Patent ID: 9189129
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of magnifying an array of information elements having a plurality of sizes on a display, the method comprising: displaying a first plurality of information elements on the display with a first original size thereof, at least some of the plurality of information elements being surrounded by a margin thereof, the first plurality of information elements being juxtaposed in a substantially rectilinear arrangement along a first axis thereof, the information elements being disposed on the first axis on a basis of a common attribute, displaying a second plurality of information elements on the display with a second original size thereof, at least some of the plurality of information elements being surrounded by a margin thereof, the second plurality of information elements being juxtaposed in a substantially rectilinear arrangement along a second axis thereof, the information elements being disposed on the second axis on a basis of a common attribute; modifying the first original size of the first plurality of information elements and the second original size of the second plurality of information elements, modification of the first plurality of information elements and the second original size of the second plurality of information elements comprising assembling at least a portion of the margin with respective information elements to characterize standardized objects; applying a ratio to modify sizes of the standardized objects; and extracting the margin from the modified standardized object to determine a first modified size of the first plurality of information elements and a second modified size of the second plurality of information elements, wherein the first plurality of information elements and the second plurality of information elements are adapted to remain at a substantially constant relative rectilinear arrangement thereof before modifying the first original size of the first plurality of information elements and the second original size of the second plurality of information elements and after modifying the first original size of the first plurality of information elements and the second original size of the second plurality of information elements, whereby the relative rectilinear arrangement of the first plurality of information elements along the first axis thereof and the rectilinear arrangement of the second plurality of information elements along the second axis thereof remain substantially the same to prevent confusion of the user in regard to the respective axial locations of the displayed information elements.