according to claim 31 or 32, further comprising an operation unit including a directional key and a confirmation key, wherein:

the selection of the frame on the whole display screen is made by moving a focus position by use of the directional key and operating the confirmation key.

34. The terminal device according to claim 33, wherein the operation unit includes no pointing device for making the frame selection.