Multipage navigation on a small screen device
View Patent ↗Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for improving user navigation of a multi-page article on a small screen user device. In embodiments, as a user progresses through the multi-page article, pages and/or lines of text of the multi-page article are cached. In response to a user request to view the multi-page article in a full-page format, the cached content is compared against text of the full-page document and used to determine a presentation of the text that displays nonduplicative content to the user.
1. A method for improving user navigation of a multi-page article on a small screen user device, the method comprising:
presenting one page of the multi-page article to a user on a screen of the small screen user device;
caching one or more pages of the multi-page article as the user progresses through the multi-page article;
deleting cached data associated with one or more successive pages when the user goes back to an earlier page of the multi-page article;
receiving a request from the user to view the multi-page article as a full-page article;
comparing text of the cached one or more pages to text of the full-page article to determine a first appearance of non-duplicative text in the full-page article;
returning all pages of the full-page article together; and
presenting the full-page article to the user with the screen of the small screen user device showing a page containing the first appearance of non-duplicative text in the full-page article.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cached one or more pages are stored on a server.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing the cached one or more pages on the small screen user device;
generating a request, the request comprising the one or more cached pages;
sending the request to a server;
generating a response, the response comprising a tag to identify the first appearance of non-duplicative text; and
sending the response to the small screen user device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the screen displays a portion of the one page of the multi-page article.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the screen displaying the one page of the full-page article presented comprises the first line of the page containing the first appearance of non-duplicative text.
6. A method for improving user navigation of a multi-page document on a small screen user device, the method comprising:
presenting one page of the multi-page document to a user on a screen of the small screen user device;
caching one or more pages of the multi-page document as the user progresses through the multi-page document;
deleting cached data associated with one or more successive pages when the user goes back to an earlier page of the multi-page document;
receiving a request from the user to view the multi-page document as a full-page document;
comparing text of the cached one or more pages to text of the full-page document to determine a first appearance of non-duplicative text in the full-page document;
returning all pages of the full-page document together; and
presenting the full-page document to the user with the screen of the small screen user device showing a page comprising the first appearance of non-duplicative text of the full-page document.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the cached one or more pages are stored on a server.
8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
storing the cached one or more pages on the small screen user device;
generating a request, the request comprising the one or more cached pages;
sending the request to a server;
generating a response, the response comprising a tag to identify the first appearance of non-duplicative text; and
sending the response to the small screen user device.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the presentation of the full-page document on the screen of the small screen user device comprises the first line of the first appearance of non-duplicative text.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the presentation of the full-page document on the screen of the user device includes at least one line of leading text before the presentation of the first appearance of non-duplicative text.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the number of lines comprising the leading text may be input by the user as a user preference.
12. A method for improving user navigation of a multi-page document on a small screen user device, the method comprising:
presenting one page of the multi-page document to a user on a screen of the small screen user device;
caching the most recently viewed one or more pages of the multi-page document viewed by the user as the user progresses through the multi-page document;
deleting cached data associated with one or more successive pages when the user goes back to an earlier page of the multi-page document;
receiving a request from the user to view the multi-page document as a full-page document;
comparing text of the cached most recently viewed pages to text of the full-page document to determine a first appearance of non-duplicative text in the full-page document;
returning all pages of the full-page document together; and
presenting the full-page document to the user with the screen of the small screen user device showing a page containing the first appearance of non-duplicative text in the full-page document.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the cached most recently viewed one or more pages are stored on a server.
14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
storing the cached most recently viewed one or more pages on the small screen user device;
generating a request, the request comprising the most recently viewed one or more pages;
sending the request to a server;
generating a response, the response comprising a tag to identify the first appearance of non-duplicative text; and
sending the response to the small screen user device.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the screen displays a portion of the one page of the multi-page document.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein a portion of the one or more most recently viewed pages comprise the text lines at the bottom of the screen.
17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
deleting cached pages subsequent to the most recently viewed pages when the user views an earlier portion of the multi-page document.
18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the presentation of the full-page document on the screen of the small screen user device includes at least one line of leading text before the presentation of the first appearance of non-duplicative text.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the number of lines comprising the leading text may be input by the user as a user preference.