APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY DISPLAYING WEB CONTENTS

• US 20100115398A1
• Filed: 10/29/2009
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: YI, June-Bae
• Granted Patent: US 8,286,078 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A method for displaying web content on a mobile communication terminal is provided. When a touch input is received from a user for web content displayed on the mobile communication terminal having a touch screen, a process for selecting an area to be enlarged at a position where the touch input is generated and overlapping, enlarging, and displaying the selected area on the entire screen is performed. When the selected area is enlarged, rendering performance can be improved and a dynamic view can be provided to the user.

Claims

1. A method for displaying web content on a mobile communication terminal having a touch screen, comprising:

determining whether a touch input on a web content screen is received;

selecting an area to be enlarged according to a position where the touch input is generated;

determining an enlargement scheme for the selected area; and

enlarging and displaying the selected area at a predefined ratio by overlapping the selected area on the web content screen on the basis of the set scheme.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the enlargement scheme includes determining whether active context exists within the selected area.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the enlarging and displaying step includes:

creating a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document for the selected area when the active context exists;

generating a new window layer on the web content screen; and

rendering the created HTML document on the generated window layer.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the enlarging and displaying step includes:

generating a snapshot image for the selected area when no active context exists;

generating a new window layer on the web content screen; and

rendering the generated snapshot image on the generated window layer.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the area to be enlarged is based on a tag unit in a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document for the web content screen.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the web content screen is divided into one or more areas selectable by a user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the selected area includes one of a position where the touch input is generated or a position closest to the position where the touch input is generated among the areas.

8. A mobile communication terminal having a touch screen for displaying web contents, comprising:

a mobile browser engine for controlling an operation for selecting an area to be enlarged according to a position where a touch input is generated when the touch input on a web content screen is received, determining an enlargement scheme for the selected area, and enlarging and displaying the selected area at a predefined ratio by overlapping the selected area on the web content screen on the basis of the determined scheme; and

a display for enlarging and displaying the selected area.

9. The mobile communication terminal of claim 8, wherein the mobile browser engine determines whether active context exists within the selected area, creates a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document for the selected area when the active context exists, generates a new window layer on the web content screen, and renders the created HTML document on the generated window layer to enlarge and display the selected area.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 8, wherein the mobile browser engine determines whether active context exists within the selected area, generates a snapshot image for the selected area when no active context exists, generates a new window layer on the web content screen, and renders the generated snapshot image on the generated window layer to enlarge and display the selected area.

11. The mobile communication terminal of claim 8, wherein the area to be enlarged is selected on the basis of a tag unit in a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document for the web content screen.