NEWS HEADLINE SCREENSHOT VIEWING SYSTEM
A screenshot viewing system showing updated headlines 4, 5 captured from a chain of local, national and international news organisations 2 which has a feature that allows users to view images 1, 3 read the headlines at a glance and not necessarily the body of the news text 6. These screenshots (FIGS. 1-6) can also be scrolled 6 and 7 to allow the viewing of all the headlines on the page and it can also be zoomed 12, 13, and 14 to fit any webpage size into the screenshot capture. These screenshots which can be shared with other users and external parties are arranged in a matrix/radial configuration and are generally readable by persons with normal or near normal visual acuity.
The present invention is in the field of Online News Capture. It is a screenshot viewing system which relates to providing screenshots of news websites within a webpage in such a way or scale that the headlines are easily readable while the texts are either not readable or difficult to read which will cause the reader to click a button to bring up the originating news website if he/she found the headline interesting.
News is a very important part of the day to day life of an average person. The consumer demand for news has been increased greatly due to the spread of education and internet technological evolution and innovation. Internet technological advancement has made access to news more generic and hence people now have access to more news portals via the internet. Though individuals now have access to news online, they also want to have updated and accurate news hence the need to gather their facts from multiple news source which currently is done using RSS feeds. When people go online to search for the latest news headline, they either go to the news page directly or through news aggregator sites (multiple news providers within a single page or website) most of the news provided is in form of news text e.g. RSS feeds.
However, the current use of news headline aggregator sites only or primarily displays text feeds which highly limits the user experience within that aggregation platform. When a news headline consumer or a user of a news aggregation website/facility can only view latest text headlines in a news aggregation website, and unable to see the news headline as it is in the webpage of the news provider which in most cases consists of images and texts feeds, this can limit the user's ability to see accompanying imagery of the headline which could reveal more to the user not mentioned in the body of the headline text. Furthermore, searching individual news portals for specific news to look for headlines and accompanying imagery which can reveal hidden unspoken information about the headline could be a herculean task. The News headline screenshot viewing system is able to solve this problem.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThis is a system where carefully scaled or zoomed screenshots are captured from online news providers and shows updated headlines while taking advantage of the relative large size of headlines. The predetermined scale of the snapshots (screenshots) is such that for majority of online news providers the headlines are readily readable, the images are readily perceivable while the small text of the website which constitutes the body of the news is either very difficult to read or outright unreadable. This allows users to aggregate and read their favourite headlines and if interested in reading the news body (usually in small text) will click the screenshot or a designated button to proceed to the originating site. As some news headlines are at lower portions of the page, this screenshots can be scrolled.
This invention is a screenshot viewing system which relates to providing screenshots of news websites within a webpage in such a way or scale that the headlines are easily readable while the texts are either not readable or difficult to read. This invention carefully takes into consideration and applies to screen resolution ranges and sizes, user visual acuity which can be medically classified as normal or near normal.
These featured news screenshots are displayed in a resolution which allows the readability of the headlines and can be suitably read by a reader/viewer with a visual acuity that is classed between normal (20/20) feet and near-normal (20/63) feet by a qualified medical practitioner. The invention applies to display screens which have the following attributes; size range of 9.7″-17″, and an allowable screen resolution ranging from 800×600 pixels to 2048×1536 pixels. The screenshots can be arranged in a matrix/radial pattern. Under these circumstance, the screenshots captures the originating news website in such a scale as to allow users to read headlines and make it difficult to read the news body which providing a lint to the originating webpage.
The screenshots can be scrolled down to view large font headlines located at lower portions of the webpage.
The screenshots can be zoomed within se limits to allow users to read news headlines which have text sizes which are bigger than the body text yet smaller than the average news headline text.
The invention of this screenshot viewing system will now be described solely by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
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Claims
1. A method of providing screenshots of news websites in such a way or scale that the headlines are easily readable while the texts are either not readable or difficult to read within a display which has the following attributes; 9.7″-17″ screen/display sizes and an allowable screen resolution ranging from 800×600 pixels to 2048×1536 pixels, and by a reader/viewer with a visual acuity that is classed between normal (20/20) feet and near-normal (20/63) feet by a qualified medical practitioner.
2. These screenshots as exactly described in claim 1, would be scrollable to allow the viewing of the lower portions of the screenshot.
3. The screenshots as exactly described in claim 1, in which a zoom function allows the headline screenshots scale to be controlled to achieve the description in claim 1.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 11, 2012
Publication Date: Mar 21, 2013
Inventor: Timothy Onyenobi (Manchester)
Application Number: 13/609,303
International Classification: G06F 17/00 (20060101);