Patent Publication Number: US-8970500-B2

Title: System and method for extracting content from a data item to separately display portions of such data

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The following relates to systems and methods for extracting content from a data item to separately display portions of such data. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Some computing devices, such as portable mobile devices (e.g. hand-held smart phones), face the competing objectives of trying to maximize screen size and maintaining portability. Regardless of which objective is favored in any given device, typically the display screen is relatively small when compared to desktop or otherwise less portable computing devices. 
     In many cases, relatively small, typically hand-held computing devices having network access, can be used to view the same or similar data and content that would be viewed on a much larger screen, for example, a desktop computer. Such data and content may include items such as logos, advertisements, etc. that consume are large portion of the screen size and can be mixed in with other content, but are not necessarily central to the content being viewed. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Embodiments will now be described by way of example only with reference to the appended drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram illustrating the extraction of a portion of content from a data item to separately display the content portion on a secondary display of a computing device; 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram of an example embodiment of a mobile device; 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram of an example embodiment of a communication subsystem component of the mobile device of  FIG. 3 ; 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic diagram illustrating data item content adaptation on a server prior to delivery to a mobile device; 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram illustrating data item content adaptation on a mobile device; 
         FIG. 6  is a schematic diagram illustrating application programming interface (API) based data item content separation on a mobile device; 
         FIGS. 7A to 7C  illustrate example mobile device configurations for providing primary and secondary displays; 
         FIG. 8A  illustrates a mobile device comprising a single display which displays a banner advertisement with message content; 
         FIGS. 8B and 8C  illustrate example mobile device configurations providing primary and secondary displays, wherein the banner advertisement of  FIG. 11A  is displayed on the respective secondary display and the message content of  FIG. 11A  is displayed on the respective primary display; 
         FIGS. 9A and 9B  illustrate a comparison of the presentation of a logo and lines of content between a mobile device comprising a single display and a mobile device configuration comprising primary and secondary displays; 
         FIGS. 10A and 10B  illustrate a comparison of the presentation of a Buy Now option and other content between a mobile device comprising a single display and a mobile device configuration comprising primary and secondary displays; 
         FIG. 10C  illustrates an example screen shot of a purchase page loaded in response to selection of a Buy Now button displayed on the secondary display in  FIG. 10B ; 
         FIG. 11A  illustrates an example mobile device configuration providing primary and secondary displays wherein an email message is displayed on the primary display and a telephone number is extracted from the email message and displayed on the secondary display; 
         FIG. 11B  illustrates an example screen shot of a phone application loaded in response to selection of a telephone number displayed on the secondary display in  FIG. 11A ; 
         FIG. 12  is a flow chart comprising an example set of computer executable instructions for extracting content from a data item on a mobile device, to separately display portions of such data on primary and secondary displays; 
         FIG. 13  is a flow chart comprising an example set of computer executable instructions for extracting content from a data item on a server, to generate a modified data item that can be separated for display on primary and secondary displays on a mobile device; and 
         FIG. 14  is a flow chart comprising an example set of computer executable instructions for separating configured content in a data item on a mobile device, to separately display portions of such data on primary and secondary displays using an API call to render content to the secondary display. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where considered appropriate, reference numerals may be repeated among the figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the example embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the example embodiments described herein may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the example embodiments described herein. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the example embodiments described herein. 
     When devices contain more than one display screen, a portion of content from a data item could be extracted from the overall content and separately displayed on a secondary display screen. In some example embodiments, the secondary display screen is an interactive display touch as a touch-sensitive or clickable display that enables interactive content portions to be extracted from the data item and provided separately from the remaining content to both free up space on a primary display screen and maintain visibility of the interactive content, while permitting navigation within the remaining content. Not only does such interactive content become more accessible to the user on the secondary display screen, but particular items can be highlighted to draw the user&#39;s attention. 
     Such extraction of content is particularly advantageous for separating logos (e.g. those used for brand recognition (passive), those providing home page links (active), etc.), advertising, and M-commerce (e.g. “buy now” or “add to cart” buttons). Various secondary displays can be used, such as portions of an existing touch screen, secondary touch screens, portions of an existing clickable screen, secondary clickable screens, and one or more organic light emitting diode (OLED) keys. By using interactive secondary displays, the extracted content item can target interactive content portions that allow easy access to features without having to navigate within the main content each time, thereby truly maximizing the display area in the main screen as wells grabbing the user&#39;s attention towards the interactive or non-interactive content in the secondary display. 
