POSITION EDITING TOOL OF COLLAGE MULTI-MEDIA

• US 20100005417A1
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Howard, Dane M., Williams, Brian F., Lanahan, James W.
• Granted Patent: US 9,043,726 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/815
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, methods and apparatus are provided for flexible and user-friendly position editing of loaded media in a multi-media presentation. In one embodiment, a method for editing the position of loaded media comprises loading a page of a collage document to a client device, the page having a plurality of layers with each layer being associated with a media object, and creating a list of layers of the loaded page with each layer indexed by at least a position in the collage document. The method further includes selecting a first media object, selecting a position editing tool to group the first media object and at least one other media object adjacent to the first media object; and moving the grouped first media object and the at least one other media object to a different position in the collage document. A client device for position editing loaded media is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for editing the position of loaded media, the method comprising:

loading a page of a collage document to a client device, the page having a plurality of layers, each layer being associated with a media object;

creating a list of layers of the loaded page, each layer indexed by at least a position in the collage document;

selecting a first media object;

selecting a position editing tool to group the first media object and at least one other media object adjacent to the first media object; and

moving the grouped first media object and the at least one other media object to a different position in the collage document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the grouped first media object and the at least one other media object are repositioned along one of a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the position editing tool groups the first media object and all media objects to the right of the first media object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the position editing tool groups the first media object and all media objects below the first media object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the position editing tool groups the first media object, the at least one other media object adjacent to the first media object, and any space therebetween.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the collage document is navigable in a plurality of directions, including one of a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a combination thereof, based on user input via a user interface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the collage document is navigable at a variable speed based on user input via the user interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein each layer includes a layer-specific attribute selected from the group consisting of the position in the collage document, scale, visual bounds, and an associated annotation.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting the collage document from a server device and downloading the page of the collage document to the client device via a network.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting a plurality of pages of a collage document from a server device.

11. A client device for navigating loaded media, the client device comprising:

a network interface configured to allow communication between the client device and a server device over a network; and

a processor configured to;

load a page of a collage document to a client device, the page having a plurality of layers, each layer being associated with a media object;

create a list of layers of the loaded page, each layer indexed by at least a position in the collage document;

select a first media object;

select a position editing tool to group the first media object and at least one other media object adjacent to the first media object; and

move the grouped first media object and the at least one other media object to a different position in the collage document.

12. The client device of claim 11, wherein the grouped first media object and the at least one other media object are repositioned along one of a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a combination thereof.

13. The client device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to group the first media object and all media objects to the right of the first media object when the position editing tool is selected.

14. The client device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to group the first media object and all media objects below the first media object when the position editing tool is selected.

15. The client device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to group the first media object, the at least one other media object adjacent to the first media object, and any space therebetween when the position editing tool is selected.

16. The client device of claim 11, wherein the collage document is navigable in a plurality of directions, including one of a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a combination thereof, based on user input via the user interface.

17. The client device of claim 11, wherein the collage document is navigable at a variable speed based on user input via the user interface.

18. The client device of claim 11, further comprising a user interface configured to allow communication with the server device, collection of media via the network, creation of the collage document, and publication of the collage document via the network.

19. The client device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to request the collage document from a server device and download a first page of the collage document to the client device via the network.

20. The client device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to request the collage document from a server device and download a plurality of pages of the collage document to the client device via the network.