System and method for extracting content from a data item to separately display portions of such data

• US 8,970,500 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2010
• Issued: 03/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Martin-Cocher, Gaelle Christine, Ferrazzini, Axel D., Chitturi, Suresh
• Primary Examiner(s): DINH, DUC Q
• Application Number:
  US12/713,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20110210907A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,831 Days
• Field of Search: 345 11- 13, 345 21- 23, 345/169, 345/173, 345/156
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/165 the additional display being small, e.g. for presenting status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A system and method are provided for extracting a portion of content from a data item and separately displaying such content on a secondary display screen such as an interactive display (e.g. touch-sensitive or clickable display) that enables interactive content portions to be extracted from the data item and provided separately from the remaining content to both free up space on a primary display screen and maintain visibility of the interactive content, while permitting navigation within the remaining content. Such extraction of content is particularly advantageous for separating logos (e.g. those used for brand recognition (passive), those providing home page links (active), etc.), advertising, and M-commerce (e.g. “buy now” or “add to cart” buttons). By using interactive secondary displays, the extracted content item can target interactive content portions that allow easy access to features without having to navigate within the main content each time.

Claims

1. A method of displaying content on a mobile device, the method comprising:

obtaining a data item, the data item comprising two or more content portions, the two or more content portions including an interactive content portion associated with meta data or a tag which indicates where in the data item the interactive content portion can be found for automatic extraction, the interactive content portion configured to, when selected via an input mechanism of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to execute one or more commands associated with the interactive content portion, wherein all the content portions of the data item are configured to be displayed together;

automatically extracting the interactive content portion from the data item using the meta data or the tag in the data item, thereby providing remaining content from the data item;

displaying the remaining content of the data item, without the interactive content portion, on a primary display device of the mobile device;

displaying the interactive content portion, without the remaining content of the data item, on an interactive secondary display device of the mobile device;

after detecting interaction with the interactive content portion available at the interactive secondary display device, executing the one or more commands associated with the interactive content portion; and

updating at least one of the primary and the interactive secondary display devices with new content in response to the interaction with the interactive content portion available at the interactive secondary display device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising analyzing the data item upon receipt thereof to determine the interactive content portion to be displayed on the interactive secondary display device.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the interactive content portion is any one of a logo, a banner advertisement, and a telephone number providing a link to a phone application, and a communication identifier providing a link to a communication application.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data item has been pre-configured by a content provider to delineate the data item into primary content corresponding to the remaining content and secondary content corresponding to the interactive content portion, wherein the extracting the content portion comprises separating the secondary content from the primary content, and wherein displaying the interactive content portion comprises executing an application programming interface call from a content provider application to utilize the interactive secondary display.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the interactive content portion is a telephone number and after detecting interaction with the telephone number on the interactive secondary display device, updating the primary display device to show a phone application configured to dial the telephone number.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the interactive content portion is an advertisement and after detecting interaction with the advertisement on the interactive secondary display device, updating the primary display device to show the new content related to the advertisement.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the interactive content portion is a communication identifier and after detecting interaction with the advertisement on the interactive secondary display device, updating the primary display device to show a messaging application associated with the communication identifier.

8. The method according to claim 1, after extracting the interactive content portion, further comprising reconfiguring the remaining content of the data item for display on the primary display device.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the remaining content of the data item comprises an image and the method further comprises, after extracting the interactive content portion, enlarging the image for display on the primary display device.

10. A mobile device comprising a primary display device, an interactive secondary display device, a processor, one or more input mechanisms and a memory, the memory comprising computer executable instructions for:

obtaining a data item, the data item comprising two or more content portions, the two or more content portions including an interactive content portion associated with meta data or a tag which indicates where in the data item the interactive content portion can be found for automatic extraction, the interactive content portion configured to, when selected via one of the one or more input mechanisms, cause the processor to execute one or more commands associated with the interactive content portion;

automatically extracting the interactive content portion from the data item using the meta data or the tag in the data item, thereby providing remaining content from the data item;

displaying the remaining content of the data item, without the interactive content portion, on the primary display device;

displaying the interactive content portion, without the remaining content of the data item, on the interactive secondary display device;

after detecting interaction with the interactive content portion available at the interactive secondary display device, executing the one or more commands associated with the interactive content portion; and

updating at least one of the primary and the interactive secondary display devices with new content in response to the interaction with the interactive content portion available at the interactive secondary display device.

11. The mobile device according to claim 10, further comprising instructions for analyzing the data item upon receipt thereof to determine the interactive content portions to be displayed on the interactive secondary display device.

