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embodiments of the present invention address the need for dynamic and interactive multimedia scenes ( dims ) applications to adapt to changes in screen orientation . embodiments of the present invention provide mechanisms that are both syntactic and functional to address the screen orientation problem for rich media content . such mechanisms enable implicit ( e . g ., when the phone screen is rotated between landscape and portrait ) and explicit ( e . g ., when the content itself includes a screen orientation event listener to a button that is triggered when clicked ) adaptation of content to the required orientation modes . in particular , embodiments of the invention provide ( 1 ) application based orientation modes for rich media content , ( 2 ) an event interface for these orientation modes , and ( 3 ) event management and processing of screen orientation events . there are several use cases where such screen orientation mechanisms described herein would be useful in rich media services . for example , interactive mobile tv services are understood as the ability to provide a deterministic rendering and behavior of rich - media content , including audio - video content , text , images , xml - based content such as svg , and tv and radio channels , together in the end - user interface . the service must provide convenient navigation through the content in a single application or service and must allow synchronized interaction , such as voting and personalization ( e . g ., related menu or sub - menu , advertising and content in function of the end - user profile or service subscription ). typically , default applications run in portrait mode on hand - held devices . however , it may be optimal to view mobile tv in landscape mode for various reasons ( e . g ., displaying closed captioning , video content itself is in landscape mode , etc .). further , a live enterprise data feed may include stock tickers that provide streaming of real - time quotes , live intra - day charts with technical indicators , news monitoring , weather alerts , charts , business updates , etc . given how such data could dynamically vary in terms of what is shown and how much content is shown , the content may often toggle between several orientations . further , certain rich media games allow for multimedia content to be presented with some game logic for entertainment purposes . either based in user interaction or change in game logic , the orientation of the content may change . in accordance with embodiments of the present invention , the following may be used for generating screen - orientation events : ( 1 ) via device hardware events ( e . g ., rotation of the phone screen ) and ( 2 ) explicit instructions , for example , sent from a remote terminal / server that would be triggered when certain events occur on the client . in the first case , the application could completely rely on the underlying application shell to take care of rotating the content based on the orientation of the screen . however , automatic adaptation of the content by simple rotation is not always optimal . certain adjustments to the content presentation are often preferred for better viewing experience . for example , in fig1 , the application grid on the n93 screen is readjusted from portrait to landscape to make efficient use of the screen . these adjustments of how the content is to be adapted have to be specified in the data itself . in addition , the second case of adjusting orientation based on events ( e . g ., a button click , after a duration of a certain period ) would need explicit definition in the data as well . thus , in accordance with an embodiment of the invention , an attribute called “ screenorientation ” in the rich media content is provided . in one embodiment , this attribute takes one of three possible forms : specification of the portrait format , specification of the landscape format , or an angle in degrees . while the first two values correspond to existing modes on most devices , the third option can be user defined . in another embodiment , a “ view ” element for defining the scope of the screen orientation in rich media content is provided . while the “ screenorientation ” attribute specifies the mode in which the rich media content has to be rendered , there still needs to be a way of specifying how much of the content has to be rendered in that mode . here , if the first circle and the first ellipse are to be rendered in landscape mode while the second circle and second ellipse are to be rendered normally in the default presentation mode , one would have to use the “ screenorientation ” mode for every element that needs to be rendered in that mode . so in the above example , screenorientation =“ landscape ” would have to be added to the first circle and first ellipse . while this may still be considered fine with just two elements , it is not optimal to add the same mode for large sets of elements . thus , to address this issue , we introduce the concept of “ views ” in this invention . a “ view ” is a subset of the rich media content that can be rendered and interacted within the application . by default , an application has at least one logical view . if the entire application is to rendered in a particular orientation , then views are not required . however , if a subset of the application is to be rendered in one mode then views are useful in differentiating the scope of the “ screenorientation ” attribute applied . again , considering the above example , the svg content with views would be : further , a particular view can be associated with a screenorientation event that would be triggered upon a certain condition being satisfied . in one embodiment of the invention , one or more event types are provided . for example , event types may include “ screenorientationportrait ,” “ screenorientationlandscape ” and “ screenorientationmanual ” corresponding to the screenorientation attribute values “ portrait ”, “ landscape ” and “ orientation in degrees ,” respectively . the first two events ( i . e ., portrait and landscape ) are the most commonly used orientations in current devices . in