Patent ID: 7502867
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method implemented by a computing device for selectively displaying an additional content in a Web page based on an available display area, wherein a primary content is unconditionally displayed in the Web page, but the additional content, which does not employ a hyperlink to display the information it conveys, is only displayed with the primary content depending upon whether predefined criteria are met, comprising the steps of: (a) automatically detecting dimensions of the available display area; (b) automatically determining whether information directly conveyed by the additional content and by the primary content can be fully displayed in a single Web page in the available display area without requiring access of another Web page, without requiring scrolling in more than one direction, and without requiring a modification of either the primary or the additional content that results in either the primary or the additional content being perceived in less than its entirety on the single Web page, said additional content not being necessarily related to the primary content; and if so, (c) displaying both the additional content and the primary content on the single Web page; else (d) displaying only the primary content on the single Web page, wherein the available display area comprises an area defined by a browser window produced by a browser program; and wherein the step of detecting the dimensions of the available display area includes the steps of: