Smart page with prescribed format, layout and function boxes

• US 20080016458A1
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Published: 01/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Glogood Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Glogood Incorporated
• Inventors: Pham, Thuy, Stuber, Craig, Good, Frederick
• Application Number:
  US11/819,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20080016458A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Tools, methods and computer programs for content management, wherein various exemplary embodiments include one or more of the following: an interface for presenting a user with a layout comprising at least one content management module; the at least one content management module enabling a user to provide a desired content within the layout; and the at least one content management module enabling management of the content.

Claims

1. An interface tool for content management, said tool comprising:

an interface for presenting a user with a layout comprising at least one content management module;

the at least one content management module enabling a user to provide a desired content within the layout; and

the at least one content management module enabling management of the content.

2. The interface tool of claim 1, further comprising means for assembling a page based on the layout and content provided via the at least one content management module.

3. The interface tool of claim 1, wherein the layout is selectable from a plurality of prescribed layouts.

4. The interface tool of claim 1, wherein the layout is customizable by the user.

5. The interface tool of claim 1, wherein the layout comprises a plurality of content management modules.

6. The interface tool of claim 1, wherein the at least one content management module comprises a module for providing e-commerce capability.

7. The interface tool of claim 1, wherein the at least one content management module comprises a module for providing text.

8. The interface tool of claim 1, wherein the at least one content management module comprises a module for managing a web form, wherein the module for managing a web form comprises:

a user interface comprising a design space, the user interface providing for the user to enter at least one text element in the design space; and

a parsing tool for translation of the at least one text element into at least one input object for the web form.

9. The interface tool of claim 8, further comprising at least one report associated with data captured via the input object of the web form.

10. The interface tool of claim 8, wherein the text element is selected from the group consisting of dashes, brackets and parentheses.

11. The interface tool of claim 8, wherein the input object is selected from the group consisting of a text box, a radio button and a check box.

12. The interface tool of claim 1, wherein the content management module comprises a module for managing a photo or image, wherein the module for managing the photo or image comprises:

a photo manager comprising an image editor and a resize tool;

the image editor having a defined boundary and superimposable over a photo; and

a resize tool providing for resizing at least a section of the photo within the defined boundary of the image editor.

13. The interface tool of claim 12, wherein the image editor is movable over the photo so that a desired section of the photo rests within the defined boundary of the image editor.

14. The interface tool of claim 12, further comprising a cropping tool for cropping the photo as defined by the boundary of the image editor.

15. A method for managing content, said method comprising:

providing a user with an interface for providing a layout comprising at least one content management module;

managing content via the at least one content management module; and

providing content within the layout via the at least one content management module.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising assembling a page based on the layout and content provided via the at least one content management module.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising selecting the layout from a plurality of prescribed layouts.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising customizing the layout.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the layout comprises a plurality of content management modules.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing e-commerce capability via the at least one content management module.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing or managing text via the at least one content management module.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein the content management module comprises a module for managing a web form, the method further comprising:

providing a user interface comprising a design space;

a user entering at least one text element in the design space; and

parsing the text element into at least one input object for the web form.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising providing at least one report for displaying data captured via the built web form.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising providing at least one prescribed web form layout, wherein the layout is selectable by the user from a plurality of prescribed layouts.

25. The method of claim 15, wherein the content management module comprises a module for managing a photo or image, the method further comprising:

providing a user interface comprising a photo manager, the photo manager comprising an image editor, the image editor having a defined boundary;

superimposing the image editor over at least a section of a photo; and

resizing at least a portion of the photo within the defined boundary of the image editor.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising moving the image editor over the photo so that a desired section of the photo rests within the defined boundary of the image editor.

27. The method of claim 25, further comprising cropping the photo as defined by the boundary of the image editor.

28. A computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, the one or more computer programs implementing a method for the management of content, the one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for:

providing a user with an interface for providing a layout comprising at least one content management module;

managing content via the at least one content management module; and

providing content within the layout via the at least one content management module.

29. The computer readable storage medium of claim 28, the one or more computer programs implementing a method for managing a web form, the one or more computer programs further comprising a set of instructions for:

providing a user interface comprising a design space, the user interface providing for a user to enter at least one text element in the design space; and

providing a parsing tool for translation of the at least one text element into at least one input object for a web form.

30. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 29, further comprising a set of instructions for the translation of the text element into the input object.

31. The computer readable storage medium of claim 28, the one or more computer programs implementing a method for managing a photo or image, the one or more computer programs further comprising a set of instructions for:

providing a user interface comprising a photo manager, the photo manager comprising an image editor, the image editor having a defined boundary;

superimposing the image editor over at least a section of a photo; and

resizing at least a portion of the photo within the defined boundary of the image editor.

32. The computer readable storage medium of claim 31, further comprising a set of instructions for moving the image editor over the photo so that a desired section of the photo rests within the defined boundary of the image editor.

33. The computer readable storage medium of claim 31, further comprising a set of instructions for cropping the photo as defined by the boundary of the image editor.

34. The computer readable storage medium of claim 28, further comprising a set of instructions for customizing the layout.