Reformatting a first single-column markup document into a multi-column document, and formatting second markup document in the background, while displaying the first reformatted document
US6374273B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9577
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optimized HTML (HyperText Markup Language) viewer formats documents and other information into a convenient, newspaper-like, multi-column format. The viewer can display one or many documents simultaneously, wherein a new document can be appended to the end of a currently displayed document. A multiple-column document can be scrolled by whole columns, images in documents are scaled as necessary, and tables are intelligently broken across multiple columns at row boundaries.
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