Dec 19
Bitstream Awarded Additional Patent for Mobile Browsing Technology
CAMBRIDGE, Mass –BUSINESS WIRE– Dec 19, `07 — Bitstream today announced today that the US Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a third patent for its ThunderHawk technology.
This patent covers the technology that controls how web pages are retrieved and displayed on mobile devices, and is the foundation of the company’s ThunderHawk product. ThunderHawk is the first browser to provide a consistent, full HTML browsing experience between mobile and desktop environments.
The issued patent covers technology that displays digital content, such as a Web site, by accessing it, laying it out at a virtual pixel resolution, and then displaying a portion of that layout at a smaller display resolution. This displays the layout’s images and text at a scaled-down resolution size, with displayed text composed from font bitmaps having character shapes, sizes, and pixel alignments selected to improve readability at the scaled-down size. More at Bitstream.