     Turning now to  FIG. 1 , a data item is generally denoted by numeral  10 . The data item  10  may represent any visual type of data, including textual, audio, video, graphical, animations, etc. The data item  10  in this example comprises data content  12  which corresponds to any data considered to be part of the data item  10 . It can be appreciated that the data item  10  may be independent or may be part of a larger set of data, for example, a data frame. The data content  12  comprises at least one content portion  14 , which corresponds to content that can be extracted to be displayed as extracted content  14 ′ separate from the remaining content  12 ′. In this example, the remaining content  12 ′ is displayed on a primary display  18  for a computing device  16 , and the extracted content  14 ′ is displayed on a secondary display  20  for the computing device  16 . As will be discussed below, in some examples, the secondary display  20  is an interactive display that is capable of receiving a user input through interaction directly with the secondary display  20 , e.g. touch, click, etc. In this way, by extracting selectable or interactive content portions  14  from the data content  12 , the user can select the extracted content  14 ′ by interacting with the secondary display  20 . Extracted content  14 ′ can be the same as content portion  14  or can be a rearranged version of content portion  14 . As shown in  FIG. 1 , upon extracting the content portion  14  from the data content  12 , when necessary, the remaining content  12 ′ may end up being a rearranged or reconfigured representation of the original data content  12  minus the content portion  14  being extracted. As will be discussed in greater detail below, the analyzing of data items  10  and the extraction of content portions  14  can be done in various configurations including on-device and server-based configurations. In some cases, the content may be pre-formatted by the content provider so that content portion  14  and remaining content from the data content  12  are immediately rendered to the primary and secondary display without additional pre-processing at the server or the device. 
     Although the principles discussed herein are applicable to any computing device (as shown in  FIG. 1 ), the example embodiments described below generally relate to mobile wireless communication devices, also referred to herein as a mobile device  100 , for illustrative purposes only. Examples of applicable communication devices include pagers, cellular phones, cellular smart-phones, wireless organizers, personal digital assistants, computers, laptops, handheld wireless communication devices, wirelessly enabled notebook computers and the like. 
     The mobile device  100  can be a multi-way communication device with advanced data communication capabilities including the capability to communicate with other mobile devices  100  or computer systems through a network of transceiver stations. The mobile device  100  may also have the capability to allow voice communication. Depending on the functionality provided by the mobile device  100 , it may be referred to as a data messaging device, a multi-way pager, a cellular telephone with data messaging capabilities, a wireless Internet appliance, or a data communication device (with or without telephony capabilities). 
     An example configuration for a mobile device  100  is illustrated in  FIGS. 2-3 . Referring first to  FIG. 2 , shown therein is a block diagram of an example embodiment of a mobile device  100 . The mobile device  100  includes a number of components such as a main processor  102  that controls the overall operation of the mobile device  100 . Communication functions, including data and voice communications, are performed through a communication subsystem  104 . The communication subsystem  104  receives messages from and sends messages to a wireless network  200 . In this example embodiment of the mobile device  100 , the communication subsystem  104  is configured in accordance with the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) and General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) standards. The GSM/GPRS wireless network is used worldwide and it is expected that these standards will be superseded eventually by Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE) and Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS). New standards are still being defined, but it is believed that they will have similarities to the network behavior described herein, and it will also be understood by persons skilled in the art that the example embodiments described herein are intended to use any other suitable standards that are developed in the future. The wireless link connecting the communication subsystem  104  with the wireless network  200  represents one or more different Radio Frequency (RF) channels, operating according to defined protocols specified for GSM/GPRS communications. With newer network protocols, these channels are capable of supporting both circuit switched voice communications and packet switched data communications. 
     Although the wireless network  200  associated with mobile device  100  is a GSM/GPRS wireless network in one example implementation, other wireless networks may also be associated with the mobile device  100  in variant implementations. The different types of wireless networks that may be employed include, for example, data-centric wireless networks, voice-centric wireless networks, and dual-mode networks that can support both voice and data communications over the same physical base stations. Combined dual-mode networks include, but are not limited to, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) or CDMA2000 networks, GSM/GPRS networks (as mentioned above), and future third-generation (3G) networks like EDGE and UMTS. Some other examples of data-centric networks include WiFi 802.11, WiMax, Mobitex™ and DataTAC™ network communication systems. Examples of other voice-centric data networks include Personal Communication Systems (PCS) networks like GSM and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) systems. 
     The main processor  102  also interacts with additional subsystems such as a Random Access Memory (RAM)  106 , a flash memory  108 , a display  110 , an auxiliary input/output (I/O) subsystem  112 , a data port  114 , a keyboard  116 , a speaker  118 , a microphone  120 , short-range communications  122  and other device subsystems  124 . 
     Some of the subsystems of the mobile device  100  perform communication-related functions, whereas other subsystems may provide “resident” or on-device functions. By way of example, the display  110  and the keyboard  116  may be used for both communication-related functions, such as entering a text message for transmission over the network  200 , and device-resident functions such as a calculator or task list. 
