Method and system for utilizing sizing directives for media

• US 7,890,857 B1
• Filed: 07/25/2006
• Issued: 02/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Jouppi, Norman P.
• Primary Examiner(s): RIES, LAURIE ANNE
• Application Number:
  US11/492,474
• Time in Patent Office: 1,666 Days
• Field of Search: 715/243, 715/230, 715/231, 715/232, 715/244, 715/246, 715/247, 715/253, 705/14.4, 705/14.49, 705/14.69, 705/14.72, 705/14.73
• US Class Current: 715/243
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method and system for utilizing sizing directives for media. According to one embodiment, a method includes determining a size of a media slot to be filled. A sizing directive can be selected from a plurality of sizing directives associated with media that enables the media to fit within the size of the media slot. The sizing directive can be applied to the media.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

collecting user information about a user from at least one electronic device associated with said user;

generating a user profile based on said user information; and

outputting targeted media to said user based on said user profile, wherein said outputting comprises;

receiving said targeted media at said at least one electronic device associated with said user, said targeted media including media to be displayed on a display of said at least one electronic device and a plurality of sizing directives for said media;

determining, by said at least one electronic device, a size of a media slot to be filled by said media;

selecting, by said at least one electronic device, a sizing directive from said plurality of sizing directives included with said media that enables said media to fit within said size of said media slot; and

applying, by said at least one electronic device, said sizing directive to said media.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said sizing directive is selected from the group consisting of a cropping directive or a scaling directive.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said media is selected from the group consisting of an electronic image, an electronic video, and an electronic animation.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said media includes text, and said sizing directive is selected from different fonts for the text, different aspect ratios for the text, different font styles for the text, and insertion of line breaks for the text.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing said plurality of sizing directives included with said media; and

storing said plurality of sizing directives.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said storing said plurality of sizing directives comprises incorporating said plurality of sizing directives with said media.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein said storing said plurality of sizing directives comprises storing said plurality of sizing directives separately from said media.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a second size of said media slot to be filled by said media, in response to a media editing command that modified said media slot;

selecting a second sizing directive from said plurality of sizing directives included with said media that enables said media to fit within said second size of said media slot; and

applying said second sizing directive to said media.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

said media comprising a first layer and a second layer;

said selecting comprises selecting a first sizing directive from said plurality of sizing directives for said first layer and selecting a second sizing directive from said plurality of sizing directives for said second layer; and

said applying comprises applying said first sizing directive to said first layer and applying said second sizing directive to said second layer resulting in a sized first layer and a sized second layer.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said first layer comprises an image layer and said second layer comprises a text layer.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

merging said sized first layer and said sized second layer for display of said media in said media slot.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of sizing directives are included in metadata of said media.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining and said selecting are performed by an application managing said display of said at least one electronic device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said application is bundled with said media.

15. A computer-readable storage medium including computer-executable instructions that when executed effect a computer-implemented method comprising:

collecting, by said computer, user information about a user from at least one electronic device associated with said user;

generating, by said computer, a user profile based on said user information; and

outputting, by said computer, targeted media to said user based on said user profile, wherein said targeted media includes media to be displayed for said user and a plurality of sizing directives for said media, and wherein said outputting comprises;

determining, by said computer, a size of a media slot to be filled by said media;

selecting, by said computer, a sizing directive from said plurality of sizing directives included with said media that enables said media to fit within said size of said media slot; and

applying, by said computer, said sizing directive to said media.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said sizing directive is selected from the group consisting of a cropping directive or a scaling directive.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said media is selected from the group consisting of an electronic image, an electronic video, and an electronic animation.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said media includes text, and said sizing directive is selected from different fonts for the text, different aspect ratios for the text, different font styles for the text, and insertion of line breaks for the text.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein selection of said sizing directive is based on a cost function associated with said size of said media slot.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said plurality of sizing directives are interleaved with said media, and said determining and said selecting are performed by an application bundled with said media.