another embodiment , a screen orientation event interface for the rich media system is provided . the following is the definition of the screenorientation interface that provides the contextual information related to screen orientation changes . this interface is designed and based on dom level 3 events specification , and therefore can be used in any dom based implementations . note that this interface extends the base “ event ” interface , which contains the basic event information such as the event target , and event type information . “ softkeys_bottom ” indicates that the device soft keys at the bottom of the screen in the current screen orientation , as illustrated in fig4 a . “ softkeys_top ” indicates that the device soft keys are at the top of the screen in the current screen orientation , as illustrated in fig4 b . “ softkeys_left ” indicates that the device soft keys are to the left of the screen in the current screen orientation , as illustrated in fig4 c . “ softkeys_right ” indicates that the device soft keys are to the right of the screen in the current screen orientation , as illustrated in fig4 d . “ screenwidth ” contains the new screen display or viewport width reflecting the new orientation . “ screenheight ” contains the new screen display or viewport height reflecting the new orientation . “ softkeyslayout ” indicates the location of the device soft keys in response to the orientation change . the possible values are softkeys_left , softkeys_right , softkeys_top , and softkeys_bottom , as described above with reference to fig4 ( a )-( d ) . for reference , provided below is the event interface as defined in dom level 3 events specification : with the information provided by the screen orientation interface , the user agent or underlying rich media engine can adapt to the layout or visual representation of the content to current screen orientation . in another embodiment , the event management and processing of screen orientation events is provided . according to an embodiment of the invention , the event management and processing of screen orientation events is based on the dom level 3 events processing model . this includes event creation , event dispatching , event registration and event handling . event creation deals with the creation of a screenorientationevent object which is an implementation of screenorientationevent interface . this event is directly mapped to the hardware event notification ( e . g ., using the symbian ui framework ) or through an event “ message ” from the server . during the event creation it is important that the relevant event attributes such as event target , event type , screenwidth , screenheight attributes are set . event dispatching deals with dispatching the screenorientation event to the appropriate target based on the event target . with regard to the event registration , the content author or application typically registers for the events if he / she chooses to listen to a particular event . for example , to listen to a screenorientationevent , a listener must be registered with the event target within the rich media engine . this can be done either declaratively using the & lt ; ev : listener & gt ; element or can be done by the implementation by attaching the “ eventlistener ” object to the “ eventtarget ” object . this completes the registration process and is usually done prior to the event creation and dispatching phase . event handling relates to event processing or realization . event handlers contain the logic or code that must be executed based on a specific event listener and an event target . for example , when the screenorientationevent is dispatched to a particular event target as described in the previous stages , the event manager of the rich media engine checks the list of event listeners and invokes the appropriate event handler , thereby executing the logic that is present within the handler . and the handler can access all the information relevant to screen orientation as defined by the screenorientationevent object . the following example illustrates the concept of screen orientation and the content adoption based on the orientation change . the content is authored in svg format . when this content is loaded by the rich media client , the content is seen in the portrait mode ( default ), as illustrated in fig2 . now , when the screen orientation change event is fired , either by the hardware or streamed from the server , this event gets dispatched to the rich media engine , where the & lt ; listener & gt ; elements get the notification . upon this notification , the listener elements invoke the appropriate & lt ; handler & gt ; elements that , in this example , execute the associated scripts to change the layout of the content from ‘ portrait ’ mode to ‘ landscape ’ mode , as illustrated in fig3 . in one embodiment , hardware - based orientation event triggers are mapped to software - based rich media screen events . while screenorientation events can be triggered purely from the application software side ( e . g ., via a button click , menu selection , after a certain time duration , etc . ), these events could also be triggered from a change in orientation of the phone screen . in order to address the latter scenario , the mapping from the underlying phone hardware event triggers to the rich media application based screenorientation events needs to be specified . in order to explain the mapping , we take the example of symbian , particularly the s60 application framework . though the s60 application framework is not the only framework used on mobile phones , it is representative of a larger market of such adaptable screen devices . in symbian , applications would normally be expected to run in any screen orientation , portrait or landscape . the applications can , however , specify a fixed orientation that they require to work in . by default , applications are set to work in any orientation , so only applications that have a definitive orientation requirement should take any action . looking at the api documentation for aknscreenmode . h , one method in this library is : here , the application will be displayed in the selected screen mode . the