     The mobile device  100  can send and receive communication signals over the wireless network  200  after required network registration or activation procedures have been completed. Network access is associated with a subscriber or user of the mobile device  100 . To identify a subscriber, the mobile device  100  requires a SIM/RUIM card  126  (i.e. Subscriber Identity Module or a Removable User Identity Module) to be inserted into a SIM/RUIM interface  128  in order to communicate with a network. The SIM card or RUIM  126  is one type of a conventional “smart card” that can be used to identify a subscriber of the mobile device  100  and to personalize the mobile device  100 , among other things. Without the SIM card  126 , the mobile device  100  is not fully operational for communication with the wireless network  200 . By inserting the SIM card/RUIM  126  into the SIM/RUIM interface  128 , a subscriber can access all subscribed services. Services may include: web browsing and messaging such as e-mail, voice mail, Short Message Service (SMS), and Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS). More advanced services may include: point of sale, field service and sales force automation. The SIM card/RUIM  126  includes a processor and memory for storing information. Once the SIM card/RUIM  126  is inserted into the SIM/RUIM interface  128 , it is coupled to the main processor  102 . In order to identify the subscriber, the SIM card/RUIM  126  can include some user parameters such as an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI). An advantage of using the SIM card/RUIM  126  is that a subscriber is not necessarily bound by any single physical mobile device. The SIM card/RUIM  126  may store additional subscriber information for a mobile device as well, including datebook (or calendar) information and recent call information. Alternatively, user identification information can also be programmed into the flash memory  108 . 
     The mobile device  100  may be a battery-powered device and, in such cases would include a battery interface  132  for receiving one or more rechargeable batteries  130 . In at least some example embodiments, the battery  130  can be a smart battery with an embedded microprocessor. The battery interface  132  is coupled to a regulator (not shown), which assists the battery  130  in providing power V+ to the mobile device  100 . Although current technology makes use of a battery, future technologies such as micro fuel cells may provide the power to the mobile device  100 . It can be appreciated that the mobile device  100  also be a “plugged in” device and thus may not require a battery  130  or battery interface  132  in such configurations. 
     The mobile device  100  also includes an operating system  134  and software components  136  to  146  which are described in more detail below. The operating system  134  and the software components  136  to  146  that are executed by the main processor  102  are typically stored in a persistent store such as the flash memory  108 , which may alternatively be a read-only memory (ROM) or similar storage element (not shown). Those skilled in the art will appreciate that portions of the operating system  134  and the software components  136  to  146 , such as specific device applications, or parts thereof, may be temporarily loaded into a volatile store such as the RAM  106 . Other software components can also be included, as is well known to those skilled in the art. 
     The subset of software applications  136  that control basic device operations, including data and voice communication applications, will normally be installed on the mobile device  100  during its manufacture. Other software applications include a message application  138  that can be any suitable software program that allows a user of the mobile device  100  to send and receive electronic messages. In addition to the message application  138 , the software applications  136  may also comprise various other software components  139 , some of which will be describe in greater detail below. Various alternatives exist for the message application  138  as is well known to those skilled in the art. Messages that have been sent or received by the user are typically stored in the flash memory  108  of the mobile device  100  or some other suitable storage element in the mobile device  100 . In at least some example embodiments, some of the sent and received messages may be stored remotely from the device  100  such as in a data store of an associated host system that the mobile device  100  communicates with. 
     The software applications can further include a device state module  140 , a Personal Information Manager (PIM)  142 , and other suitable modules (not shown). The device state module  140  provides persistence, i.e. the device state module  140  ensures that important device data is stored in persistent memory, such as the flash memory  108 , so that the data is not lost when the mobile device  100  is turned off or loses power. 
     The PIM  142  includes functionality for organizing and managing data items of interest to the user, such as, but not limited to, e-mail, contacts, calendar events, voice mails, appointments, and task items. A PIM application has the ability to send and receive data items via the wireless network  200 . PIM data items may be seamlessly integrated, synchronized, and updated via the wireless network  200  with the mobile device subscriber&#39;s corresponding data items stored and/or associated with a host computer system. This functionality creates a mirrored host computer on the mobile device  100  with respect to such items. This can be particularly advantageous when the host computer system is the mobile device subscriber&#39;s office computer system. 
     The mobile device  100  also includes a connect module  144 , and an IT policy module  146 . The connect module  144  implements the communication protocols that are required for the mobile device  100  to communicate with the wireless infrastructure and any host system, such as an enterprise system, that the mobile device  100  is authorized to interface with. Examples of a wireless infrastructure and an enterprise system are given in  FIGS. 5 and 6 , which are described in more detail below. 
     The connect module  144  includes a set of APIs that can be integrated with the mobile device  100  to allow the mobile device  100  to use any number of services associated with the enterprise system. The connect module  144  allows the mobile device  100  to establish an end-to-end secure, authenticated communication pipe with the host system. A subset of applications for which access is provided by the connect module  144  can be used to pass IT policy commands from the host system to the mobile device  100 . This can be done in a wireless or wired manner. These instructions can then be passed to the IT policy module  146  to modify the configuration of the device  100 . Alternatively, in some cases, the IT policy update can also be done over a wired connection. 
     The IT policy module  146  receives IT policy data that encodes the IT policy. The IT policy module  146  then ensures that the IT policy data is authenticated by the mobile device  100 . The IT policy data can then be stored in the flash memory  106  in its native form. After the IT policy data is stored, a global notification can be sent by the IT policy module  146  to all of the applications residing on the mobile device  100 . Applications for which the IT policy may be applicable then respond by reading the IT policy data to look for IT policy rules that are applicable. 
