Document re-authoring systems and methods for providing device-independent access to the world wide web
US6857102B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/221
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An automatic re-authoring system and method re-author a document originally designed for display on a desktop computer screen for display on a smaller display screen, such as those used with a PDA or a cellular telephone. The automatic re-authoring system and method input a document to be re-authored and re-authoring parameters, such as display screen size, default font and the like. The automatic re-authoring system and method convert the document into a number of pages, where each page is fully displayable with only at most a minimal amount of scrolling on the display screen of the PDA or cellular phone. At each stage of the re-authoring, a number of different transformations are applied to the original document or a selected re-authored page. The selected re-authored page is the best page resulting from the previous re-authoring stage. The best page at each stage is determined based on the re-authoring parameters and the content of the document being re-authored.
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