Methods and systems for reversing editing operations in media-rich projects

• US 9,329,762 B1
• Filed: 06/02/2015
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interactive Memories Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Interactive Memories Incorporated
• Inventors: Schultz, Dan, Capua, Max Di, Grosz, Aryk
• Primary Examiner(s): Riegler, Patrick
• Application Number:
  US14/729,019
• Time in Patent Office: 336 Days
• Field of Search: 715/776, 715/255, 715/732
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/12 Use of codes for handling textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

Methods and systems of reversing edit operations of a media-rich project are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises, offering to a user an editing action on a pre-edited view of a media-rich project, in which the editing action after being performed on the pre-edited view displays a first-edited view of the project; saving, in response to the user switching to a second view, the first-edited view as a last-edited view; and reversing, in response to a user reverse action, the editing action of the last-edited view by initiating a reverse function, in which the reverse function comprises two steps, in which a first step causes the editor to exit from the second view and to land on the last-edited view, and a second step causes the last-edited view to revert to the pre-edited view.

Claims

1. A method for performing and reversing editing operations in a media-rich project on a graphical user interface (GUI), the method offered by a user device, the method comprising:

offering to a user an editing action on a pre-edited view in an editor of said media-rich project via an input device, wherein said editing action, after being performed on content on said pre-edited view, displays a first-edited view of said media-rich project, wherein said pre-edited view is a view of said media-rich project before said editing action was performed;

responsive to said user navigating the editor away from the first-edited view to a second view, storing said first-edited view as a last-edited view and displaying a GUI element depicting a first reverse action; and

responsive to a first user activation of the GUI element;

causing said editor to exit from said second view, return to said last-edited view, and change the GUI element from depicting the first reverse action to depicting a second reverse action, wherein the editor is returned to the last-edited view after the user navigates the editor away from the last-edited view upon said first user activation of the graphical user interface element, to display on the editor the last-edited view; and

responsive to a second user activation of the graphical user interface element, causing said last-edited view to revert to said pre-edited view by reversing said editing action.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said media-rich project is a three dimensional (3D) project.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said media-rich project is a photobook.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said photobook comprises a plurality of spreads.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein an uploaded photo is analyzed by image analysis to extract image metadata.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

creating a manifested preview of said photobook, wherein said manifested preview is a three-dimensional virtual production of a printable photobook graphically showing a front cover, a back cover, a spine, and said plurality of spreads, wherein said front cover, said back cover, and said plurality of spreads are virtually flappable via said input device.

7. The method of claim 1, further wherein said GUI element depicting the first reverse action indicates that said first user activation of the GUI element will change views from said second view to said last-edited view.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

responsive to the user confirming the first user activation of the GUI element by a third user interaction of the GUI element at said second view, causing said editor to exit from said second view and return to said last-edited view.

9. A non-transitory physical storage medium storing executable instructions, which when executed by a hardware processor, causes the processor to perform a process for performing and reversing editing operations in a media-rich project on a graphical user interface (GUI), the instructions causing the processor to perform the steps comprising:

offering to a user an editing action on a pre-edited view in an editor of said media-rich project via an input device, wherein said editing action, after being performed on content on said pre-edited view, displays a first-edited view of said media-rich project, wherein said pre-edited view is a view of said media-rich project before said editing action was performed;

responsive to said user navigating the editor away from the first-edited view to a second view, storing said first-edited view as a last-edited view and displaying a GUI element depicting a first reverse action; and

responsive to a first user activation of the GUI element;

causing said editor to exit from said second view, and to return to said last-edited view, and change the GUI element from depicting the first reverse action to depicting a second reverse action, wherein the editor is returned to the last-edited view after the user navigates the editor away from the last-edited view upon said first user activation of the GUI element, to display on the editor the last-edited view; and

responsive to a second user activation of the GUI element, causing said last-edited view to revert to said pre-edited view by reversing said editing action.

10. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 9, wherein said media-rich project is a three dimensional (3D) project.

11. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 9, wherein said media-rich project is a photobook.

12. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 11, wherein said photobook comprises a plurality of spreads, wherein said pre-edited view, said first-edited view, said last-edited view, and said second view are each spreads in the photobook.

13. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 9, wherein said GUI element depicting the first reverse action indicates that said first user activation of the GUI element will change views from said second view to said last-edited view.

14. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 13, further comprising instructions causing the processor to perform the step of:

responsive to the user confirming the first user activation of the GUI element by a third user activation of the GUI element at said second view, causing said editor to exit from said second view and return to said last-edited view.

15. A system for performing and reversing editing operations in a media-rich project on a graphical user interface (GUI), the system comprising:

a computing device comprising a hardware processor and a memory; and

a plurality of program code embodied on said memory, said plurality of program code which when executed causes said hardware processor to execute a process performing the steps of;

offering to said user an editing action on a pre-edited view in an editor of said media-rich project via the input device, wherein said editing action, after being performed on content on said pre-edited view, displays a first-edited view of said media-rich project, wherein said pre-edited view is a view of said media-rich project before said editing action was performed;

responsive to said user navigating the editor away from the first-edited view to a second view, storing said first-edited view as a last-edited view and displaying a GUI element depicting a first reverse action; and

responsive to a first user activation of the GUI element;

causing said editor to exit from said second view, return to said last-edited view, and change the GUI element from depicting the first reverse action to depicting a second reverse action, wherein the editor is returned to the last-edited view after the user navigates the editor away from the last-edited view upon said first user activation of the GUI element, to display on the editor the last-edited view; and

responsive to a second user activation of the GUI element, causing said last-edited view to revert to said pre-edited view by reversing said editing action.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said media-rich project is a dimensional (3D) project.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said media-rich project is a photobook.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein said GUI element depicting the first reverse action indicates that said first user activation of the GUI element will change views from said second view to said last-edited view.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising program code which when

executed causes said hardware processor to execute a process performing the step of:

responsive to the user confirming the first user activation of the GUI element by a third user activation of the GUI element at said second view, causing said editor to exit from said second view and return to said last-edited view.