Patent ID: 8624928
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computerized method of magnifying a webpage displayed on a touch screen of an electronic device, the method comprising: defining a magnification instruction that allows for magnification of content of the webpage on the touch screen, and trigger instructions for magnification modes of the webpage, the magnification mode comprising an automatic mode and a manual mode; dividing the webpage into “N*M” sections in the automatic mode, “N” representing a number of horizontal sections of the webpage, and “M” representing a number of vertical sections of the webpage; detecting an input instruction according to user input; confirming a selected magnification mode according to detection of the trigger instruction by the electronic device, upon the condition that the electronic device has detected the magnification instruction; confirming a target area on the webpage to be magnified on the touch screen by dividing the webpage into the “N*M” sections according to a resolution “A*B” of the touch screen, “A” representing horizontal pixels of the resolution, “B” representing vertical pixels of the resolution; recording a trigger range for each of the sections according to ranges of the horizontal pixels and the vertical pixels on the touch screen of each section; confirming a selected section according to receiving an X coordinate value and a Y coordinate value of a touch point long pressed on the touch screen and the trigger range for each of the sections, confirming the selected section to be the target area, if the selected magnification mode is the automatic mode; or confirming the target area by recording successive coordinate values comprising X coordinate values and Y coordinate values of the touch screen according to a closed path drawn on the touch screen; displaying pixels on the touch screen that correspond to the successive coordinate values with a predetermined color; confirming a rectangular area according to a minimum value of X coordinate values, a maximum value of X coordinate values, a minimum value of Y coordinate values, and a maximum value of Y coordinate values from the recorded successive coordinate values, and confirming the rectangular area to be the target area, if the selected magnification mode is the manual mode; magnifying content of the target area by displaying content of the target area on a full screen of the touch screen.