application will no longer respond to hardware or software events which would normally affect screen mode . it will be permanently fixed to the selected screen mode . the list of available screen modes are specific to that particular device . if an application wants a fixed orientation , it should use the scalable apis in ceikappui . particularly , a new enumeration and two apis have been added to ceikappui : enum caknappuibase :: tappuiorientation with possible values ; eappuiorientationunspecified this is the default rotation setting for an application , and it should be used by nearly all applications . eappuiorientationportrait use a portrait screen rotation for this application . this should only be used when an application specifically wants portrait rotation . the device will select an appropriate portrait rotation , if one is available . this should only be used when an application specifically wants landscape rotation . the device will select an appropriate landscape rotation , if one is available . eappuiorientationautomatic use the normal device screen rotation set for this application . both portrait and landscape screen rotations are possible . the application rotation follows device screen rotation . an example is provided below . here , we are trying to detect a flip - state by checking the current screen mode . each mode has a different size , and one or more possible rotations / orientations . for the actual mode change detection , you need to implement the method handlescreendevicechangedl ( ) on the ui class . a sample header file definition based on the standard helloworld example is illustrated below . handlescreendevicechangedl ( ) will be called by the system when the screen mode changes . to check which mode it is in ( flip open or flip closed ), the following code is inserted in the implementation of handlescreendevicechangedl ( ): finally , it is ensured that the window server notifies your application when the screen mode changes . to do that , the following is added to the constructl ( ) method : this would , in turn , notify the rich media engine , and the corresponding screenorientation event would be set in the rich media environment for either a specific view in the content or to entire document . the process flow is illustrated in fig5 . the embedded os framework regularly or continuously polls for hardware orientation changes ( block 510 ). at block 520 , the os framework determines whether the phone orientation has changed . as noted above , this may be achieved through use of sensors in the hardware . if no changes are detected , the os framework continues to poll for hardware changes . on the other hand , if a change is detected , the process proceeds to block 530 and notifies the application framework . at block 540 , if the application framework is responsible for changing orientation , the process proceeds to block 550 , and the orientation change is applied to the rich media application . if the application framework is not responsible for changing orientation , the process proceeds to block 560 , and the rich media engine is notified of the orientation change . at block 570 , the screenorientation event is triggered and the necessary changes are applied to the content orientation . in other embodiments , the attribute values for screenorientation can be extended for future orientation modes . further , the screenorientation event types can also be extended for future orientation modes . the mapping of device hardware event triggers to rich media screenorientation events are agnostic of the underlying embedded operating system . various embodiments described herein are described in the general context of method steps or processes , which may be implemented in one embodiment by a computer program product , embodied in a computer - readable medium , including computer - executable instructions , such as program code , executed by computers in networked environments . a computer - readable medium may include removable and non - removable storage devices including , but not limited to , read only memory ( rom ), random access memory ( ram ), compact discs ( cds ), digital versatile discs ( dvd ), etc . generally , program modules may include routines , programs , objects , components , data structures , etc . that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types . computer - executable instructions , associated data structures , and program modules represent examples of program code for executing steps of the methods disclosed herein . the particular sequence of such executable instructions or associated data structures represents examples of corresponding acts for implementing the functions described in such steps or processes . software and web implementations of various embodiments can be accomplished with standard programming techniques with rule - based logic and other logic to accomplish various database searching steps or processes , correlation steps or processes , comparison steps or processes and decision steps or processes . it should be noted that the words “ component ” and “ module ,” as used herein and in the following claims , is intended to encompass implementations using one or more lines of software code , and / or hardware implementations , and / or equipment for receiving manual inputs . the foregoing description of embodiments has been presented for purposes of illustration and description . the foregoing description is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit embodiments of the present invention to the precise form disclosed , and modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings or may be acquired from practice of various embodiments . the embodiments discussed herein were chosen and described in order to explain the principles and the nature of various embodiments and its practical application to enable one skilled in the art to utilize the present invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated . the features of the embodiments described herein may be combined in all possible combinations of methods , apparatus , modules , systems , and computer program products .

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