Hand-held browser transcoding
US7843437B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 14, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2370/24
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hand-held computer device with integral web page transcoding. A processor, forming a part of the handheld computer has a display coupled to the processor forming a part of the handheld computer, with the display having limited resolution of M×N pixels. A browser program running on the processor facilitates retrieving and viewing of a web page having size greater than M×N on the display. This is accomplished in a browser having an associated browser plug-in that transcodes the web page to a format adapted to the display. The transcoding is carried out by, among other things, generating a menu of frames from the web page to permit a user to select a desired frame for display by selecting frame titles as menu selections and compressing an image to a size suitable for display on the M×N resolution display.
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