Patent ID: 7512876
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of laying out contents targeted for a first device having a first screen size on a screen of a second device having a second screen size smaller than the first screen size, comprising: analyzing a table defined by a tag <table> in the contents to determine a table width of the table in accordance with a predetermined criterion; and performing in response to a result of said analyzing step one of layout operations of: wherein the predetermined criterion includes a first criterion that whether or not a condition: wherein the predetermined criterion further includes a second criterion that a number of carriage returns of characters in at least one of cells of a row of the table is greater than a certain value when the cells of the row of the table are minimized, wherein when the first criterion is not satisfied, the operation of (p1) is performed, wherein when the first criterion is satisfied, the operation (p2) is performed, and wherein when the second criterion is satisfied, the operation (p2) is performed even if the first criterion is not satisfied.