     The IT policy module  146  can include a parser (not shown), which can be used by the applications to read the IT policy rules. In some cases, another module or application can provide the parser. Grouped IT policy rules, described in more detail below, are retrieved as byte streams, which are then sent (recursively, in a sense) into the parser to determine the values of each IT policy rule defined within the grouped IT policy rule. In at least some example embodiments, the IT policy module  146  can determine which applications are affected by the IT policy data and send a notification to only those applications. In either of these cases, for applications that aren&#39;t running at the time of the notification, the applications can call the parser or the IT policy module  146  when they are executed to determine if there are any relevant IT policy rules in the newly received IT policy data. 
     All applications that support rules in the IT Policy are coded to know the type of data to expect. For example, the value that is set for the “WEP User Name” IT policy rule is known to be a string; therefore the value in the IT policy data that corresponds to this rule is interpreted as a string. As another example, the setting for the “Set Maximum Password Attempts” IT policy rule is known to be an integer, and therefore the value in the IT policy data that corresponds to this rule is interpreted as such. 
     After the IT policy rules have been applied to the applicable applications or configuration files, the IT policy module  146  sends an acknowledgement back to the host system to indicate that the IT policy data was received and successfully applied. 
     Other types of software applications can also be installed on the mobile device  100 . These software applications can be third party applications, which are added after the manufacture of the mobile device  100 . Examples of third party applications include games, calculators, utilities, etc. 
     The additional applications can be loaded onto the mobile device  100  through at least one of the wireless network  200 , the auxiliary I/O subsystem  112 , the data port  114 , the short-range communications subsystem  122 , or any other suitable device subsystem  124 . This flexibility in application installation increases the functionality of the mobile device  100  and may provide enhanced on-device functions, communication-related functions, or both. For example, secure communication applications may enable electronic commerce functions and other such financial transactions to be performed using the mobile device  100 . 
     The data port  114  enables a subscriber to set preferences through an external device or software application and extends the capabilities of the mobile device  100  by providing for information or software downloads to the mobile device  100  other than through a wireless communication network. The alternate download path may, for example, be used to load an encryption key onto the mobile device  100  through a direct and thus reliable and trusted connection to provide secure device communication. 
     The data port  114  can be any suitable port that enables data communication between the mobile device  100  and another computing device. The data port  114  can be a serial or a parallel port. In some instances, the data port  114  can be a USB port that includes data lines for data transfer and a supply line that can provide a charging current to charge the battery  130  of the mobile device  100 . 
     The short-range communications subsystem  122  provides for communication between the mobile device  100  and different systems or devices, without the use of the wireless network  200 . For example, the subsystem  122  may include an infrared device and associated circuits and components for short-range communication. Examples of short-range communication standards include standards developed by the Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Bluetooth, and the 802.11 family of standards developed by IEEE. 
     In use, a received signal such as a text message, an e-mail message, or web page download will be processed by the communication subsystem  104  and input to the main processor  102 . The main processor  102  will then process the received signal for output to the display  110  or alternatively to the auxiliary I/O subsystem  112 . A subscriber may also compose data items, such as e-mail messages, for example, using the keyboard  116  in conjunction with the display  110  and possibly the auxiliary I/O subsystem  112 . The auxiliary subsystem  112  may include devices such as: a touch screen, mouse, track ball, infrared fingerprint detector, or a roller wheel with dynamic button pressing capability. The keyboard  116  is preferably an alphanumeric keyboard and/or telephone-type keypad. However, other types of keyboards may also be used. A composed item may be transmitted over the wireless network  200  through the communication subsystem  104 . 
     For voice communications, the overall operation of the mobile device  100  is substantially similar, except that the received signals are output to the speaker  118 , and signals for transmission are generated by the microphone  120 . Alternative voice or audio I/O subsystems, such as a voice message recording subsystem, can also be implemented on the mobile device  100 . Although voice or audio signal output is accomplished primarily through the speaker  118 , the display  110  can also be used to provide additional information such as the identity of a calling party, duration of a voice call, or other voice call related information. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 3 , an example block diagram of the communication subsystem component  104  is shown. The communication subsystem  104  includes a receiver  150 , a transmitter  152 , as well as associated components such as one or more embedded or internal antenna elements  154  and  156 , Local Oscillators (LOs)  158 , and a processing module such as a Digital Signal Processor (DSP)  160 . The particular design of the communication subsystem  104  is dependent upon the communication network  200  with which the mobile device  100  is intended to operate. Thus, it should be understood that the design illustrated in  FIG. 3  serves only as one example. 
