Rollback in a browser

• US 20080275922A1
• Filed: 07/10/2006
• Published: 11/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Hertzfeld, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 7,633,510 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

Methods, tools, and systems are provided for editing an image in a browser. One method provides editing an image in a browser including maintaining a list of transformations applied to the image including a last transformation, receiving a selection from a user to rollback a transformation, the selection not including the last transformation, generating a unique identifier associated with the edited image without the selection and requesting a page using the unique identifier.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

Editing an image in a browser including maintaining a list of transformations applied to the image including a last transformation;

Receiving a selection from a user to rollback a transformation, the selection not including the last transformation;

Generating a unique identifier associated with the edited image without the selection; and

Requesting a page using the unique identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 where maintaining the list includes presenting the list to a user.

3. The method of claim 2 where presenting the list includes presenting the list in a pull-down menu.

4. The method of claim 1 where editing an image includes at each transformation, generating a unique identifier associated with the edited image, the unique identifier including data identifying the image and all transformations to be applied to the image.

5. The method of claim 4 where the unique identifier is a uniform resource locator (URL).

6. The method of claim 1 where receiving a selection includes receiving a selection from the list of transformations including a selection that is not the last transformation.

7. The method of claim 1 where receiving a selection includes receiving a selection from the list of transformations that include plural selections that are not contiguous in an order in which the transformations were applied.

8. The method of claim 1 where generating a unique identifier includes generating a unique identifier including data identifying the image and all transformations to be applied to the image.

9. The method of claim 1 where requesting a page includes requesting a page from a server using a uniform resource locator that includes the unique identifier.

10. A apparatus for editing an image comprising:

Means for rolling back transformations applied to an image in a browser including

Means for selecting one or more previously invoked transformations applied to the image;

Means for generating a unique identifier associated with the image to include all previously applied transformations except the selected transformations; and

Means for requesting an image using the unique identifier.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 further comprising means for maintaining a list of the transformations that have been applied to the image.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising means for presenting the list of the transformations that have been applied to the image.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 where the means for generating is operable to at each transformation, generate a unique identifier associated with the edited image, the unique identifier including data identifying the image and all transformations to be applied to the image.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 where the means for selecting is operable to select plural transformations that are not contiguous in an order in which the transformations were applied.

15. The apparatus of claim 10 where the means for generating generates a unique identifier including data identifying the image and all transformations to be applied to the image.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 where the means for requesting an image includes means for requesting a page from a server using a uniform resource locator that includes the unique identifier.

17. A method comprising:

selecting an image for editing, the image being presented in a browser;

editing the image in accordance with user instructions including presenting an edited version of the image in the browser; and

undoing one or more edits applied to the image other than a last edit, undoing including transmitting edit data to a server to allow the server to create a modified image the edit data including a unique identifier that identifies the image and transformations to be applied to edit the image not including the edits that are to be undone.

18. A method comprising:

providing an image in a browser;

triggering an invocation of an editor in the browser;

displaying an editor in the browser, the editor including a control for invoking one or more transformations be applied to the image;

receiving user input to apply one or more transformations to the image;

receiving user input to undo one or more of the transformations applied to the image, including one or more transformations that have not been applied in a sequential order; and

providing transformation data to a server including information defining the one or more transformations not undone.

19. The method of claim 18 where providing an image includes selecting an image using a web page creation tool.

20. The method of claim 19 where displaying an editor includes displaying a dialog box including the control.

21. An apparatus comprising

An editor for editing an image in a browser;

A list for compiling transformations to be applied to the image by the editor;

A rollback process for receiving a selection of transformations to rollback from the list and generate a unique identifier including data identifying the image and transformations in the list that are still to be applied to the image after rollback; and

A browser for requesting a modified image using the unique identifier.

22. A computer program product in a medium including instructions for causing a computer to:

edit an image in a browser;

compile a list of transformations to be applied to the image;

receive a selection of transformations to rollback from the list and generate a unique identifier including data identifying the image and transformations in the list that are still to be applied to the image after rollback; and

request a modified image using the unique identifier.

23. A computer program product in a medium including instructions for causing a computer to:

provide an image in a browser;

trigger an invocation of an editor in the browser;

display an editor in the browser, the editor including a control for invoking one or more transformations be applied to the image;

receive user input to apply one or more transformations to the image;

receive user input to undo one or more of the transformations applied to the image, including one or more transformations that have not been applied in a sequential order; and

provide transformation data to a server including information defining the one or more transformations not undone.

24. A computer program product in a medium including instructions for causing a computer to:

select an image for editing, the image being presented in a browser;

edit the image in accordance with user instructions including presenting an edited version of the image in the browser; and

undo one or more edits applied to the image other than a last edit, undoing including transmitting edit data to a server to allow the server to create a modified image the edit data including a unique identifier that identifies the image and transformations to be applied to edit the image not including the edits that are to be undone.

25. A computer program product in a medium including instructions for causing a computer to:

edit an image in a browser including maintaining a list of transformations applied to the image including a last transformation;

receive a selection from a user to rollback a transformation, the selection not including the last transformation;

generate a unique identifier associated with the edited image without the selection; and

request a page using the unique identifier.