Patent ID: 8185826
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for rendering a view of a document with supplemental information, the computer-implemented method comprising performing via at least one processor: rendering a first view of the document such that document content fills a canvas comprising an entire viewing window of a display; receiving a request to view a supplemental information area associated with the document; in response to receiving the request, fluidly zooming out of the first view to render a second view in which the document content visible in the first view is rendered in a reduced size on the canvas such that the document content visible in the first view does not fill the canvas and such that the supplemental information area is displayed on a portion of the canvas not occupied by the document content in the second view, wherein the supplemental information area is empty when the second view is rendered, and wherein fluidly zooming comprises receiving supplemental information associated with the document after rendering the second view; and rendering the received supplemental information in the supplemental information area after rendering the second view.