Patent ID: 8707159
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method for translating tabular data from a tabular format to a non-tabular format, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising: identifying a document that is to be provided to a computing device, the document including first tabular data and second tabular data that are each in the tabular format; performing heuristic analysis on the first tabular data and the second tabular data to select one of the first tabular data or the second tabular data for conversion from the tabular format to the non-tabular format, while preserving the other of the unselected tabular data in the tabular format based on (i) a plurality of characteristics of the first tabular data and the second tabular data, the plurality of characteristics including an overall width of the first tabular data or the second tabular data and a width of one or more data items provided in the first tabular data or the second tabular data, and (ii) a first width threshold and a second width threshold each associated with a display of the computing device, the second width threshold being smaller than the first width threshold; performing a conversion of the document by converting the selected one of the first tabular data or the second tabular data based on the heuristic analysis; and providing, for display on the computing device, the converted document with the selected one of the first tabular data or the second tabular data in the non-tabular format and the other of the unselected tabular data in the tabular format.