Managing web page data in a composite document

• US 9,076,244 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited (Trimble Inc.)
• Inventors: Bacus, John M., McLean, Paul, Hauswirth, Jeff, Jackson, Preston, Brown, Brian G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Xiao, Ke
• Assistant Examiner(s): Imperial, Jed-Justin
• Application Number:
  US13/172,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20130002647A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,469 Days
• Field of Search: 345418-420, 345/428, 345/619, 345/649, 345/650, 345/653, 345660-661, 345664-665, 715200-205, 715209-211, 715/230, 715233-235, 715/240, 715243-248, 715255-256, 715/700, 715730-732, 715/760, 715/764, 715780-782, 715/788, 715/800, 715/810, 715/815, 715848-852
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2111/00 Details relating to CAD techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/00 3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering

Abstract

A composite document system is implemented as instructions stored on a computer-readable medium. When executed on a processor, the instructions cause the processor to receive model data that describes a three-dimensional model of an object, where the three-dimensional model is generated using a modeling software, and where the model data conforms to a non-image format of the modeling software. The instructions further cause the processor to receive web page data that includes content and description of the content in a mark-up language, generate a composite document that includes the model data and the web page data, interpret the model data in the composite document to generate a visual representation of the three-dimensional model, and interpret the web page data in the composite document to generate a visual representation of the web page data.

Claims

1. A tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon to implement a composite document system, wherein the instructions, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to:

receive model data that describes a three-dimensional model of an object, wherein the three-dimensional model is generated using a modeling software and the model data conforms to a non-image format of the modeling software;

generate a model entity, wherein the model entity includes the received model data and a reference to a source of the model data;

receive web page data that includes content and a description of the content in a mark-up language;

generate a web reference entity, wherein the web reference entity includes the received web page data, a reference to a source of the web page data, and a snapshot of the web page data;

generate a composite document that includes a first container and a second container;

interpret the model data in the composite document to generate a visual representation of the three-dimensional model in the first container;

interpret the web page data in the composite document to generate a visual representation of the web page data in the second container;

retrieve web page data from the source of the web page data;

compare the retrieved web page data to the web page data in the web reference entity;

update the second container in the composite document to include a new version of the web page data;

detect that the three-dimensional model has been updated; and

in response to the three-dimensional model having been updated, automatically update the model data in the first container of the composite document in accordance with the updated three-dimensional model.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the composite document includes a plurality of presentation slides, and wherein the instructions further cause the processor to display the plurality of presentation slides via a user interface.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to provide a set of drawings controls via a user interface, wherein a user utilizes the set of drawings controls to draw two-dimensional shapes in the composite document.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive text from a user interface; and

include the received text in the composite document.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein to generate the visual representation of the three-dimensional model, the instructions cause the processor to:

interpret the model data to display on a user interface the three-dimensional model in a rotatable mode; and

receive from the user interface a selection of a view of the three-dimensional model, wherein the generated visual representation of the three-dimensional model corresponds to the selected view.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein to receive the web page data, the instructions cause the processor to:

provide an interactive user interface to receive from a user a resource identifier, wherein the resource identifier identifies a source web page from which the web page data was received; and

include the resource identifier in the composite document.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive an indication that the source web page has been updated;

in response to receiving the indication, automatically retrieve a new version of the web page data from the source web page; and

update the composite document to include the new version of the web page data.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to display the static snapshot of the source web page.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive document geometry data from a user interface, wherein the document geometry includes an indication of a position of the visual representation of the web page data in the composite document; and

position the web page data in the composite document in accordance with the received document geometry data.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

provide a set of geometry controls via a user interface, wherein a user interacts with the web page data using the geometry controls to perform at least one of;

(i) rotate the visual representation of the web page data, (ii) scale the visual representation of the web page data, and (iii) crop the visual representation of the web page data.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

provide browser controls via a user interface, wherein a user interacts with the web page data using the browser controls.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein:

the web page data is received from a source web page; and

the browser controls include at least one of (i) a control to enable a transition forward relative to the source web page, (ii) a control to enable a transition backward relative to the source web page, and (iii) a control to refresh the web page data using the source web page.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein to generate the visual representation of the web page data, the instructions cause the processor to render the content in the web page data using vector graphics.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the static snapshot of the web page data includes an image of the web page data in a digital image format.

15. A tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to:

provide a set of modeling controls via a user interface, wherein a user utilizes the set of modeling controls to draw a three-dimensional model of an object;

generate model data descriptive of the three-dimensional model in accordance with commands received from the user interface;

provide a web reference control via the user interface, wherein the user specifies a source web page using the web reference control;

receive web page data, wherein the web page data is retrieved from the source web page and includes content and a description of the content;

generate a web reference entity, wherein the web reference entity includes the received web page data, a reference to a source of the web page data, and a snapshot of the web page data;

generate a composite document using the model data and the web page data;

retrieve web page data from the source web page;

compare the retrieved web page data to the web page data in the web reference entity; and

update the composite document to include the new version of the web page data.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to interpret the web page data to generate a visual representation of the web page data.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein to generate the visual representation of the web page data, the instructions further cause the processor to render the content in accordance with the description of the content, wherein the description of the content includes instructions in a mark-up language.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to position the visual representation of the web page data within the composite document in accordance with a user command received from the user interface.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further

cause the processor to store the composite document as composite document data on a computer-readable medium, including:

store the model data as a first portion of the composite document data, and

store the web page data as a second portion of the composite document data.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to store an identifier of the source web page as a third portion of the composite document data.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive an update to the three-dimensional model from the user interface; and

automatically update the composite document using the update to the three-dimensional model.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive an indication that the web page data has changed at the source web page data;

in response to receiving the indication, automatically retrieve a new version of the web page data from the source web page; and

update the composite document using the new version of the web page data.

23. A method in a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving model data that conforms to a non-image format, wherein the model data is stored on a computer-readable medium and the model data describes a three-dimensional model;

receiving text interpretable as a universal resource locator (URL);

receiving web page data from a source web page, wherein the web page data includes content and a description of the content and wherein the text interpretable as a URL identifies the source web page;

generating a web reference entity, wherein the web reference entity includes the received web page data, a snapshot of the web page data, and the text interpretable as a URL;

generating a composite document using the model data and the web page data;

retrieving web page data from the source web page;

comparing the retrieved web page data to web page data in the web reference entity;

updating the composite document to include a new version of the web page data and

causing the composite document to be displayed on a user interface, including;

generating a visual representation of the three-dimensional model using the model data, and

generating a visual representation of the source web page using the web page data.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein generating the composite document includes rendering the content in the web page data in accordance with the instructions in the web page data.

25. The method of claim 23, further comprising causing the composite document to be stored in a computer-readable memory, including storing the model data and the web page data in the composite document.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising storing an identifier of the source web page in the composite document.

27. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

receiving positioning data corresponding to the web page data; and

positioning the web page data within the composite document in accordance with the received positioning data.