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System and method for repagination of display content

  • US 9,898,450 B2
  • Filed: 11/07/2014
  • Issued: 02/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method executed in a processor of a computing device, the computing device further including a memory storing instructions and a display screen having touch functionality, the method comprising:

  • receiving indication of an object superposed on content rendered on the display screen, the content comprising at least display of lines of text in one page of a series of digitally constructed pages;

    calculating a keep out boundary around the superposed object on the one page of the series of digitally constructed pages, wherein the keep out boundary is calculated and customized based on a shape and size of the superposed object of a user to establish a minimum-sized keep out zone around the superposed object of the user, the keep out boundary being positioned on the one page such that the content is viewable when rendered outside thereof, wherein the keep out boundary is further customizable via selection of a keep out boundary size from a plurality of keep out boundary size options via a device settings menu;

    determining the keep out boundary being visually rendered or invisibly rendered on the display screen by the user via selection of one or more visual rendering options via the device settings menu, wherein the visual rendering options for the keep out boundary include an outline of the keep out boundary of noticeable depth or translucency, a solid or a fluctuating color(s), and a variation in display brightness or contrast relative to the content;

    determining a demarcation boundary line to demarcate the content into an upper and a lower content portions based on an extremity of the calculated keep out boundary determined by the shape and size of the superposed object of the user; and

    while lines of original text in the upper content portion are unchanged, repaginating the lower content portion by line-wrapping lines of the text around the keep out boundary of the user while maintaining a plurality of text attributes of the lower content portion of the one page of the series of digitally constructed pages;

    whereby the repagination forces reconstruction of a next page of the series of digitally constructed pages for display commensurate with including at least a portion of the lower content portion thereinto, wherein the next page of the series of digitally constructed pages comprises at least a last line of text in the lower content portion prior to the repagination.

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