     Signals received by the antenna  154  through the wireless network  200  are input to the receiver  150 , which may perform such common receiver functions as signal amplification, frequency down conversion, filtering, channel selection, and analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion. A/D conversion of a received signal allows more complex communication functions such as demodulation and decoding to be performed in the DSP  160 . In a similar manner, signals to be transmitted are processed, including modulation and encoding, by the DSP  160 . These DSP-processed signals are input to the transmitter  152  for digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion, frequency up conversion, filtering, amplification and transmission over the wireless network  200  via the antenna  156 . The DSP  160  not only processes communication signals, but also provides for receiver and transmitter control. For example, the gains applied to communication signals in the receiver  150  and the transmitter  152  may be adaptively controlled through automatic gain control algorithms implemented in the DSP  160 . 
     The wireless link between the mobile device  100  and the wireless network  200  can contain one or more different channels, typically different RF channels, and associated protocols used between the mobile device  100  and the wireless network  200 . An RF channel is a limited resource that must be conserved, typically due to limits in overall bandwidth and limited battery power of the mobile device  100 . 
     When the mobile device  100  is fully operational, the transmitter  152  is typically keyed or turned on only when it is transmitting to the wireless network  200  and is otherwise turned off to conserve resources. Similarly, the receiver  150  is periodically turned off to conserve power until it is needed to receive signals or information (if at all) during designated time periods. 
     Turning now to  FIG. 4 , one example embodiment for extracting content portions  14  from data items  10  for separately displaying the content portion  14  from the remaining content  12 ′ is shown. In this example embodiment, the data items  10  being processed are intended to be sent, received or otherwise handled or processed by a mobile device  100 . In this example, the analysing and processing of the data items  10  to enable the content to be separated as illustrated in  FIG. 1  is performed by a server  30  that is communicatively connectable to the mobile device, e.g. over the wireless network  200  shown in  FIG. 1  or to a proxy-type entity. As such, it can be appreciated that the server&#39;s functionality can be provided by existing network components such as the wireless router  26  or the host system  250  described above. For simplicity, any such component or device that operates to analyze and process the data items  10  remotely from the mobile device  100  will be hereinafter referred to as a server device, server component or “server  30 ” for brevity. The server  30  comprises or otherwise has access to a content analyzer  32  for analyzing and processing data items  10  that the server  30  obtains, e.g. by intercepting data messages or other communications en route to or from a mobile device  100  and intended to be received and viewed or otherwise processed by that or another mobile device  100 . 
     As can be seen in  FIG. 4 , the content analyzer  32  takes as an input, a data item  10  that comprises data content  12 , of which a content portion  14  can be identified, and outputs a modified or reconfigured data item  10 ′ that either separates the extracted content  14 ′ from the remaining content  12 ′ as shown, or otherwise provides instructions (e.g. the required display area dimensions of the extracted content and the primary content, time to display, etc.), data, or information (such as metadata) for enabling an application  34  on the mobile device  100  to separate the data item  10  such that the primary display  18  displays the remaining content  12 ′ and the secondary display  20  displays the extracted content  14 ′. The content analyzer  32  may also receive various other inputs for determining what constitutes the content portion  14  to be extracted. For example, the content analyzer  32  can be programmed or configured to always extract the same content portion  14  for consistently processed items such as email messages comprising banner advertisements, or can comprise additional intelligence to handle multiple types of data items  10  with varying types of content portions  14 . This would allow the content analyzer  32  to first determine the type of data item  10  and, if applicable, reference a set of rules for an identified data item type that dictates what constitutes the content portion  14 . Alternatively, or in addition to such a configuration, the content analyzer  32  can examine data items  10  for desired content regardless of the type of data item  10  or medium. For example, icons or logos that provide a home link can be sought whether they are included in a web page, email message, or other document. In another example, the content analyzer  32  can look for recognizable patterns or URIs such as telephone numbers within various types of data items  10  such as email messages, SMS messages, instant messages, etc. to enable the telephone number to constitute the content portion  14 . Such an example will be provided in further detail below. 
     Also shown in  FIG. 4  is an interactivity module  33 , which may be an existing interactivity module that services interactivity with the mobile device  100 . The interactivity module  33  in this example is used with both the primary display  18  and the secondary display  20  to accommodate the interactivity (e.g. touch-sensitive or clickable, keyboard or any combination) of the secondary display  20 , wherein the extracted content  14 ′ provides a selectable or interactive component. It may be noted that interaction with content  12 ′ is also possible. The interactivity module  33  is configured to allow interactivity with the secondary display  20  in a manner similar to the way in which it may interact with the primary display  18  and other interactive components such as a keyboard. In this way, user inputs can be detected and acted upon by generating and sending instructions or commands to the application  34 , e.g. to load a new screen, web page, different application, etc. It may be noted, however, that while not shown, the interactivity module  33  can correspond to any interaction mechanism available on the device, such as one configured to operate with the keyboard  116 , a touch screen (not shown), voice commands, etc. 
