Method, system, device and software product for showing tooltips for page segments and generating content for the page segments

• US 20070011603A1
• Filed: 07/06/2005
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mikko Makela
• Original Assignee: Mikko Makela
• Inventors: Makela, Mikko
• Application Number:
  US11/176,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20070011603A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

A method, system, device, and software product are presented for describing to a user a section of a page on a small display, such as a mobile phone display. A section selection signal indicates a section of the page, and then a tooltip describes content of that section of the page. The tooltip is superimposed on at least part of the page. Then a larger version of that section of the page can be displayed.

Claims

1. A method for describing to a user a section of a page on a display, comprising:

receiving a section selection signal indicative of the section of the page; and

showing a tooltip describing content of the section of the page, in response to the section selection signal,

wherein the tooltip is superimposed on at least part of the page.

2. The method of claim 1, followed by:

receiving a section display signal; and

displaying a larger version of the section of the page, in response to the section display signal.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the section of the page is one of a plurality of sections respectively having a plurality of tooltips, and

wherein substantially any point in the page corresponds to one and only one of the tooltips.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

visually identifying the section having the content that is described by the tooltip.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the identifying step is performed by enclosing the section within a special border.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the displaying step excludes all other sections of the page from being displayed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the tooltip comprises a textual summary of the section, and

wherein the textual summary contains prioritized information about the section.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the prioritized information is about at least one of the following:

header elements in the section;

larger or bolded text in the section;

labels of a form in the section;

initial text in the section; and

keywords in the section.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

searching the page for a search term; and

including search hit information in the tooltip.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein only one tooltip is shown at a time, and wherein the page is a web page.

11. An electronic device for describing to a user a section of a page, comprising:

a display for displaying the page;

a user input device, for providing a section selection signal indicative of the section of the page;

a processing unit, responsive to the section selection signal, for providing a tooltip signal indicative of content of the section of the page,

wherein the display is responsive to the tooltip signal, and is for displaying the tooltip superimposed on at least part of the page.

12. The electronic device of claim 11,

wherein the user input device is also for providing a section display signal,

wherein the processing unit is also responsive to the section display signal, and is also for providing a zoom signal, and

wherein the display is responsive to the zoom signal, and is for displaying a larger version of the section of the page.

13. The electronic device of claim 11,

wherein the section of the page is one of a plurality of sections respectively having a plurality of tooltips, and

wherein substantially any point in the page corresponds to one and only one of the tooltips.

14. The electronic device of claim 11,

wherein the display is also for visually identifying the section having the content that is described by the tooltip.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the display is for visually identifying the section by enclosing the section within a special border.

16. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the larger version of the section of the page excludes all other sections of the page from being displayed.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the tooltip comprises a textual summary of the section, and

wherein the textual summary contains prioritized information about the section.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the prioritized information is about at least one of the following:

header elements in the section;

larger or bolded text in the section;

labels of a form in the section;

initial text in the section; and

keywords in the section.

19. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the tooltip includes search hit information if the page has been searched for a search term.

20. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein only one tooltip is shown at a time, and wherein the page is a web page.

21. A software product for describing to a user a section of a page on a display, the software product comprising a computer readable medium having executable codes embedded therein;

the codes, when executed, being adapted to carry out the steps of;

receiving a section selection signal indicative of the section of the page; and

showing a tooltip describing content of the section of the page, in response to the section selection signal,

wherein the tooltip is superimposed on at least part of the page.

22. The software product of claim 21,

wherein the tooltip comprises a textual summary of the section, and

wherein the textual summary contains prioritized information about the section.

23. A system for describing a section of a page on a display, comprising:

a mobile device having the display, for providing a section selection signal indicative of the section of the page; and

a base station, responsive to the section selection signal, for providing a tooltip signal indicative of content of the section of the page,

wherein the display is responsive to the tooltip signal, and is for displaying the tooltip superimposed on at least part of the page.

24. The system of claim 23,

wherein the tooltip comprises a textual summary of the section, and

wherein the textual summary contains prioritized information about the section.

25. A network element for describing a section of a page, comprising:

a transceiver, for receiving a section selection signal indicative of the section of the page; and

a processing unit, responsive to the section selection signal, for providing a tooltip signal indicative of content of the section of the page,

wherein the transceiver is also for transmitting the tooltip signal.

26. The network element of claim 25,

wherein the tooltip signal comprises a textual summary of the section, and

wherein the textual summary contains prioritized information about the section.