WEB SITE SECTIONING FOR MOBILE WEB BROWSER USABILITY

• US 20120240063A1
• Filed: 03/18/2011
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Andrade, Rajiv A.S.G. de, Franco, Lucas G., Robbins, Christopher A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,348,939 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A method of displaying web page information. The method includes dividing a web page into sections, displaying on a mobile device having a web browser the web page having the sections, panning to a web page section of interest, and zooming-in to the web page section of interest to enlarge text or images on the web page section of interest while the mobile device browser loads only content for the web page section of interest. The method is performed by one or more computing devices. Also disclosed is a computer program product for displaying web page information.

Claims

1. A method of displaying web page information comprising:

dividing a web page into a plurality of sections;

displaying on a mobile device having a web browser the web page having the plurality of sections; and

responsive to input from a user, zooming-in to a web page section of interest to enlarge text or images on the web page section of interest while the mobile device browser loads only content for the web page section of interest;

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the dividing is performed by the mobile device browser.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the dividing is performed by a web server remote from the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the plurality of sections are thumbnail images.

5. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

providing mobile device web browser information to the web page server;

simulating the web page according to the mobile device web browser information, the simulated web page being divided into The plurality of sections and displayed on the mobile device web browser.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising maintaining the web page section of interest for future viewing on the mobile device web browser.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the maintaining is performed by the mobile device web browser.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the maintaining is performed by the web page server.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the maintaining comprises saving the web page section of interest as a favorites link including a uniform resource locator (URL) for the web page section of interest.

10. A method of displaying web page information comprising:

displaying a web page on a mobile device having a web browser;

dividing a web page into a plurality of sections by the mobile device;

displaying on the mobile device web browser the web page having the plurality of sections;

and

responsive to input from a user, zooming-in to the web page section of interest to enlarge text or images on the web page section of interest while the mobile device browser loads only content for the web page section of interest;

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising maintaining the web page section of interest for future viewing on the mobile device web browser.

12. A method of displaying web page information comprising:

dividing a web page into a plurality of sections by a web server;

displaying on a mobile device having a web browser the web page having the plurality of sections;

and

responsive to input from a user, zooming-in to a web page section of interest to enlarge text or images on the web page section of interest while the mobile device browser loads only content for the web page section of interest;

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the plurality of sections are thumbnail images.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

providing mobile device web browser information to the web server;

simulating the web page by the web server according to the mobile device web browser information, the simulated web page being divided into the plurality of sections and displayed on the mobile device web browser.

15. The method of claim 12 further comprising maintaining the web page section of interest for future viewing on the mobile device web browser.

16. A computer program product for displaying web page information, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to divide a web page into a plurality of sections;

computer readable program code configured to display on a mobile device having a web browser the web page having the plurality of sections;

and

responsive to input from a user, computer readable program code configured to zoom-in to a web page section of interest to enlarge text or images on the web page section of interest while the mobile device browser loads only content for the web page section of interest.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the computer readable program code configured to divide a web page is performed by the mobile device browser.

18. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the computer readable program code configured to divide a web page is performed by a web server remote from the mobile device.

19. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the plurality of sections are thumbnail images.

20. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to provide mobile device web browser information to the web page server;

computer readable program code configured to simulate the web page according to the mobile device web browser information, the simulated web page being divided into the plurality of sections and displayed on the mobile device web browser.