Automatic sub-template selection based on content

• US 8,584,002 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2006
• Issued: 11/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Cave, Richard, Rudolph, Christopher, Murrett, Martin, Rosner, Roger, Capela, Jay
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nazar, Ahamed I
• Application Number:
  US11/329,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20070162846A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,864 Days
• Field of Search: 715/324, 715/210, 715/234, 715/764, 715/744, 715/866, 715/201, 715/202, 715/255, 707/E17.111, 707/E17.116
• US Class Current: 715/210
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Enabling a user to create or edit a webpage is disclosed. A content type of a content item to be included in the webpage is determined automatically. Code appropriate to the content type as required to include the content item in the webpage as published is generated.

Claims

1. A method for enabling a user to create or edit a webpage, comprising:

providing, via a user interface for creating and editing a webpage, a template of the webpage that includes a placeholder item that is replaceable by content of a plurality of media types including text, image, audio, and video content;

receiving from a user via the user interface an indication to replace the placeholder item by a selected content item;

automatically selecting a sub-template from a plurality of available sub-templates based at least in part on a media type of the selected content item and linking the selected content item to the selected sub-template;

integrating the selected content item in place of the placeholder item of the template using the selected sub-template;

determining, based on the selected content item, whether to provide a media interface having media controls, wherein the media controls are configured to control presentation of the selected content item; and

causing a representation of the selected content item that is appropriate for the media type of the selected content item to be provided in the user interface and on the webpage as published, wherein the representation of the selected content item includes the media interface if the media interface is to be provided.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising displaying via the user interface a representation of the webpage and including in the representation of the webpage a media type-appropriate object that represents the selected content item.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the representation of the selected content item is editable via the user interface.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the representation of the selected content item includes the selected content item, an image associated with the selected content item, one or more media type appropriate controls associated with the selected content item, or any combination thereof.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the representation of the selected content item in the user interface is the same as it appears in the webpage as published.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising using the selected sub-template to generate for the webpage code appropriate to the media type as required to include the selected content item in the webpage as published.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the selected content item comprises a media object, a still image, a photograph, a movie or other video file, an audio file, or any combination thereof.

8. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the indication is received in response to the selected content item being dragged, pasted, or otherwise placed in the placeholder item of the template.

9. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising storing in a first file having a first format a first data associated with the webpage, which first data includes data usable to edit the webpage via the user interface, and storing in a second file having a second format a second data associated with the webpage, which second data includes media type appropriate code for including the selected content item in the webpage as published.

10. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the media type of the selected content item is determined based at least in part on one of more of the following:

an extension or suffix of a filename or other name or identifier associated with the selected content item;

an application, system, and/or process with which the selected content item is associated;

metadata associated with the selected content item; and

a logical and/or physical storage location in which the selected content item is stored.

20. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising automatically determining the media type of the selected content item.

11. A system for enabling a user to create or edit a webpage, comprising:

a processor configured to;

provide, via a user interface for creating and editing a webpage, a template of the webpage that includes a placeholder item that is replaceable by content of a plurality of media types including text, image, audio, and video content;

receive from a user via the user interface an indication to replace the placeholder item by a selected content item;

automatically select a sub-template from a plurality of available sub-templates based at least in part on a media type of the selected content item and link the selected content item to the selected sub-template;

integrate the selected content item in place of the placeholder item of the template using the selected sub-template;

determine, based on the selected content item, whether to provide a media interface having media controls, wherein the media controls are configured to control presentation of the selected content item;

cause a representation of the selected content item that is appropriate for the media type of the selected content item to be provided in the user interface and on the webpage as published, wherein the representation of the selected content item includes the media interface if the media interface is to be provided; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

12. A system as recited in claim 11, further comprising a display coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is further configured to provide to the processor instructions for presenting via the display the user interface that includes a representation of the webpage and includes in the representation of the webpage a media type-appropriate object that represents the selected content item.

15. A system as recited in claim 11, wherein the representation of the selected content item includes the selected content item, an image associated with the selected content item, one or more media type appropriate controls associated with the selected content item, or any combination thereof.

16. A system as recited in claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to use the selected sub-template to generate the webpage code appropriate to the media type as required to include the selected content item in the webpage as published.

17. A system as recited in claim 11, wherein the indication is received in response to the selected content item being dragged, pasted, or otherwise placed in the placeholder item of the template.

13. A computer program product for enabling a user to create or edit a webpage, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions to:

Provide, via a user interface for creating and editing a webpage, a template of the webpage that includes a placeholder item that is replaceable by content of a plurality of media types including text, image, audio, and video content;

receive from a user via the user interface an indication to replace the placeholder item by a selected content item;

automatically select a sub-template from a plurality of available sub-templates based at least in part on a media type of the selected content item and link the selected content item to the selected sub-template;

integrate the selected content item in place of the placeholder item of the template using the selected sub-template;

determine, based on the selected content item, whether to provide a media interface having media controls, wherein the media controls are configured to control presentation of the selected content item; and

cause a representation of the selected content item that is appropriate for the media type of the selected content item to be provided in the user interface and on the webpage as published, wherein the representation of the selected content item includes the media interface if the media interface is to be provided.

14. A computer program product as recited in claim 13, further comprising computer instructions to display via the user interface a representation of the webpage and including in the representation of the webpage a media type-appropriate object that represents the selected content item.

18. A computer program product as recited in claim 13, wherein the representation of the selected content item includes the selected content item, an image associated with the selected content item, one or more media type appropriate controls associated with the selected content item, or any combination thereof.

19. A computer program product as recited in claim 13, wherein the indication is received in response to the selected content item being dragged, pasted, or otherwise placed in the placeholder item of the template.

21. A computer program product as recited in claim 13, further comprising computer instructions to use the selected sub-template to generate for the webpage code appropriate to the media type as required to include the selected content item in the webpage as published.