     In situations where a server  30  does not exist, or access to an existing server  30  is not available or desired, the mobile device  100  itself can be configured to analyze and extract the content portion  14  from the data item  10 . One example configuration of such an example embodiment is shown in  FIG. 5 . In  FIG. 5  a content extraction module  36  is shown. It can be appreciated that the functionality of the content extraction module  36  should be similar to that of the content analyzer  32  and thus need not be reiterated. However, it may be noted that the content extraction module  36  may be part of an application  34  or may otherwise be in communication with such an application to provide modified data items  10 ′ to the application  34  or to a rendering engine. In other configurations, the application  34  may obtain the data items  10  and pass them to the content extraction module  36  prior to sending any data to the displays  18 ,  20 . Thus the content extraction module  36  can be integrated into or be combined with any application  34  on the mobile device  100  and/or can operate independently to serve multiple applications  34  at the same time. Also shown in  FIG. 5  is the interactivity module  33  to monitor interactivity with the primary display  18  and secondary display  20  (and any other interactive component as noted above), which may be configured to operate in a manner similar to that described above and thus details thereof need not be reiterated. As such, similar to that mentioned above, the interactivity module  33  may be one that is already used for the primary display  18 . 
     A further example embodiment for yet another configuration for separating content onto multiple displays is shown in  FIG. 6 . In the configuration shown in  FIG. 6  it is assumed that the content provider (not shown) has either already configured their provider-specific data items  38  to provide a recognizable separation between main content  40  and secondary content  42 , or has added meta data or a tag  13  to the data item  10  to provide instructions regarding where in the data item  10  the content portion  14  to be extracted resides. This may be done to identify the content that belongs to either the primary display  18  or secondary display  20 . 
     The following is an example HTML content with a special tag or attribute to identify the target display area. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
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                 &lt;text displaytarget=”primary”&gt;Hello&lt;/text&gt; 
               
               
                   
                 &lt;image src=”myimage.png” displayTarget=“secondary“/&gt; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
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     In particular, the attribute ‘displayTarget’ identifies the target display to which the associated content shall be displayed. In the above example, the content indicates that the text content shall be displayed on the primary display  18  and the image content shall be displayed on the secondary display  20 . The content associated with the image in the above example may be interactive advertisement. 
     Further, the content provider may provide a content provider-specific content extraction and display API  44  which may be utilized by an application directly or though a library to simply separate the main content  40  from the secondary content  42  using pre-formatted data items  38  or data items  10  comprising the tags or specialized attributes as shown in the above HTML content example. In addition content extraction functionality, the API may further support the ability to directly render the content to the appropriate target displays  18 ,  20 . The main content  40  would then at the same time be displayed on the primary display  18  in the normal manner. 
     In another example embodiment, an existing tag or metatag  13  as well as the position of the content portion in the data item  10  could be use by the device to determine that this content portion  14  should be displayed on the secondary display  20 . 
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                 &lt;html lang=“en”&gt; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
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                 &lt;a href=“/mysitecom/en”&gt;&lt;img src=“/files/resources/image/en/logo.png” 
               
               
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     As shown in the example, the logo and associated hyperlink is positioned at the beginning of the body of the HTML page, and is further identified by an ID=logo A device, or an application on a device, such as a web browser, when parsing the content, would identify the content portion  14 , that is the logo and render it on the secondary display  20 . The associated hyperlink would be mapped to the interaction mechanism associated with the secondary display  20 . A script module could be used to parse the tag/metatag  13  and identify the content item to be rendered on the secondary screen  20 . 
     Also shown in  FIG. 6  is the interactivity module  33  to monitor interactivity with the primary display  18  and secondary display  20 , which may be configured to operate in a manner similar to that described above and thus details thereof need not be reiterated. 
     It will be appreciated that any module or component exemplified herein that executes instructions may include or otherwise have access to computer readable media such as storage media, computer storage media, or data storage devices (removable and/or non-removable) such as, for example, magnetic disks, optical disks, or tape. Computer storage media may include volatile and non-volatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information, such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store the desired information and which can be accessed by an application, module, or both. Any such computer storage media may be part of the mobile device  100 , or accessible or connectable thereto. Any application or module herein described may be implemented using computer readable/executable instructions that may be stored or otherwise held by such computer readable media. 
       FIGS. 7A to 7C  illustrate three example mobile devices  100 A to  100 C respectively, to illustrate different ways in which primary and secondary displays  18 ,  20  can be incorporated into and thus provided by a mobile device  100 . In  FIG. 7A , a touchscreen-type mobile device  100 A is shown which, in part, comprises a touchscreen display  46  enabling touch and/or click-type interactivity. In this example embodiment, the mobile device  100 A is configured to separate the display  46  into distinct interactive portions, namely a primary display  18  and a secondary display  20  as shown. In  FIG. 7B , the secondary display  20  is a separate clickable or otherwise interactive upper display  47  that is distinct from a regular, non-interactive screen  48  providing the primary display  18 . 
     In  FIG. 7C , a regular, non-interactive screen  49  provides the primary display  18 , similar to  FIG. 7B , however, in this example embodiment, the secondary display  20  is provided by an interactive element  51  such as an OLED key. As is known in the art, an OLED is an LED whose emissive electroluminescent layer is composed of a film of organic compounds. The layer usually contains a polymer substance that allows suitable organic compounds to be deposited. They are deposited in rows and columns onto a flat carrier by a simple “printing” process. The resulting matrix of pixels can emit light of different colors. An OLED key such as the interactive element  48 , is a clickable or selectable and thus interactive component that allows a user to select what is displayed on the key. In this way, the content portion  14  can be extracted and displayed on the OLED key as the secondary display  20  according to the principles discussed herein. 
