Method and apparatus for notifying user of content change of a page outside a displayed portion

• US 8,140,056 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2008
• Issued: 03/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Baard, Henrik, Blénessy, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro, Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sarwar, Babar
• Application Number:
  US12/228,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20100035657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,317 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/412.2, 455/414.1, 455/418, 709/203, 715/801
• US Class Current: 455/412.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

Embodiments of mobile electronic devices and methods are disclosed. In an embodiment of a method, a page is partially displayed on a display, and information is received that the page is changed in a part of said page not displayed on said display. In an embodiment, a user is notified of said change.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a display area; and

a display control circuit configured to display a part of a page on said display area, identify a part of said page that exceeds the display area, detect a modification of said page, determine when said modification is in the part exceeding the display area, and when determined that said modification is in the part of said page exceeding the display area, then notifying a user of said mobile electronic device of said modification.

2. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein said display control circuit comprises:

a processor, and a memory, said memory comprising at least one program executable by said processor, said at least one program when executed causing said display control circuit to perform the identify, detect, and determine functions.

3. The mobile electronic device of claim 2,

wherein said page comprises a webpage with dynamically changing content, and

wherein said at least one program comprises a browser program.

4. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a user input circuitry, wherein a user action is registered via said user input circuitry and it is determined whether said user action results in said modification of the part of said page.

5. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprising displaying information in said display area indicative of said modification.

6. The mobile electronic device of claim 5, wherein said information comprises at least part of said modified part of said page.

7. The mobile electronic device of claim 5,

wherein said information comprises information displayed in a transparent manner overlying a currently displayed part of said page.

8. The mobile electronic device of claim 1,

wherein said notifying comprises at least one element of the group comprising reproducing an audio signal, displaying an animation on said display and displaying an overview of said page on said display.

9. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein said display control circuit is further configured to receive an indication from the user indicative of whether the user requires to see the modified part of the page, and to display said modified part of the page in case the indication received from the user indicates that the user requires to see said modified part.

10. The mobile electronic device of claim 1,

wherein said mobile electronic device is selected from the group comprising a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, a gaming equipment, a navigation system and a notebook.

11. A method, comprising:

partially displaying a page in a display area of a mobile electronic device, identifying a part of said page exceeding the display area, detecting a modification of said page, determining when said modification is in the part exceeding the display area, and when determined that said modification is in the part of said page exceeding the display area, then notifying a user of said mobile electronic device of said modification.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said notifying comprises displaying one element selected from the group comprising the part where said page is modified and an overview of said page highlighting said modification on said display.

13. The method of claim 12,

wherein said displaying of one element is performed in a transparent manner.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein said method further comprises receiving a user input causing said modification.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprises receiving said page from a network.