Flash content navigation method, mobile electronic device, and computer-readable medium

• US 8,839,099 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2011
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Chih-Wei, Tseng, Te-Pei
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vaughn, Gregory J
• Application Number:
  US13/012,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20110191669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,330 Days
• Field of Search: 715/200, 715/201, 715/204, 715/243, 715/252
• 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 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: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units

Abstract

A flash content navigation method, a mobile electronic device, and a computer-readable medium are provided, wherein the flash content is embedded in a web page, and a visible area within the web page is predetermined for displaying at least a portion of the flash content. In the method, when receiving a flash navigating signal, a full screen interface is popped up. If a size of the visible area is greater than that of the touch screen, the flash content is scaled down to make the flash content displayed in the visible area fit the size of the touch screen, and the flash content displayed in the visible area is played back by a scaled size. When receiving a flash interacting signal from the touch screen, the flash interacting signal is transmitted to a flash engine to perform an action on the flash content according to the flash interacting signal.

Claims

1. A flash content navigation method, applicable for a mobile electronic device having a touch screen, the method comprising:

presenting a web page by a browser running on the mobile electronic device;

displaying at least a portion of the flash content embedded in the web page in a visible area predetermined within the web page, wherein the flash content is rendered by a flash engine accessed by the browser;

receiving a flash navigating signal;

popping up a full screen interface according to a size of the touch screen;

if a size of the visible area is greater than the size of the touch screen, scaling down the flash content to make the flash content displayed in the visible area fit the size of the touch screen;

playing back the flash content displayed in the visible area on the full screen interface by a scaled size of the flash content;

when receiving a viewpoint moving signal, moving a viewpoint according to the viewpoint moving signal to display different portion of the flash content displayed in the visible area on the full screen interface spatially;

when receiving a scene dragging signal and if an original size of the flash content is greater than the size of the visible area, transmitting the scene dragging signal to the flash engine to drag the flash content according to the scene dragging signal, so as to display different portion of the flash content in the visible area spatially; and

when receiving a flash interacting signal from the touch screen, transmitting the flash interacting signal to the flash engine to perform an action on the flash content according to the flash interacting signal.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flash navigating signal is generated according to a double-tap gesture on the touch screen, wherein the double-tap gesture is performed within the visible area.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, the method further comprises:

if the size of the visible area is smaller than or equal to the size of the touch screen, playing back the flash content displayed in the visible area on the full screen interface by an original size of the flash content.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein after the step of playing back the flash content displayed in the visible area on the full screen interface by the scaled size of the flash content, the method further comprises:

when receiving a resizing signal, resizing the flash content according to the resizing signal; and

when receiving a fit-to-screen signal, resizing the flash content to make the flash content displayed in the visible area fit the size of the touch screen.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the step of resizing the flash content according to the resizing signal comprises:

if the resizing signal is generated according to a double-tap gesture on the touch screen, resizing the flash content to the original size of the flash content, so as to play back a partial of the flash content displayed in the visible area on the full screen interface; and

if the resizing signal is generated according to a pinch gesture on the touch screen, zooming the flash content according to the pinch gesture, so as to play back a partial of the flash content on the full screen interface.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the viewpoint moving signal is generated according to a pan gesture on the touch screen, the scene dragging signal is generated according to a press and pan gesture on the touch screen, and the fit-to-screen signal is generated according to a double-tap gesture on the touch screen.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flash interacting signal is generated according to a pan gesture or a single-tap gesture on the touch screen, and the step of transmitting the flash interacting signal to the flash engine to perform the action on the flash content according to the flash interacting signal comprises:

transmitting the flash interacting signal to the flash engine to invoke the action corresponding to the pan gesture or the single-tap gesture.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

when receiving an exit signal, closing the full screen interface;

presenting the web page by the browser; and

when receiving a signal from the touch screen, transmitting the signal to the browser.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flash content is a Shockwave Flash (SWF) format.

