Method and systems for creating a digital document altered in response to at least one event

• US 7,386,791 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2004
• Issued: 06/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Format Dynamics, LLC
• Original Assignee: Format Dynamics, LLC
• Inventors: Jacobson, Mark David
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong; Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ludwig; Matthew J
• Application Number:
  US10/948,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20050097438A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,355 Days
• Field of Search: 715/517, 715/523, 715/512, 715/274, 715/243, 715/252, 715/253, 715/788, 705/62, 358/1.12, 358/449
• US Class Current: 715/274
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

A method and system are provided for creating a digital document, the digital document including content layout, additional information, and altering machine executable instructions, the method including, in response to, or subsequent to, a request or activation event, implementing the altering machine executable instructions which may apply auxiliary layout information and may apply auxiliary content information prior to altering and rendering the digital document for the event requested or activated, wherein the altering machine executable instructions may include different instructions for altering and rendering the digital document based on which request event or activation event is initiated or the medium on which the newly rendered digital document will be displayed.

Claims

1. A method of creating a digital document for viewing via a browser, the digital document including content, layout, additional information and Altering Machine Executable Instructions (AMEI), the method comprising:

in response to a User Initiated Print Event (UIPE), implementing the digital document specific AMEI to;

alter at least part of the content, layout, and additional information using a component which communicates with the browser;

apply Medium Specific Auxiliary Layout Information (MSALI) based on the amount of content in the digital document; and

to

calculate and apply at least one of an appropriate type or number of Medium Specific Auxiliary Content Information (MSACI) based on the amount of content in the digital document to produce an altered digital document; and

forwarding the altered digital document to a device associated with or identified by the user and on which the altered digital document is to be rendered based on the UIPE activated in coordination with the implemented AMEI, wherein

the digital document specific AMEI includes instructions for recognizing and temporarily pausing the UIPE, instructions for altering part or all of the digital document that include instructions for obtaining the MSACI and the MSALI and rendering the obtained MSACI as part of the digital document based on the obtained MSALI, and rendering the altered digital document subsequent to the UIPE.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the UIPE is a browser activation event.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the UIPE is an activation of a button or icon in the digital document or a button or icon located on the browser or a pull-down menu of a browser.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSALI includes instructions for altering and rendering the altered digital document in response to the UIPE.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSALI includes instructions for altering and rendering the altered digital document subsequent to the UIPE.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSALI includes instructions for obtaining MSACI.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSALI is obtained from the digital document provider with the digital document.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSALI is obtained from the digital document provider prior to or upon the initiation of the UIPE.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSALI is obtained from at least one remote source prior to or upon the initiation of the UIPE.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSALI is obtained from the user system prior to or upon the initiation of the UIPE.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSACI includes instructions for altering and rendering the digital document in response to the UIPE.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSACI includes instructions for altering and rendering the digital document subsequent to the UIPE.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSACI includes at least one advertisement to be rendered in response to the UIPE.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSACI includes at least one advertisement to be rendered subsequent to the UIPE.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSACI includes instructions for obtaining MSALI.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSACI is obtained from the digital document provider with the digital document.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSACI is obtained from the digital document prior to or upon the initiation of the UIPE.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSACI is obtained from at least one remote source prior to or upon the initiation of the UIPE.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the MSACI is obtained from the user system prior to or upon the initiation of the UIPE.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the applying MSALI and the appropriate type and number of MSACI comprises altering content, layout and additional information of a digital document according to the digital document specific, that method further comprising:

receiving the digital document and separating primary content from secondary content;

creating MSALI for the primary content given the print medium on which the digital document will be displayed and the amount of content in the digital document; and

applying the appropriate type and number of advertisements or URL links to obtain the appropriate type and number of advertisements specifically designed for rendering the digital document in a print medium.

21. An article of manufacture for altering content, layout or additional information of a digital document for viewing via browser according to digital document specific Altering Machine Executable Instructions (AMEI) included in the digital document, the article of manufacture comprising a machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:

installing the digital document specific AMEI, which communicates with the browser on a user system;

in response to a User Initiated Print Event (UIPE), implementing the digital document specific AMEI to;

alter at least part of the content, layout and additional information using a component which communicates with the browser;

apply Medium Specific Auxiliary Layout Information (MSALI) based on the amount of content in the digital document;

calculate and apply at least one of the appropriate type or number of Medium Specific Auxiliary Content Information (MSACI) based on the amount of content in the digital document to produce an altered digital document; and

forwarding the altered digital document to a device associated with or identified by the user and on which the altered digital document is to be rendered based on the UIPE activated in acoordination with the implemented AMEI, wherein

the digital document specific AMEI includes instructions for recognizing and temporarily pausing the UIPE, instructions for altering part or all of the digital document that include instructions for obtaining the MSACI and the MSALI and rendering the obtained MSACI as part of the digital document based on the obtained MSALI, and rendering the altered digital document subsequent to the UIPE.

22. The article of claim 21, wherein the UIPE is a browser event.

23. The article of claim 21, wherein the UIPE is an activation of a button or icon in the digital document or a button or icon or a pull-down menu of a browser.

24. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSALI is obtained from the digital document provider with the digital document.

25. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSALI is obtained from the digital document provider prior to or upon the initiation of the UIPE.

26. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSALI is obtained from at least one remote source prior to or upon the initiation of the UIPE.

27. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSALI is obtained from the user system prior to or upon the initiation of the UIPE.

28. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSACI includes instructions for altering and rendering the digital document in response to the UIPE.

29. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSACI includes instructions for altering and rendering the digital document subsequent to the UIPE.

30. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSACI includes at least one advertisement to be rendered in response to the UIPE.

31. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSACI includes at least one advertisement to be rendered subsequent to the UIPE.

32. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSACI includes instructions for obtaining MSALI.

33. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSACI is obtained from the digital document provider with the digital document.

34. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSACI is obtained from the digital document prior to or upon the initiation of the UIPE.

35. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSACI is obtained from at least one remote source prior to or upon the initiation of the UIPE.

36. The article of claim 21, wherein the MSACI is obtained from the user system prior to or upon the initiation of the UIPE.

37. The article of manufacture of claim 21, wherein the applying MSALI and the appropriate type and number of medium specific auxiliary content information includes altering content, layout or additional information of a digital document according to digital document specific AMEI, that altering comprising:

receiving the digital document and separating primary content from secondary content;

creating MSALI for the primary content given the print medium on which the digital document will be displayed and the amount of content in the digital document; and

applying the appropriate type and number of advertisements or URL links to obtain the appropriate type and number of advertisements designed for rendering the digital document on the print medium.