INTELLIGENT SMALL SCREEN LAYOUT AND POP-UP KEYPADS FOR SCREEN-ONLY DEVICES

摘要

A method of controlling the formatting of a screen of an electronic device in communication with a host computer includes establishing an electronic communication between a remote client on an electronic device and a host computer; capturing a plurality of host display screens from a host computer; assigning each captured host display screen an identification code; defining a small screen device layout to match each captured host display screen, wherein the device layout is sized for the screen of the electronic device; loading the small screen device layout on the small screen of the electronic device; and loading a predefined keypad sized for the small screen of the electronic device. When the electronic device establishes a subsequent electronic communication with the host computer, the appropriate small screen device layout is displayed instead of the corresponding host display screen from the host computer by detecting the identification code assigned thereto.