Patent ID: 7831926

Claim:
A mobile device, comprising: a processor, a wireless communications device operatively coupled to the processor, to facilitate communication with a network via which Web content may be accessed; a touch-sensitive display; a memory, operatively coupled to the processor; and storage means, operatively coupled to the processor, in which a plurality of instructions are stored that when executed by the processor enable the mobile phone to perform operations including, enabling a user to request access to a Web page comprising HTML-based Web content defining an original page layout, functionality, and design of content on the Web page; retrieving HTML-based Web content associated with the Web page; translating the HTML-based Web content to produce scalable vector-based page layout information; employing the scalable vector-based page layout information and/or data derived therefrom to, render a view of at least a portion of the Web page on the touch-sensitive display using a first scale factor; and re-render the Web page in response to associated user inputs to enable a user to iteratively zoom in and out views of the Web page on the display while preserving the original page layout, functionality, and design of the content on the Web page defined by the HTML-based Web content, wherein preservation of the functionality defined by the HTML-based content includes preservation of hyperlink functionality.