       FIGS. 8A to 8C  illustrate two examples showing the effect separating a banner advertisement (ad)  52  from other message content  54  using the separate display configurations of the mobile devices  100 B and  100 C discussed above. As can be appreciated from  FIG. 8A , in conventional mobile devices  100  that utilize a single display screen  50 , the banner ad  52  consumes at least a portion of the display  50  that would otherwise be available to the message content  54 . Also, where the message content  54  extends beyond the bottom of the display  50  and requiring user navigation such as scrolling to view additional message content (not shown in  FIG. 8A ), the banner ad  52  may no longer appear on the display  50  as it would remain at the top of the message content  54 . Even if the banner ad  52  is configured to remain at the top of the display  50 , there still exists the drawback of consuming space on the display  50  that would otherwise be available to the message content  54 . As such, it has been recognized that where a secondary display  20  is available, content such as a banner ad  52  can be extracted from the other content, e.g. the message content  54  and separately displayed. Also, wherein the secondary display  20  is interactive, the banner ad  52  can be made easily available and selectable at any time separate from the interactions with the primary display  20 . 
     In order to provide such separation, an extracted banner ad  52 ′ is displayed on the secondary display  20  as shown in  FIGS. 8B and 8C . In  FIG. 8B , it can be seen that the extracted banner ad  52 ′ can be displayed on the upper display  47  and the remaining message content  54 ′ can be displayed as usual on the main display  48 . Not only does the extracted banner ad  52 ′ not interfere with the remaining message content  54 ′ and the does not consume space that would otherwise be made available for the message content  54 ′, but the extracted banner ad  52 ′ is “set aside” to enable easier access to it for enabling interactivity. In this example, the user can click on the extracted banner ad  52 ′ at any time and either immediately or at some other time (e.g. when the user is finished viewing the remaining message content  54 ′) be directed to other content (not shown) that is associated with the advertisement. 
     In  FIG. 8C , it can be seen that the extracted banner ad  52 ′ can be displayed on the interactive element  51 , e.g. using an OLED key for the same purposes as described above with respect to  FIG. 8B . It may be noted however that use of an OLED key or similar interactive element  51  can make interacting with the extracted banner ad  52 ′ particularly convenient as it could be treated as a dynamically changing custom button that is comfortably placed close to a keyboard, navigation device (e.g. trackpad, trackwheel, trackball, etc.). It may also be noted that the interactive element  51  can, in some configurations, enable more space for incorporation of the primary display  18 , for example if the space available to the primary and secondary displays  18 ,  20  is the same as that which would be available to a conventional display  50 . 
       FIGS. 9A and 9B  illustrate another example showing the effect of separating a content portion  14  from data content  12 , in this example wherein the content portion  14  is a logo  56 . It can be appreciated that the logo  56  may provide branding, may provide a link such as a home link (e.g. on a newspaper website), or both. In  FIG. 9A  it can be seen that the logo  56  in this example consumes a significant portion of a conventional display  50  whereby the currently displayed message or data content  58  is restricted. As shown in  FIG. 9B , by extracting the logo  56  to generate an extracted logo  56 ′ and displaying the extracted logo  56 ′ on the interactive element  51 , the remaining data content  58 ′ may comprise additional content that can be displayed at the same time. In this example, in the conventional mobile device  100 , four “lines” of data can be displayed along with the logo  56  whereas using the interactive element  51  to display the extracted logo  56 ′ enables six “lines” of data to be displayed at the same time. It can be appreciated that the term “lines” in this example may represent any unit of measurement indicative of the amount of data that can be displayed on the screen at the same time, e.g. lines of text, number of elements, etc. 
     Turning now to  FIGS. 10A ,  10 B, and  10 C, yet another example illustrating the extraction of a content portion  14  from a data item  10  is shown. In  FIG. 10A , it can be seen that mobile commerce (M commerce) items such as a Buy Now button  66 , when displayed in an M commerce webpage  60  on a conventional display  50 , can consume space that would otherwise enable photos  62  and other details  64  to be shown more clearly. Moreover if scrolling is required to review additional details, the Buy Now button  66  may disappear from the current view and further scrolling would be needed to get back to it. Instead, as shown in  FIG. 10B , an extracted Buy Now button  66 ′ can be displayed on the interactive element  51  to enable the remaining content  12 ′ to be enlarged and rearranged. In this example, enlarged photos  62 ′ and a larger portion of content  64 ′ can be displayed to show some details more clearly. It can therefore be appreciated that by extracting a content portion  14  and separately displaying the extracted content  14 ′ on a secondary display  20 , not only can additional remaining content  12 ′ be displayed at the same time, but opportunities to rearrange and refocus existing content are possible, which can be suited to the application. At the same time, the extracted Buy Now button  66 ′ is immediately available and thus can be selected at any time the rearranged content is viewed. By selecting the extracted Buy Now button  66 ′ as shown in  FIG. 10B , a Purchase Page  67  or other related screen or application can be loaded as shown in  FIG. 10C . 
