SCALABLE DISPLAY OF INTERNET CONTENT ON MOBILE DEVICES

摘要

Mobile devices enabled to support resolution-independent scalable display of Internet (Web) content to allow Web pages to be scaled (zoomed) and panned for better viewing on smaller screen sizes. The mobile devices employ software-based processing of original Web content, including HTML-based content, XML, cascade style sheets, etc. to generate scalable content. The scalable content and/or data derived therefrom are then employed to enable the Web content to be rapidly rendered, zoomed, and panned. Display lists may also be employed to provide further enhancements in rendering speed. Context zooms, including tap-based zooms on columns, images, and paragraphs are also enabled.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
enabling a user of a mobile device having a touch-sensitive display to request access to a Web page comprising HTML-based Web content defining an original page layout, functionality, and design of content on the Web page; retrieving and processing the HTML-based Web content to produce scalable content; and employing the scalable content and/or data derived therefrom to,
render a view of the Web page on the touch-sensitive display; andre-render the Web page in response to associated user inputs to enable the user to iteratively zoom in and out views of the Web page while preserving an original page layout, functionality, and design defined by the HTML-based Web content as interpreted by a rendering engine, wherein preservation of the functionality defined by the HTML-based Web content includes preservation of hyperlink functionality.