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Methods and systems for page and spread arrangement in photo-based projects

  • US 9,219,830 B1
  • Filed: 04/03/2015
  • Issued: 12/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of creating a printable product, the method offered by a user device in a client-server environment, the method comprising:

  • providing an interface to allow a user to select a plurality of photos at a photo editing area of said user device;

    receiving an upload of said plurality of photos from said user device to a server, said server comprising a data repository for storing said plurality of photos and an engine for analyzing said plurality of photos;

    creating an automatic grid preview of a plurality of spreads, each spread comprising one or more photos of said printable product at said user device, each spread consisting of two opposing pages of the printable product, and wherein said grid preview is rendered by said server onto said user device;

    offering to said user an option of re-arrangement for manually re-arranging said plurality of spreads and said plurality of photos, wherein each spread or each photo is offered for re-arrangement, wherein a manual re-arrangement over-rides contents of said grid preview, wherein each spread or each photo is re-arranged by at least dragging at said grid preview a photo from a first spread to outside of said first spread, and dropping said photo between said first spread and a second spread, wherein said dropping automatically creates a new third spread comprising two opposing pages and said photo, said new third spread located between said first spread and said second spread;

    sending to a printer an order to print said printable product; and

    printing said printable product on paper, wherein after said printable product is printed it becomes a delivery item on behalf of said user who placed said print order.

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