Modification of windows across multiple displays

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9600595-B2
Application number	US-201313898559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2013
Priority date	May 21, 2013
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

In a method for redrawing a two web page windows that are being moved from a first display screen to a second display screen, an indication is received that each respective web page window is being moved from a first display to a second display. A processor identifies different scaling factors corresponding to uniform resource locators (URLs) of each respective web page window for scaling the web page windows for display on the second display screen. The processor causes the first web page window to be scaled according to the first scaling factor and the second web page window to be scaled according to the second, different scaling factor, wherein each web page window is scaled differently relative to the other on the second display screen than on the first display screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for redrawing a first web page window addressed by a first URL and a second web page window addressed by a second URL, moved from a first display screen to a second display screen, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving an indication that a first web page window and a second web page window are to be opened on a first display screen;
identifying, by one or more processors, from a configuration file:
a first scaling factor corresponding to a first URL of the first web page window and the first display screen; and
a second scaling factor corresponding to a second URL of the second web page window and the first display screen;
displaying, on the first display screen, the first web page window scaled according to the first scaling factor, and the second web page window scaled according to the second scaling factor;
receiving a selection of:
a third scaling factor corresponding to the first URL of the first web page window and a second display screen; and
a fourth scaling factor corresponding to the second URL of the second web page window and the second display screen;
writing, by one or more processors, the third scaling factor and the fourth scaling factor to the configuration file;
receiving an indication that:
the first web page window is being moved from the first display screen to the second display screen; and
the second web page window is being moved from the first display screen to the second display screen;
identifying, by one or more processors, from the configuration file:
the third scaling factor corresponding to the first URL of the first web page window and the second display screen; and
the fourth scaling factor corresponding to the second URL of the second web page window and the second display screen; and
displaying, on the second display screen, (a) the first web page window scaled according to the third scaling factor and (b) the second web page window scaled according to the fourth scaling factor, wherein a ratio between the first scaling factor and the second scaling factor is different than a ratio between the third scaling factor and the fourth scaling factor.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scaling factor is a setting for font size for text within a window.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scaling factor is a setting for scope of content within a window.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of:
determining, by one or more processors, that at least a portion of the first web page window will overlap at least a portion of the second web page window or another web page window on the second display screen based on the third and fourth scaling factors for the first and second web page windows, respectively, without repositioning the first, second or other web page windows, and in response, repositioning at least one of the first, second or other web page windows on the second display screen to reduce or avoid the overlap.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:
receiving window content information of the first web page window; and
receiving display properties of the second display, wherein the display properties of the second display include the identity of the second display.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third scaling factor and the fourth scaling factor are selected prior to receiving the content of the first web page window or the content of the second web page window.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an indication that a third web page window is being moved from the first display screen to the second display screen;
identifying, by one or more processors, a fifth scaling factor based on a compiled list of display settings most regularly selected by a plurality of users; and
displaying, on the second display, the third web page window scaled according to the fifth scaling factor.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second display screen is a projection generated by a projector, further comprising:
prompting, by one or more processors, for a physical size of the second display screen; and
receiving the physical size of the second display screen.

9. A computer program product for redrawing a first web page window addressed by a first URL and a second web page window addressed by a second URL, moved from a first display screen to a second display screen, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer-readable storage devices and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage devices, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to receive an indication that a first web page window and a second web page window are to be opened on a first display screen;
program instructions to identify, from a configuration file:
a first scaling factor corresponding to a first URL of the first web page window and the first display screen; and
a second scaling factor corresponding to a second URL of the second web page window and the first display screen;
program instructions to display, on the first display screen, the first web page window scaled according to the first scaling factor, and the second web page window scaled according to the second scaling factor;
program instructions to receive a selection of:
a third scaling factor corresponding to the first URL of the first web page window and a second display screen; and
a fourth scaling factor corresponding to the second URL of the second web page window and the second display screen;

program instructions to write the third scaling factor and the fourth scaling factor to the configuration file;
program instructions to receive an indication that:
the first web page window is being moved from the first display screen to the second display screen; and
the second web page window is being moved from the first display screen to the second display screen;

program instructions to identify from the configuration file:
the third scaling factor corresponding to the first URL of the first web page window and the second display screen; and
the fourth scaling factor corresponding to the second URL of the second web page window and the second display screen; and
program instructions to display, on the second display screen, (a) the first web page window scaled according to the third scaling factor and (b) the second web page window scaled according to the fourth scaling factor, wherein a ratio between the first scaling factor and the second scaling factor is different than a ratio between the third scaling factor and the fourth scaling factor.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the scaling factor is a setting for font size for text within the first window displaying the web page.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the scaling factor is a setting for scope of content within a window.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising:
program instructions, stored on the one or more computer-readable storage devices, to determine that at least a portion of the first web page window will overlap at least a portion of the second web page window or another web page window on the second display screen based on the third and fourth scaling factors for the first and second web page windows, respectively, without repositioning the first, second, or other web page windows; and
program instructions, stored on the one or more computer-readable storage devices, to reposition at least one of the first, second or other web page windows on the second display screen to reduce or avoid the overlap.

13. The computer program product of claim 9 , fur

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Deluca Lisa Seacat
• Price Dana L
• Smith-Eigenbrode Shelbee D

Classifications

• G09G2340/14

  Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed · CPC title

• G09G2340/04

  Changes in size, position or resolution of an image · CPC title

• G06F16/9577 Primary

  Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents · CPC title

• G06F40/103

  Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents (automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191) · CPC title

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title