Multipage navigation on a small screen device

• US 8,141,003 B1
• Filed: 04/15/2009
• Issued: 03/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Lee, Woo Jae, Roka, Pujan, Sharma, Sanjay
• Primary Examiner(s): BONSHOCK, DENNIS G
• Application Number:
  US12/424,307
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• Field of Search: 715/784, 715/864, 715/238, 711/135
• US Class Current: 715/864
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for improving user navigation of a multi-page article on a small screen user device. In embodiments, as a user progresses through the multi-page article, pages and/or lines of text of the multi-page article are cached. In response to a user request to view the multi-page article in a full-page format, the cached content is compared against text of the full-page document and used to determine a presentation of the text that displays nonduplicative content to the user.

Claims

1. A method for improving user navigation of a multi-page article on a small screen user device, the method comprising:

presenting one page of the multi-page article to a user on a screen of the small screen user device;

caching one or more pages of the multi-page article as the user progresses through the multi-page article;

deleting cached data associated with one or more successive pages when the user goes back to an earlier page of the multi-page article;

receiving a request from the user to view the multi-page article as a full-page article;

comparing text of the cached one or more pages to text of the full-page article to determine a first appearance of non-duplicative text in the full-page article;

returning all pages of the full-page article together; and

presenting the full-page article to the user with the screen of the small screen user device showing a page containing the first appearance of non-duplicative text in the full-page article.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cached one or more pages are stored on a server.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the cached one or more pages on the small screen user device;

generating a request, the request comprising the one or more cached pages;

sending the request to a server;

generating a response, the response comprising a tag to identify the first appearance of non-duplicative text; and

sending the response to the small screen user device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the screen displays a portion of the one page of the multi-page article.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the screen displaying the one page of the full-page article presented comprises the first line of the page containing the first appearance of non-duplicative text.

6. A method for improving user navigation of a multi-page document on a small screen user device, the method comprising:

presenting one page of the multi-page document to a user on a screen of the small screen user device;

caching one or more pages of the multi-page document as the user progresses through the multi-page document;

deleting cached data associated with one or more successive pages when the user goes back to an earlier page of the multi-page document;

receiving a request from the user to view the multi-page document as a full-page document;

comparing text of the cached one or more pages to text of the full-page document to determine a first appearance of non-duplicative text in the full-page document;

returning all pages of the full-page document together; and

presenting the full-page document to the user with the screen of the small screen user device showing a page comprising the first appearance of non-duplicative text of the full-page document.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the cached one or more pages are stored on a server.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

storing the cached one or more pages on the small screen user device;

generating a request, the request comprising the one or more cached pages;

sending the request to a server;

generating a response, the response comprising a tag to identify the first appearance of non-duplicative text; and

sending the response to the small screen user device.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the presentation of the full-page document on the screen of the small screen user device comprises the first line of the first appearance of non-duplicative text.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the presentation of the full-page document on the screen of the user device includes at least one line of leading text before the presentation of the first appearance of non-duplicative text.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the number of lines comprising the leading text may be input by the user as a user preference.

12. A method for improving user navigation of a multi-page document on a small screen user device, the method comprising:

presenting one page of the multi-page document to a user on a screen of the small screen user device;

caching the most recently viewed one or more pages of the multi-page document viewed by the user as the user progresses through the multi-page document;

deleting cached data associated with one or more successive pages when the user goes back to an earlier page of the multi-page document;

receiving a request from the user to view the multi-page document as a full-page document;

comparing text of the cached most recently viewed pages to text of the full-page document to determine a first appearance of non-duplicative text in the full-page document;

returning all pages of the full-page document together; and

presenting the full-page document to the user with the screen of the small screen user device showing a page containing the first appearance of non-duplicative text in the full-page document.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the cached most recently viewed one or more pages are stored on a server.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

storing the cached most recently viewed one or more pages on the small screen user device;

generating a request, the request comprising the most recently viewed one or more pages;

sending the request to a server;

generating a response, the response comprising a tag to identify the first appearance of non-duplicative text; and

sending the response to the small screen user device.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the screen displays a portion of the one page of the multi-page document.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein a portion of the one or more most recently viewed pages comprise the text lines at the bottom of the screen.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

deleting cached pages subsequent to the most recently viewed pages when the user views an earlier portion of the multi-page document.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the presentation of the full-page document on the screen of the small screen user device includes at least one line of leading text before the presentation of the first appearance of non-duplicative text.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the number of lines comprising the leading text may be input by the user as a user preference.