12. The mobile device according to claim 11, wherein the content portion is any one of a logo, a banner advertisement, and a telephone number providing a link to a phone application.

13. The mobile device according to claim 10, wherein the data item has been pre-configured by a content provider to delineate the data item into primary content corresponding to the remaining content and secondary content corresponding to the interactive content portion, wherein the extracting the interactive content portion comprises separating the secondary content from the primary content, and wherein displaying the interactive content portion comprises executing an application programming interface call from a content provider application to utilize the interactive secondary display.

14. The mobile device according to claim 10 wherein the interactive content portion is a telephone number and the computer executable instructions further comprise:

after detecting interaction with the telephone number on the interactive secondary display device, updating the primary display device to show a phone application configured to dial the telephone number.

15. The mobile device according to claim 10 wherein the interactive content portion is an advertisement and the computer executable instructions further comprise:

after detecting interaction with the advertisement on the interactive secondary display device, updating the primary display device to show the new content related to the advertisement.

16. The mobile device according to claim 10 wherein the interactive content portion is a communication identifier and the computer executable instructions further comprise:

after detecting interaction with the advertisement on the interactive secondary display device, updating the primary display device to show a messaging application associated with the communication identifier.

17. The mobile device according to claim 10 wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise:

after extracting the interactive content portion, reconfiguring the remaining content of the data item for display on the primary display device.

18. The mobile device according to claim 10 wherein the remaining content of the data item comprises an image and the computer executable instructions further comprise:

after extracting the interactive content portion, enlarging the image for display on the primary display device.

19. A method of providing data items to mobile devices, the method comprising:

a server device obtaining a data item, the data item comprising at least one interactive content portion associated with meta data or a tag which indicates where in the data item the interactive content portion can be found for automatic extraction, the interactive content portion configured to, when selected via an input mechanism on a mobile device, cause the mobile device to execute one or more commands associated with the interactive content portion;

the server device analyzing the data item, using the metadata or the tag in the data item, to determine a desired interactive content portion to be extracted;

the server device generating a modified data item delineating extracted content corresponding to the desired interactive content portion from remaining content from the data item; and

the server device providing the modified data item to one or more mobile devices each comprising a primary display device and an interactive secondary display device;

wherein the modified data item is configured to be processed to display the remaining content on the primary display device of the respective mobile device and to display the desired interactive content portion on the interactive secondary display device of the mobile device without the remaining content of the data item, such that after detecting selection of the desired interactive content portion via the interactive secondary display device, the one or more commands associated with the desired interactive content portion are executed and are configured to update at least one of the primary display device and the interactive secondary display device with new content.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the content portion is any one of a logo, a banner advertisement, and a telephone number providing a link to a phone application.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the data item has been pre-configured by a content provider to delineate the data item into primary content corresponding to the remaining content and secondary content corresponding to the content portion, wherein the extracting the content portion comprises separating the secondary content from the primary content.

22. The method according to claim 19, wherein the content portion comprises a communication identifier providing a link to a communication application.

23. A server device comprising a processor configured for analyzing content in data items for providing the data items to mobile devices, the server device further comprising a memory comprising computer executable instructions for causing the processor to:

obtain a data item, the data item comprising at least one interactive content portion associated with meta data or a tag which indicates where in the data item the interactive content portion can be found for automatic extraction, the interactive content portion configured to, when selected via an input mechanism on a mobile device, cause the mobile device to execute one or more commands associated with the content portion;

analyze the data item, using the metadata or the tag in the data item, to determine a desired interactive content portion to be extracted;

generate a modified data item delineating extracted content corresponding to the desired interactive content portion from remaining content from the data item; and

provide the modified data item to one or more mobile devices each comprising a primary display device and an interactive secondary display device;

wherein the modified data item is configured to be processed to display the remaining content on the primary display device of the respective mobile device and to display the desired interactive content portion on the interactive secondary display device of the mobile device without the remaining content of the data item, such that after detecting selection of the desired interactive content portion via the interactive secondary display device, the one or more commands associated with the desired interactive content portion are executed and are configured to update at least one of the primary display device and the interactive secondary display device with new content.

24. The server device according to claim 23, wherein the content portion is any one of a logo, a banner advertisement, and a telephone number providing a link to a phone application.

25. The server device according to claim 23, wherein the data item has been pre-configured by a content provider to delineate the data item into primary content corresponding to the remaining content and secondary content corresponding to the content portion, wherein the extracting the content portion comprises separating the secondary content from the primary content.

26. The server device according to claim 23, wherein the content portion comprises a communication identifier providing a link to a communication application.