Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Jay Franklin McLain

Andrew Dadi

Peter Vale

Steven Alfred Isaac

Aaron Samuel Filner

Eric George Jakstadt

Michael H Tuchen

Sabina Nawaz

Wei-Ying Ma

Zeke Koch

A system and method for small computing devices that present a thumbnail image of content such as a web page, allows a viewer to select a region, and zooms in on the selected region in a way that reduces scrolling and helps users to understand the content they are reading. The page is scaled such that a user need only scroll in one dimension to see the content, and is divided into regions. Regions may be arranged as cells of a grid, or arranged by logically-related content. A user navigates among the regions as desired, selects a region from the thumbnail view, and obtains an expanded version of that region. In the expanded view, the region is ordinarily scaled so that the user scrolls in only one dimension to view the content of the region. Browser 'Back' commands are supported, as are frames.

Method and system for improved viewing and navigation of content

A system and method for scaling images to fit a screen on a mobile device. The images are scaled according to a non-linear scale factor to increase usability of the images. The larger images are scaled more aggressively than the smaller images according to the non-linear scale factor such that the images are viewed at a maximum size while fitting the images within the screen width.

System and method for scaling images to fit a screen on a mobile device according to a non-linear scale factor

A system and method is included for scaling blocks of data according to an optimal width to increase usability of the data when scaling the blocks of data to fit a screen on a mobile device. The optimal width provides a minimum width to which the block of data may be scaled, such that scaling the block of data to a level where usability of the data is compromised is avoided.

System and method for scaling data according to an optimal width for display on a mobile device

A system and method for small computing devices that present a single column of content such as a web page such that a user need only scroll vertically to see the content. A parser converts HTML to CSS as necessary, and a single column style sheet modifies content for a more-optimized viewing experience. To this end, tables and tables cells are rendered as blocks, with no padding/border/margins and any explicit widths and heights changed to automatic. Other table elements are rendered as block level elements, and horizontal margins are eliminated or re-enabled on some elements in a reduced manner. Spacer images are removed, as well as cell background images and small images. Content such as text is wrapped, and images are resized as necessary based on the screen display width. The result is a single content column that facilitates viewing and scrolling in only one direction.

Single column layout for content pages

The present invention is directed to a system and method for block scaling data in order to fit the data to a screen on a mobile device such that 'horizontal scrolling' is minimized. The method of block scaling recursively fits blocks within other blocks within further blocks to dynamically optimize the content for a smaller screen. The block scaling is based upon a minimum width for each block depending on the type of data included in each block. The blocks are scaled to the available screen size unless the minimum width for any given block is larger than the screen of the mobile device. When the minimum width is wider than the screen, the data defaults to the minimum width in order to preserve the integrity of the data.

System and method for block scaling data to fit a screen on a mobile device

A method and system for transferring offline browsing content information of a wide area network from a host computer to a mobile device includes connecting the mobile device to the host computer and obtaining characteristic information of the mobile device pertaining to at least one of hardware and software capabilities of the mobile device. The content information is transferred from the host computer to the mobile device as a function of the characteristic information.

Offline viewing of internet content with a mobile device

A system and method for dynamically displaying data items on a client computer. In one aspect of the invention, the client computer displays a graphical user interface having a windowing environment and a desktop. The desktop includes a ticker display pane for dynamically displaying the data items. The data items may contain hyperlinks so that a user has access to information on multiple server computers. The data items are displayed in a substantially continuous sequence and may be provided from Internet servers, Intranet servers, LAN servers, and/or the client computer itself.

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Woodinville, WA, United States of America

Jay Franklin McLain