Patent ID: 8832588
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a computing device, input indicating a user preference for magnification of content displayed at a first time in a user interface of the computing device; identifying content displayed in the user interface that corresponds to the preference and designating the content as selected content; identifying, based on the selected content and independent of proximity to the selected content in the user interface, a row heading element and a column heading element that are determined to provide context to the selected content, wherein the row heading element and the column heading element are not adjacent to the selected content in the user interface at the first time; and displaying, at a later second time, a magnification area on the user interface of the computing device that includes a combination and arrangement of content comprising: the selected content and the row heading element and the column heading element, wherein the row heading element and the column heading element are displayed in the magnification area with the same format and the same orientation relative to the selected content as the row heading element and the column heading element are displayed at the first time in the user interface, wherein display sizes of the selected content and the row heading element and the column heading element are increased within the magnification area, and wherein the combination and arrangement of content displayed in the magnification area are different from all contiguous areas of content that were displayed in the user interface at the first time.