Patent ID: 8166390
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying one or more elements on a page, comprising: receiving a request to display a particular page on a particular target output device; retrieving a rendering specification value for an attribute of a first element in the particular page, the rendering specification value retrieved from a settings file for the particular page, the settings file comprising a name tag specifying the first element and a value tag specifying the rendering specification value, the rendering specification value comprising one or more of: determining whether the retrieved rendering specification value for the first element is relative or absolute; determining if the rendering specification value is valid based on whether the particular page comprises a maximum allowable value for the first element that is smaller than the rendering specification value; determining a rendering specification for the attribute corresponding to the rendering specification value, comprising: providing an output, based on the rendering specification, for displaying the first element on the particular page on the particular target output device.