Web page zoom feature

• US 7,487,447 B1
• Filed: 05/25/2005
• Issued: 02/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Jerger, John J.
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, CONG LAC T
• Application Number:
  US11/138,743
• Time in Patent Office: 1,350 Days
• Field of Search: 715/200, 715/252, 715/273
• US Class Current: 715/252
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, related to a cross-browser compliant web page zoom feature. A method includes receiving a web page with machine-readable instructions and a zoom factor for the web page; processing a document object model representation of the web page in accordance with the machine-readable instructions; and displaying the web page in a web browser according to the document object model representation. In that method, the processing includes modifying parameters pertaining to content in accordance with the zoom factor, if one or more scalable content parameters exist in the document object model representation, and modifying parameters pertaining to layout in accordance with the zoom factor, if one or more scalable layout parameters exist in the document object model representation.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a document, the method comprising:

receiving input comprising;

a web page comprising machine-readable instructions, and

a zoom factor for the web page;

processing a document object model representation of the web page in accordance with the machine-readable instructions, wherein at least one scalable content parameter or at least one scalable layout parameter exists in the document object model, and wherein the processing comprises;

if one or more scalable content parameters exist in the document object model representation, modifying parameters pertaining to content in accordance with the zoom factor; and

if one or more scalable layout parameters exist in the document object model representation, modifying parameters pertaining to layout in accordance with the zoom factor; and

displaying the web page in a web browser according to the document object model representation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the document object model representation is accessible through a document object model that complies with a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model standard.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the machine-readable instructions are cross-browser compliant such that the machine-readable instructions are supported by a plurality of types of web browsers.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the cross-browser compliant instructions comprise JavaScript code.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing the document object model representation comprises traversing the document object model representation.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the web page comprises code for presenting a user interface through which a user can select a zoom level corresponding to the zoom factor.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameters pertaining to content comprise parameters pertaining to fonts, images, or both.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameters pertaining to layout of the web page comprise one or more of parameters pertaining to margins, borders, padding, or position of objects.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameters pertaining to content comprise parameters pertaining to fonts and images, and the parameters pertaining to layout comprise parameters pertaining to margins, borders, padding, and position of objects.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the parameters pertaining to content and layout comprises proportionally scaling parameters of the document object model representation.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the parameters pertaining to content and layout comprise modifying the parameters pertaining to content and layout for a portion of the web page such that only a portion of the web page is resized.

12. A computer storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, the computer program comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

process a document object model (DOM) representation of web page, wherein the instructions operable to process the DOM representation comprise instructions operable to;

if one or more scalable content parameters exist in the DOM representation, modify parameters pertaining to content in accordance with a zoom factor such that a modified DOM representation is displayed to a user; and

if one or more scalable layout parameters exist in the DOM representation, modify parameters pertaining to layout in accordance with the zoom factor such that a modified DOM representation is displayed to a user.

13. The computer storage medium of claim 12, wherein the computer program comprises instructions that are cross-browser compliant such that the instructions are supported by a plurality of types of web browsers.

14. The computer storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions to modify the parameters pertaining to content modify parameters pertaining to fonts and images, and the instructions to modify the parameters pertaining to layout modify parameters pertaining to margins, borders, padding, and position of objects.

15. The computer storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions to modify the parameters pertaining to content and layout comprise instructions to scale proportionally the parameters pertaining to content and layout.

16. The computer storage medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions to cause the data processing apparatus to embed in the web page the instructions to process a DOM.

17. The computer storage medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions to cause the data processing apparatus to receive a selected zoom factor for a web page.

18. A computer storage medium comprising a first computer program encoded on the computer storage medium, the first computer program comprising:

cross-browser compliant code for instructing a web browser to;

include, in a web page, a user interface means for selecting a zoom level corresponding to a zoom factor; and

proportionately scale padding, borders, margins, position of objects, images, and text of the web page in accordance with a selected zoom factor.

19. The computer storage medium of claim 18, further comprising a second computer program encoded on the computer storage medium, for embedding the cross-browser compliant code means into the web page.

20. A computer storage medium having a first web page stored on the computer storage medium, the first web page comprising:

content;

first instructions specifying a layout for the content;

second instructions operable to;

process a document object model (DOM) representation of the first web page, wherein the second instructions comprise processing instructions to;

if one or more scalable content parameters exist in the DOM representation, modify parameters pertaining to content in accordance with a zoom factor such that a modified DOM representation is displayed to a user; and

if one or more scalable layout parameters exist in the DOM representation, modify parameters pertaining to layout in accordance with the zoom factor such that a modified DOM representation is displayed to a user; and

third instructions operable to display within the first web page a mechanism a user can invoke to execute the second instructions.

21. The computer storage medium of claim 20, wherein the second instructions are cross-browser compliant such that the second instructions are supported by a plurality of types of web browsers.

22. A computer storage medium having a computer program stored on the computer storage medium, the computer program comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

generate a web page;

insert, into the web page, code operable to scale parameters pertaining to content and layout of the web page; and

insert, into the web page, a mechanism that can be invoked by a user to execute the code operable to scale parameters pertaining to content and layout of the web page.

23. The computer storage medium of claim 22, wherein the code operable to scale parameters pertaining to content and layout of the web page is cross-browser compliant such that the code is supported by a plurality of types of web browsers.

24. A system comprising:

one or more computers programmed to perform operations comprising;

generating a first web page, the first web page including;

content;

first instructions specifying a layout for the content;

second instructions operable to;

process a document object model (DOM) representation of the first web page, wherein the second instructions comprise processing instructions to;

if one or more scalable content parameters exist in the DOM representation, modify parameters pertaining to content in accordance with a zoom factor such that a modified DOM representation is displayed to a user; and

if one or more scalable layout parameters exist in the DOM representation, modify parameters pertaining to layout in accordance with the zoom factor such that a modified DOM representation is displayed to a user; and

third instructions operable to display within the first web page a mechanism a user can invoke to execute the second instructions; and

sending the generated web page to a client device.

25. A system comprising:

one or more computers programmed to perform operations comprising;

generating a web page;

inserting, into the web page, code operable to scale parameters pertaining to content and layout of the web page;

inserting, into the web page, a mechanism that can be invoked by a user to execute the code operable to scale parameters pertaining to content and layout of the web page; and

sending the generated web page to a client device.