Edition grid layout

• US 8,612,851 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2011
• Issued: 12/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Kiefer, William Frederick III, Shore, Maurice Bennett, Doll, Cassandra Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): LUDWIG, MATTHEW J
• Application Number:
  US13/312,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20130145259A1
• Time in Patent Office: 742 Days
• Field of Search: 715/203, 715/243, 715/253, 715/273, 715/246
• US Class Current: 715/243
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A system, computer-implemented method and computer-readable medium for displaying edition content of a magazine edition are provided. In an embodiment, a screen selection corresponding to a size of a screen upon which to render a magazine edition is received, the magazine edition including a content page with one or more articles. A grid with grid segments is calculated for the selected screen size. A layout for the content page is determined, the layout including a tile of one or more of the grid segments corresponding to each of the articles. Content associated with each of the articles is determined. The content of each of the articles is arranged for display within its corresponding tile. The content page of the magazine edition is displayed, the displayed page including the articles arranged for display within its corresponding tile.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing magazine edition content, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a screen size upon which to render a magazine edition, the magazine edition including a content page with one or more articles, each of the one or more articles having content comprising one or more of text, an image, and multimedia content;

calculating a grid for the screen size, the grid comprising a plurality of grid segments;

determining a layout for the content page, the layout comprising one or more tiles, each tile corresponding to one of the one or more articles, wherein each tile includes a selection of at least one grid segment;

determining a relative importance of the one or more articles based upon an evaluation of the content of the one or more articles;

determining tile-content for each of the one or more articles, wherein the tile-content includes an arrangement of the content of the one or more articles for display within a corresponding tile based on the relative importance of the respective article; and

displaying the content page of the magazine edition, wherein the tile-content of each of the one or more articles is displayed in its corresponding tile.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining tile-content comprises:

ranking the one or more articles based on a level of relative importance;

ranking the tiles based on a level of relative prominence; and

matching the rankings of the articles to the corresponding rankings of the tiles, wherein tile-content for a ranked article is arranged within the correspondingly ranked tile.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the level of relative prominence is based on how many grid segments are included in each tile.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the level of relative prominence is based on a relative position of the tiles on the layout of the page.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining tile-content comprises:

ranking the content of each article based on a level of correspondence between the content and the article, wherein higher ranked content is more representative of the article.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein determining tile-content comprises:

selecting, based on its rank, the content of a first one of the articles for display within the corresponding tile of the first article.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining tile-content comprises:

identifying a feature article of the one or more articles; and

arranging the tile-content of the feature article for display in the tile that includes the most grid segments.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more modifications that resize the tiles by adding or removing one or more grid segments;

determining updated tile-content for each of the one or more articles displayed on the content page; and

arranging the updated tile-content of the articles on the content page within their corresponding tiles based on the modifications.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

ranking the articles based on a relative representation of the magazine edition;

selecting one or more of the articles representative of the magazine edition based on the ranking;

ranking the content of each of the selected articles based on a relative representation of the content to a respective one of the articles;

assigning the selected articles to tiles of a listing page based on the ranking of the articles;

arranging highest ranked content for each assigned article within its corresponding tile on the listing page; and

providing the listing page in association with the magazine edition, wherein the selected content of an article arranged on the tiles of the listing page includes a link to the corresponding articles within the magazine edition.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the ranking the articles comprises:

ranking the articles based on one or more of a location or size of the corresponding tile including the article on the content page.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the ranking the articles comprises:

selecting a featured article of the one or more articles;

selecting tile-content representative of the featured article; and

generating the listing page including the selected tile-content of the featured article.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the providing comprises:

providing the listing page in association with the magazine edition, wherein the selected tile-content as arranged on the tiles of the listing page includes a link to a section of the magazine edition that includes the article corresponding to the selected tile-content.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determining the layout comprises:

determining the layout based on the tile-content, wherein the number of grid segments included in a particular one of the tiles is determined based on the size of the tile-content of the article associated the particular tile.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determining the layout comprises:

determining the layout based on the content, wherein the position of a particular one of the tiles on the content page is determined based on the content of the article associated with the particular tile.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining tile-content comprises:

adjusting the layout, including modifying which grid segments correspond to a particular tile, based on a size of the content of a particular one of the articles corresponding to the particular tile.

16. In at least one computer having at least one processor and one memory, a system for displaying magazine edition content comprising:

a layout processor configured to;

calculate a grid for a layout of a content page, the grid comprising a plurality of grid segments;

receive a layout for the content page, the layout comprising one or more tiles, wherein each tile comprises a selection of an adjacent one or more of the grid segments from the grid;

receive one or more articles for display on the content page, the one or more articles each including content;

determine a relative importance of the one or more articles based upon an evaluation of the content of the one or more articles;

arrange the content for each of the received articles within a corresponding tile based on the relative importance of the respective article; and

display the content page including the content of each of the one or more articles arranged for optimal display in the corresponding tile.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the content is arranged based on a ranking of the received articles.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the received articles are ranked based on the content included in each article.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the layout processor is configured to:

determine tiles for each of multiple content pages; and

arrange the content for each of the received articles amongst the tiles of the multiple content pages.

20. In at least one computer having at least one processor and one memory, a computer-implemented method, performed by the at least one processor, of providing magazine edition content, the computer-implemented method comprising:

providing a grid of a content page, the grid comprising a plurality of grid segments;

receiving a layout of the content page, the layout comprising the grid arranged into a plurality of tiles, wherein each tile includes one or more adjacent grid segments of the grid;

determining a relative importance of the one or more articles based upon an evaluation of the content of the one or more articles;

arranging the content of each assigned article onto the corresponding tile of the article based on the relative importance of the respective article; and

displaying the content page including the content of the assigned articles arranged in the correspond tiles of the grid.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 20, wherein the arranging comprises resizing the content to fit within the corresponding tile.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, wherein the grid is provided based on a screen upon which the content page is to be rendered.