       FIGS. 11A and 11B  provide yet another example illustrating the extraction of a content portion  14  from a data item  10 . In this example, the content portion  14  corresponds to a phone number  72  that is extracted from a signature portion  70  of an email message  68 . By extracting the phone number  72 , the phone number  72  can be displayed on the secondary display  20  independent of the email message  68  and thus be immediately available to the user in the event that, based on the content of the message  68 , the user wishes to contact the sender immediately. In this way, should the user select the phone number  72  from the secondary display  20  as shown in  FIG. 11A , a phone application  73  can be immediately loaded and a call dialled as shown by way of example in  FIG. 11B , to immediately begin a call with the sender of the email message  68 . 
     It can be appreciated that other communication links can be extracted instead of a phone number  72  or can be displayed based on the phone number  72 . For example, a link to a new SMS message can be displayed based on the phone number  72  extracted or by referencing contact information for the sender. In another example, an instant messaging session could be launched from a suitable link displayed on the secondary display  20 . Such links can be extracted according to user preferences or user selectable options, or can be embedded in the email message  68  (or equivalent medium carrying the information) such that the option to communicably link to the sender is imposed on the recipient. It can be appreciated that various communication links and various rules for which type of link to be used can be implemented based on the application. 
     Turning now to  FIG. 12 , an example set of computer executable instructions is shown for extracting content portions  14  from data items  10  on a mobile device  100 . At  300 , the data item  10  is obtained, e.g. a message is received via a data communications system such as that accessible via the network  200 . The data item  10  thus received may then be analyzed by the content extraction module  36  for a desired content portion  14  at  302  and the content portion  14  (assuming it can be found) extracted at  304 . The extracted content  14 ′ may then be displayed on the secondary display  20  at  306  and the remaining content  12 ′ displayed on the primary display  18  at  308 . In this example, it is assumed that the extracted content  14 ′ provides an interactive and selectable element that allows the user to carry out additional operations associated with the extracted content  14 ′. Under this assumption, the interactivity module  33  can be used to monitor user interactivity with the secondary display  20  at  310 . If the extracted content portion  14 ′ has not been selected via the secondary display  20 , control may return to  306 . If the extracted content portion  14 ′ has been selected at  310 , the interactivity module  33  can either trigger the application  34  or itself generate commands that can be executed to perform an operation associated with the content portion  14  at  312 . 
       FIG. 13  provides an example set of computer executable instructions is shown for extracting content portions  14  from data items  10  on a server  30 . At  314  the data item  10  is obtained, e.g. a message is intercepted via a data communications system. The data item  10  thus obtained may then be analyzed by the content analyzer  32  for a desired content portion  14  at  316  and the content portion  14  (assuming it can be found) extracted at  318 . A modified data item  10 ′ is then generated at  320  and the modified data item  10 ′ provided (e.g. sent as a message or other communication) to one or more mobile devices  100  at  322 . 
       FIG. 14  provides an example set of computer executable instructions is shown for extracting content portions  14  from data items  10  on a mobile device  100  when the content has been pre-configured by a content provider. As such, it can be appreciated that the operations performed in  FIG. 14  can be considered a special case of those performed in  FIG. 12 . At  324 , the configured content  38  or data item  10  comprising a tag  13  is obtained, e.g. a message is received via a data communications system. The configured content  38  or data item  10  with tag  13  thus received may then be processed by the content extraction API portion of module  44  at  326  to separate the secondary content  42  (assuming it can be found) from the main content  40 . The content display API portion of the module  44  would then perform an API call to display the extracted content (i.e. based on the specialized meta data) to the appropriate displays, namely the primary display  18  the secondary display  20  in order to utilize the secondary display  20  to separately display the secondary content  42 . The secondary content  42  may then be displayed on the secondary display  20  at  330  and the main content  40  displayed on the primary display  18  at  332 . In this example, it is assumed that the secondary content  42  provides an interactive and selectable element that allows the user to carry out additional operations associated with the secondary content  42 . Under this assumption, the interactivity module  33  can be used to monitor user interactivity with the secondary display  20  at  334 . If the secondary content  42  has not been selected via the secondary display  20 , control may return to  330 . If the secondary content  42  has been selected at  334 , the interactivity module  33  can either trigger the content provider API  44  or itself generate commands that can be executed to perform an operation associated with the secondary content  42  at  336 . 
     The steps or operations in the flow charts described herein are just for example. There may be many variations to these steps or operations without departing from the spirit of the invention. For instance, the steps may be performed in a differing order, or steps may be added, deleted, or modified. 
     Although the above has been described with reference to certain specific example embodiments, various modifications thereof will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the claims appended hereto.