Hand-held browser transcoding

• US 8,130,201 B1
• Filed: 11/01/2010
• Issued: 03/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Arnold, Greg, Soriano, Fermin
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Nitin
• Application Number:
  US12/917,283
• Time in Patent Office: 491 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-173, 345/175, 345/531, 345/567, 715/252
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/027 Arrangements and methods specific for the display of internet documents
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/24 Keyboard-Video-Mouse [KVM] switch

Abstract

A method of processing data using a portable electronic device includes transcoding, using a processor of the portable electronic device, a first webpage to generate a second web page. The second web page is displayed using a display device of the portable electronic device.

Claims

1. A method of processing data using a portable electronic device, said method comprising:

transcoding, using a processor of said portable electronic device, a first webpage to generate a second web page; and

displaying, using a display device of said portable electronic device, said second web page.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying further comprises displaying said second web page using a browser program, and wherein said transcoding further comprises transcoding said first web page using a plug-in associated with said browser program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said first web page comprises a plurality of frames, wherein said transcoding further comprises generating a menu associated with said plurality of frames, wherein said menu enables user selection of a particular frame of said plurality of frames, wherein said transcoding further comprises generating said second web page to include a portion of said first web page associated with said particular frame, and wherein said displaying further comprises displaying said portion of said first web page associated with said particular frame.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said first web page comprises an image, and wherein said transcoding further comprises reducing a size of said image.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said transcoding further comprises reducing said size of said image from a first size to a second size, wherein said second size is less than a resolution of said display device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said first web page comprises an image, and wherein said transcoding further comprises reducing a pixel depth of said image.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said transcoding further comprises reducing a number of columns of said first web page.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said transcoding further comprises removing redundant table definition tags to reduce a number of columns of said first web page.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said transcoding further comprises modifying said first web page in accordance with a size of said display device of said portable electronic device.

10. A portable electronic device comprising:

a transceiver operable to receive a first webpage;

a processor operable to transcode said first webpage to generate a second web page;

a memory device coupled to said processor and operable to store said second webpage; and

a display device coupled to said processor and operable to display said second web page.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein said display device is further operable to display said second web page using a browser program, and wherein said processor is further operable to transcode said first web page using a plug-in associated with said browser program.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein said first web page comprises a plurality of frames, wherein said processor is further operable to generate a menu associated with said plurality of frames, wherein said menu enables user selection of a particular frame of said plurality of frames, wherein said processor is further operable to generate said second web page to include a portion of said first web page associated with said particular frame, and wherein said display device is further operable to display said portion of said first web page associated with said particular frame.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein said first web page comprises an image, and wherein said processor is further operable to reduce a size of said image.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein said processor is further operable to reduce said size of said image from a first size to a second size, wherein said second size is less than a resolution of said display device.

15. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein said first web page comprises an image, and wherein said processor is further operable to reduce a pixel depth of said image.

16. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein said processor is further operable to reduce a number of columns of said first web page.

17. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein said processor is further operable to remove redundant table definition tags to reduce a number of columns of said first web page.

18. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein said processor is further operable to modify said first web page in accordance with a size of said display device.

19. A system comprising:

means for transcoding, using a processor of said portable electronic device, a first webpage to generate a second web page; and

means for displaying, using a display device of said portable electronic device, said second web page.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for displaying further comprises means for displaying said second web page using a browser program, and wherein said means for transcoding further comprises means for transcoding said first web page using a plug-in associated with said browser program.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein said first web page comprises a plurality of frames, wherein said means for transcoding further comprises means for generating a menu associated with said plurality of frames, wherein said menu enables user selection of a particular frame of said plurality of frames, wherein said means for transcoding further comprises means for generating said second web page to include a portion of said first web page associated with said particular frame, and wherein said means for displaying further comprises means for displaying said portion of said first web page associated with said particular frame.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein said first web page comprises an image, and wherein said means for transcoding further comprises means for reducing a size of said image.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for transcoding further comprises means for reducing said size of said image from a first size to a second size, wherein said second size is less than a resolution of said display device.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein said first web page comprises an image, and wherein said means for transcoding further comprises means for reducing a pixel depth of said image.

25. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for transcoding further comprises means for reducing a number of columns of said first web page.

26. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for transcoding further comprises means for removing redundant table definition tags to reduce a number of columns of said first web page.

27. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for transcoding further comprises means for modifying said first web page in accordance with a size of said display device of said portable electronic device.