Method for Displaying Content within an Online Collage-Based Editor Using a Relative Coordinate System

• US 20110012929A1
• Filed: 08/23/2010
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interactive Memories Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Interactive Memories Incorporated
• Inventors: Grosz, Aryk Erwin, Schultz, Daniel Thanh, Laffoon, Daniel Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 8,726,186 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/661
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/00 Digital computers in general details G06F1/00 – G06F13/00; Data processing equipment in general
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/24 Classification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/12 Digital output to print unit , e.g. line printer, chain printer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• 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: H04N 1/387 Composing, repositioning or otherwise geometrically modifying originals

Abstract

In a server-based system for creating and editing image and or text-based projects, the system having access to a digital medium containing an executable graphics user interface (GUI) accessible by computer browser, a method is provided for scaling a project page using relative units including the steps (a) establishing a 0 point at the center of the project page, (b) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a negative limit value for width equal to one half of total width value, (c) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a negative limit value for height equal to one half of the total height, (d) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a positive limit value for width equal to one half of total width, and (e) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a positive limit value for height equal to one half of the total height. For all of the steps, each unit represents an equal division of the total value from the negative limit to the positive limit for width and for height.

Claims

1. In a server-based system for creating and editing image-based projects, the system having access to a digital medium containing an executable graphics user interface (GUI) accessible by computer browser, a method for scaling a project page using relative units comprising the steps:

(a) establishing a 0 point at the center of the project page;

(b) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a negative limit value for width equal to one half of total width value;

(c) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a negative limit value for height equal to one half of the total height.

(d) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a positive limit value for width equal to one half of total width; and

(e) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a positive limit value for height equal to one half of the total height.

wherein for all of the steps, each unit represents an equal division of the total value from the negative limit to the positive limit for width and for height.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein in step (a) the system establishes the 0 point for every project based on the core aspect ratio that will be used to display the project.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein there is more than one granularity level at which the relative units might be presented.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein a project template designer determines the granularity of the relative units.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein a user creating a project may select a granularity level for display of the relative units.

6. The method of claim 3 where each higher level of granularity represents an equal division of the first level of granularity.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the relative units are converted into actual dimensional units relative to a page size and width.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein conversion is automatic based on user product selection for printing.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the user may initiate conversion of the relative units to dimensional units reflecting a page size.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the grid pattern is visible to or hidden from the user.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the grid pattern is visible to the user at some level of transparency.