Progress bars showing download progress of objects of a web page and thumbnails indicating where on the web page the objects is going to be displayed

摘要

Methods of receiving and displaying a server page and information thereof in an electronic device, particularly a wireless device operating in a slow communication channel. Data representing portions of a plurality of objects included in the page are initially received. Progress bars individually showing reception progress states of the received objects are generated and displayed. User inputs may be receivable for either canceling reception of a particular object, or allowing reception of an object while automatically canceling reception of other objects. The methods thus speed up the process of receiving desired information, particularly during a slow communication channel.

主权项

1. An electronic device comprising:
a communication unit configured to receive a plurality of objects included in a server page; a display unit to display partial progress bars respectively showing reception progress states of the plurality of objects as they are received, and at least one item identifying each of the plurality of objects; and a controller to:
generate each of the partial progress bars by extracting at least a part of received Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) data describing the plurality of objects and controlling the display unit to display an individual reception state of each of the plurality of objects through the partial progress bars, andcontrol the display unit to display output area icons in at least two partial progress bars, the output area icons each representing a location in the server page where objects corresponding to each of the at least two partial progress bars are to be displayed, wherein the display unit is configured to display reception canceling items within each of the displayed partial progress bars, each reception cancelling item selectable to cancel reception of an associated object of the plurality of objects, the output area icons each comprising a thumbnail image including respective regions representing each of the plurality of objects to be displayed within the server page, and the location is indicated in each of the output area icons by highlighting one of the respective regions of each of the output area icons with a different color.