Position editing tool of collage multi-media

• US 9,043,726 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Lanahan, James W., Howard, Dane M., Williams, Brian F.
• Primary Examiner(s): WENG, PEI YONG
• Application Number:
  US12/495,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20100005417A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,156 Days
• Field of Search: 715/815
• US Class Current: 715/815
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, methods and apparatus are provided for flexible and user-friendly position editing of loaded media in a multi-media presentation. In one embodiment, a method for editing the position of loaded media comprises loading a page of a collage document to a client device, the page having a plurality of layers with each layer being associated with a media object, and creating a list of layers of the loaded page with each layer indexed by at least a position in the collage document. The method further includes selecting a first media object, selecting a position editing tool to group the first media object and at least one other media object adjacent to the first media object; and moving the grouped first media object and the at least one other media object to a different position in the collage document. A client device for position editing loaded media is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for editing the position of loaded media, the method comprising:

loading a page of a collage document to a client device, the page having a plurality of layers, each layer being associated with a media object, wherein the layers of the page form a non-overlapping sequential series of discrete media objects;

creating a list of layers of the loaded page, each layer indexed by at least a position in the collage document;

receiving a selection of a first media object from a user of the client device;

receiving, from a position editing tool on a border of the first media object, a desire from the user to group the first media object and at least one other media object adjacent to both the first media object and the position editing tool, wherein the first media object and the at least one other media object include first layer specific positions associated with a location in the collage document;

moving the grouped first media object and the at least one other media object horizontally and vertically to a different position in the collage document based on user input comprising moving the position editing tool to the different position;

adjusting the first layer specific positions of the first media object and the at least one other media object based on the different position in the collage document to determine second layer specific positions for the first media object and the at least one other media object, wherein the second layer specific positions are associated with a new order of the list of layers of the loaded page;

providing a user interface configured to enable the user to slidably move the discrete media objects in the collage document horizontally and vertically into and out of a visual window; and

create a media presentation comprising a presentation style from the collage document, wherein the discrete media objects are automatically populated into the presentation style.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the grouped first media object and the at least one other media object are repositioned along one of a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the position editing tool groups the first media object and all media objects to the right of the first media object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the position editing tool groups the first media object and all media objects below the first media object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the position editing tool groups the first media object, the at least one other media object adjacent to the first media object, and any space therebetween.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the collage document is navigable in a plurality of directions, including one of a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a combination thereof, based on user input via a user interface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the collage document is navigable at a variable speed based on user input via the user interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein each layer of the list of layers includes a layer-specific attribute selected from the group consisting of scale, visual bounds, and an associated annotation.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting the collage document from a server device and downloading the page of the collage document to the client device via a network.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting a plurality of pages of a collage document from a server device.

11. A client device for navigating loaded media, the client device comprising:

a network interface configured to allow communication between the client device and a server device over a network; and

a hardware processor configured to;

load a page of a collage document to a client device, the page having a plurality of layers, each layer being associated with a media object, wherein the layers of the page form a non-overlapping sequential series of discrete media objects;

create a list of layers of the loaded page, each layer indexed by at least a position in the collage document;

receive a selection of a first media object from a user of the client device;

receive, from a position editing tool on a border of the first media object, a desire from the user to group the first media object and at least one other media object adjacent to both the first media object and the position editing tool, wherein the first media object and the at least one other media object include first layer specific positions associated with a location in the collage document;

move the grouped first media object and the at least one other media object horizontally and vertically to a different position in the collage document based on user input comprising moving the position editing tool to the different position;

adjust the first layer specific positions of the first media object and the at least one other media object based on the different position in the collage document to determine second layer specific positions for the first media object and the at least one other media object, wherein the second layer specific positions are associated with a new order of the list of layers of the loaded page;

provide a user interface configured to enable the user to slidably move the discrete media objects in the collage document horizontally and vertically into and out of a visual window; and

create a media presentation comprising a presentation style from the collage document, wherein the discrete media objects are automatically populated into the presentation style.

12. The client device of claim 11, wherein the grouped first media object and the at least one other media object are repositioned along one of a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a combination thereof.

13. The client device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to group the first media object and all media objects to the right of the first media object when the position editing tool is selected.

14. The client device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to group the first media object and all media objects below the first media object when the position editing tool is selected.

15. The client device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to group the first media object, the at least one other media object adjacent to the first media object, and any space therebetween when the position editing tool is selected.

16. The client device of claim 11, wherein the collage document is navigable in a plurality of directions, including one of a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a combination thereof, based on user input via the user interface.

17. The client device of claim 11, wherein the collage document is navigable at a variable speed based on user input via the user interface.

18. The client device of claim 11, further comprising a user interface configured to allow communication with the server device, collection of media via the network, creation of the collage document, and publication of the collage document via the network.

19. The client device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to request the collage document from a server device and download a first page of the collage document to the client device via the network.

20. The client device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to request the collage document from a server device and download a plurality of pages of the collage document to the client device via the network.