10. A mobile electronic device comprising:

a touch screen;

a flash engine providing module, for providing a flash engine and a flash engine interface;

a web page browsing module, coupled to the touch screen and the flash engine providing module, the web page browsing module comprising;

a browser for receiving and presenting a web page with a flash content on the touch screen, and accessing the flash engine through the flash engine interface to render the flash content, wherein at least a portion of the flash content is displayed on a predetermined visible area within the web page; and

a flash content navigation module, coupled to the touch screen and the flash engine providing module, for popping up a full screen interface according to a size of the touch screen when receiving a flash navigating signal,

wherein if a size of the visible area is greater than the size of the touch screen, the flash content navigation module scales down the flash content to make the flash content displayed in the visible area fit the size of the touch screen, and plays back the flash content displayed in the visible area on the full screen interface by a scaled size of the flash content,

when receiving a viewpoint moving signal, the flash content navigation module moves a viewpoint according to the viewpoint moving signal to display different portion of the flash content displayed in the visible area on the full screen interface spatially,

when receiving a scene dragging signal and if an original size of the flash content is greater than the size of the visible area, the flash content navigation module transmits the scene dragging signal to the flash engine through the flash engine interface to drag the flash content according to the scene dragging signal, so as to display different portion of the flash content in the visible area spatially,

when receiving a flash interacting signal from the touch screen, the flash content navigation module transmits the flash interacting signal to the flash engine through the flash engine interface to perform an action on the flash content according to the flash interacting signal.

11. The mobile electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the flash navigating signal is generated according to a double-tap gesture on the touch screen, wherein the double-tap gesture is performed within the visible area.

12. The mobile electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the flash content navigation module plays back the flash content displayed in the visible area on the full screen interface by an original size of the flash content if the size of the visible area is smaller than or equal to the size of the touch screen.

13. The mobile electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein when receiving a resizing signal, the flash content navigation module resizes the flash content according to the resizing signal, and when receiving a fit-to-screen signal, the flash content navigation module resizes the flash content to make the flash content displayed in the visible area fit the size of the touch screen.

14. The mobile electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein if the resizing signal is generated according to a double-tap gesture on the touch screen, the flash content navigation module resizes the flash content to the original size of the flash content, so as to play back a partial of the flash content displayed in the visible area on the full screen interface, and if the resizing signal is generated according to a pinch gesture on the touch screen, the flash content navigation module zooms the flash content according to the pinch gesture, so as to play back a partial of the flash content on the full screen interface.

15. The mobile electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the viewpoint moving signal is generated according to a pan gesture on the touch screen, the scene dragging signal is generated according to a press and pan gesture on the touch screen, and the fit-to-screen signal is generated according to a double-tap gesture on the touch screen.

16. The mobile electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the flash interacting signal is generated according to a pan gesture or a single-tap gesture on the touch screen, the flash content navigation module transmits the flash interacting signal to the flash engine through the flash engine interface to invoke the action corresponding to the pan gesture or the single-tap gesture.

17. The mobile electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the flash content navigation module closes the full screen interface when receiving an exit signal, and then the web page is presented by the browser.

18. The mobile electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the flash content is a Shockwave Flash (SWF) format.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program, which, when executed in a mobile electronic device having a touch screen, cause the mobile electronic device to perform the operations of:

retrieving a web page with a flash content by a browser running on the mobile electronic device, wherein a visible area within the web page is predetermined for displaying at least a portion of the flash content, and the flash content is rendered by a flash engine accessed by the browser;

receiving a flash navigating signal;

popping up a full screen interface according to a size of the touch screen;

if a size of the visible area is greater than the size of the touch screen, scaling down the flash content to make the flash content displayed in the visible area fit the size of the touch screen;

playing back the flash content displayed in the visible area on the full screen interface by a scaled size of the flash content;

when receiving a viewpoint moving signal, moving a viewpoint according to the viewpoint moving signal to display different portion of the flash content displayed in the visible area on the full screen interface spatially;

when receiving a scene dragging signal and if an original size of the flash content is greater than the size of the visible area, transmitting the scene dragging signal to the flash engine to drag the flash content according to the scene dragging signal, so as to display different portion of the flash content in the visible area spatially; and

when receiving a flash interacting signal from the touch screen, transmitting the flash interacting signal to the flash engine to perform an action on the flash content according to the flash interacting signal.