Method and apparatus for dynamically modifying web page display for mobile devices

• US 8,102,369 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2008
• Issued: 01/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Appleyard, James P., Gonzalez, Jason A., Thomas, Mathews, Weisbard, Keeley L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Beck, Alexander S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Said, Mansour M
• Application Number:
  US12/126,626
• Publication Number:
  US 20080218475A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,341 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-173, 178/18.01, 715/788, 715/798, 715/802
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• 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

Abstract

A method of dynamically modifying web page displays used in various mobile devices. The method uses a motion detection mechanism to detect whether the mobile device is moving or in motion and then modifies web page displays sent to the device based upon the sensor readings. As such, the method, system, and apparatus are capable of automatically modifying a display provided to a mobile device based upon a determination that the user and/or device are moving and/or in motion. In another aspect, the method, system, and apparatus are also capable of modifying the complexity of a display provided to a mobile device based upon the degree of movement and/or motion by the user and/or device.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executed by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

determining a movement status of a user of a mobile device using a motion detection mechanism;

setting a motion parameter based upon the movement status;

sending a request for electronic content to a server from the mobile device, wherein the request includes the motion parameter;

receiving the electronic content from the server; and

displaying the received electronic content;

wherein a complexity of the electronic content varies based upon the motion parameter.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable storage of claim 1, further comprising the step of smoothing the display using a feedback application.

3. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage of claim 1, wherein the motion detection mechanism is selected from a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a global positioning system receiver, and a cellular signal.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable storage of claim 1, wherein the complexity of the electronic content is varied such that a more complex display is provided when the device has a lower degree of movement and a less complex display is provided when the device has a higher degree of movement.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable storage of claim 4, wherein the display includes an additional response selected from an audio enabled portlet, a video enabled portlet, an audio clip with a voice-enabled portlet, and a combination thereof.

6. A system for modifying a web page display for a mobile device based on a movement status of a user of the mobile device, the system comprising:

a motion detection mechanism for determining the movement status of the user;

means for setting a motion parameter based upon the movement status;

means for sending a request for electronic content to a web server from the mobile device, wherein the request includes the motion parameter;

means for receiving the electronic content from the web server; and

a display for displaying the received electronic content;

wherein a complexity of the electronic content varies based upon the motion parameter.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising a feedback application for smoothing the display.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the motion detection mechanism is selected from a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a global positioning system receiver, and a cellular signal.

9. The system of claim 6, further comprising means for adjusting the display such that a more complex display is provided when the device has a lower degree of movement and a less complex display is provided when the device has a higher degree of movement.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the display includes an additional response selected from an audio enabled portlet, a video enabled portlet, an audio clip with a voice-enabled portlet, and a combination thereof.

11. A non-transitory machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executed by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

receiving a request for electronic content from a mobile device, wherein the request includes a motion parameter set based upon a movement status of a user of the mobile device determined using a motion detection mechanism; and

sending the requested electronic content to the mobile device;

wherein a complexity of the electronic content that is sent varies based upon the motion parameter.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage of claim 11, wherein the complexity of the electronic content that is sent is varied such that a more complex electronic content is provided when the device has a lower degree of movement and a less complex electronic content is provided when the device has a higher degree of movement.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage of claim 12, wherein the electronic content that is sent includes an additional response selected from an audio enabled portlet, a video enabled portlet, an audio clip with a voice-enabled portlet, and a combination thereof.

14. A system for modifying a web page display for a mobile device based on a movement status of a user of the mobile device, the system comprising:

means for receiving a request for electronic content from the mobile device, wherein the request includes a motion parameter set based upon the movement status of the user as a whole of the mobile device determined using a motion detection mechanism; and

means for sending the requested electronic content to the mobile device;

wherein a complexity of the electronic content that is sent varies based upon the motion parameter.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising means for adjusting the complexity of the electronic content that is sent such that a more complex electronic content is sent when the device has a lower degree of movement and a less complex electronic content is sent when the device has a higher degree of movement.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the electronic content that is sent includes an additional response selected from an audio enabled portlet, a video enabled portlet, an audio clip with a voice-enabled portlet, and a combination thereof.