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Rendering document views with supplemental information content

  • US 8,185,826 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2006
  • Issued: 05/22/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for rendering a view of a document with supplemental information, the computer-implemented method comprising performing via at least one processor:

  • rendering a first view of the document such that document content fills a canvas comprising an entire viewing window of a display;

    receiving a request to view a supplemental information area associated with the document;

    in response to receiving the request, fluidly zooming out of the first view to render a second view in which the document content visible in the first view is rendered in a reduced size on the canvas such that the document content visible in the first view does not fill the canvas and such that the supplemental information area is displayed on a portion of the canvas not occupied by the document content in the second view, wherein the supplemental information area is empty when the second view is rendered, and wherein fluidly zooming comprisesexecuting an algorithm to extrapolate at least a third view corresponding to a view of the document content at a zoom level between a first zoom level associated with the first view and a second zoom level associated with the second view, the third view being based upon an amount of data determined based upon a resolution of the display and a difference between the first view and the second view, anddisplaying the third view between rendering the first view and rendering the second view;

    receiving supplemental information associated with the document after rendering the second view; and

    rendering the received supplemental information in the supplemental information area after rendering the second view.

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