METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF GENERATING AND EDITING ADAPTABLE AND INTERACTIVE NETWORK DOCUMENTS

• US 20120131442A1
• Filed: 11/22/2011
• Published: 05/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Webydo Systems Limited
• Original Assignee: Armadil Com, Ltd.
• Inventors: GRIZIM, Shmulik, Steinmetz, Tzvika
• Granted Patent: US 9,317,491 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• 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

Abstract

A method of generating an adaptable and interactive network document which comprises selecting a layout of an interactive network document having a plurality of discrete interactive elements, automatically calculating at least one relative arrangement rule defining a relation between a layout parameter of one of the plurality of discrete interactive elements and a respective layout parameter of another of the plurality of discrete interactive elements, receiving instructions to change the layout, and applying the instructions to generate a copy of the interactive network document having an adapted version of the layout wherein layout parameters of the plurality of discrete interactive elements are adapted according the instructions and comply with the at least one relative arrangement rule.

Claims

1. A method of generating an adaptable and interactive network document, comprising:

selecting a layout of an interactive network document having a plurality of discrete interactive elements;

automatically calculating at least one relative arrangement rule defining a relation between a layout parameter of one of said plurality of discrete interactive elements and a respective layout parameter of another of said plurality of discrete interactive elements;

receiving instructions to change said layout; and

applying said instructions to generate a copy of said interactive network document having an adapted version of said layout wherein layout parameters of said plurality of discrete interactive elements are adapted according said instructions and comply with said at least one relative arrangement rule.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one relative arrangement rule comprises a plurality of relative arrangement rules.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said plurality of relative arrangement rules are ranked according to an hierarchical order;

wherein said applying comprises applying said plurality of relative arrangement rules in said hierarchical order on said plurality of discrete interactive elements so that they comply with said plurality of relative arrangement rules in said adapted version.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein each of a plurality of groups of said plurality of relative arrangement rules relates to one of a plurality of clusters of said plurality of discrete interactive elements, each said cluster is located in a different of a plurality of subspaces of said interactive network document.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said plurality of relative arrangement rules includes at least one rule defining a relation between a layout parameter of a first of said plurality of subspaces to a second of said plurality of subspaces.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing said at least one relative arrangement rule in a network accessible storage to allow performing said generating from a plurality of network nodes.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising publishing said copy in a storage designed to be accessed via a computer network.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said another of said plurality of discrete interactive elements is a document frame defining the display borders of said interactive network document.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said selecting comprises receiving user instructions indicative of said layout on a webpage design platform.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said relation is between an anchoring point of said one of said plurality of discrete interactive elements and a respective anchoring point of said another of said plurality of discrete interactive elements.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said relation is between a border of said one of said plurality of discrete interactive elements and a border of said another of said plurality of discrete interactive elements.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatically calculating is performed according to the size of said plurality of discrete interactive elements in said interactive network document in relation to the size of said another of said plurality of discrete interactive elements in said interactive network document.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatically calculating is performed according to a location of said one of said plurality of discrete interactive elements in said interactive network document in relation to a location of said another of said plurality of discrete interactive elements in said interactive network document.

14. A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions adapted to perform the method of claim 1.

21. A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions adapted to perform the method of claim 1.

15. A system of adapting a layout of an interactive network document, comprising:

a repository which stores, for an interactive network document having a layout of a plurality of discrete interactive elements, at least one relative arrangement rule defining a relation between a layout parameter of one of said plurality of discrete interactive elements and a respective layout parameter of another of said plurality of discrete interactive elements;

a client module executed on a client terminal and designed to receive instructions to adapt said layout, to acquire said at least one relative arrangement rule from said repository, and to generate an adapted layout wherein layout parameters of said plurality of discrete interactive elements are automatically adapted to comply with said at least one relative arrangement rule; and

a code generator which receives said adapted layout and generates accordingly a web browser compatible code.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said code generator is stored in a first network node and said client module is stored on a second network node.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said repository is stored in a first network node and said client module is stored on a second network node.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein said layout is generated on a first client terminal and said adapted layout is generated on a second client terminal.

19. A system of generating an adaptable and interactive network document, comprising:

a plurality of client modules, executed on a plurality of client terminals, each designed to receive user instructions indicative of a layout of an interactive network document having a plurality of discrete interactive elements;

a central unit which calculates at least one relative arrangement rule between a layout parameter of one of said plurality of discrete interactive elements and a respective layout parameter of another of said plurality of discrete interactive elements; and

a repository which stores said at least one relative arrangement rule;

wherein said central unit is designed to receive instructions to adapt said layout and generates a copy of said interactive network document which is designed to be accessed via a computer network, wherein layout parameters of said plurality of discrete interactive elements in said copy are automatically adapted according to said instructions and comply with said at least one relative arrangement rule.

20. A method of adapting a layout of an interactive network document, comprising:

providing a layout of an interactive network document having a plurality of discrete interactive elements;

automatically setting a plurality of relative arrangement rules according to said layout, each said relative arrangement rule defines a relation between a layout parameter of one of said plurality of discrete interactive elements and a respective layout parameter of another of said plurality of discrete interactive elements;

setting a hierarchical order of said plurality of relative arrangement rules;

receiving instructions to adapt said layout;

generating a copy of said interactive network document by applying said instructions and then applying said plurality of relative arrangement rules in said hierarchical order on at least some of said plurality of discrete interactive elements; and

outputting said copy.