Panoptic visualization document printing

• US 9,875,220 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2012
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Rodgers, Michael K, Hadley, Brent L, Eames, Patrick J
• Primary Examiner(s): Padmanabhan, Kavita
• Assistant Examiner(s): Garmon, Brian
• Application Number:
  US13/673,281
• Publication Number:
  US 20140136972A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,901 Days
• Field of Search: 715203, 715209, 715274
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1208 resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/125 Page layout or assigning input pages onto output media, e.g. imposition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/114 Pagination

Abstract

A panoptic visualization document support system includes a request interface and support engine. The request interface is configured to receive a request for printout(s) of selected document component(s) of a layout of document components of a panoptic visualization document collection. The collection has a plurality of document components each of which includes respective media content and has associated metadata providing information about the respective document component. The layout includes a panoptic arrangement of visual representations of the document components of the layout according to the associated metadata of the respective document components. The support engine is configured to retrieve and prepare the selected document component(s) for printing according to at least a selected print layout style. Preparation of the selected document component(s) includes generation of one or more printable document components for respective ones of the printout(s). And the support engine is configured to communicate the printable page(s).

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request for one or more printouts of one or more document components selected from a layout of document components presented in a graphical user interface (GUI), the document components of the layout being of a panoptic visualization document collection having a plurality of document components, each document component including respective media content and having associated metadata providing structured information about the document component, the layout including a panoptic arrangement of images of the document components of the layout according to the associated metadata of the respective document components, the images of the document components of the layout including the media content thereof;

retrieving and preparing the selected one or more document components for printing according to at least a selected print layout style, the preparation including generation of one or more printable document components for respective ones of the one or more printouts; and

communicating the one or more printable document components,

wherein a selected document component of the selected one or more document components is in the layout with a size smaller than its native size, and

wherein retrieving the selected one or more document components includes retrieving the respective selected document component in its native size.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected print layout style includes printout of the selected one or more document components separately or together, and in their respective entireties or in a portion in which they are viewable in a viewable portion of the layout.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected one or more document components are prepared for printing further according to one or more printing preferences, including insertion of metadata or other textual information onto at least one of the one or more printable document components.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected print layout style includes printout of the selected one or more document components separately and in their respective entireties, the one or more printable document components being generated for respective ones of the selected one or more document components.

5. The method of claim 4, preparing the selected one or more document components includes inserting metadata or other textual information onto at least one of the one or more printable document components, the one or more printable document components each being generated as a markup document in which the metadata or other textual information is tagged in its source.

6. An apparatus for implementation of a panoptic visualization document support system, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the apparatus to implement at least:

a request interface configured to receive a request for one or more printouts of one or more document components selected from a layout of document components presented in a graphical user interface (GUI), the document components of the layout being of a panoptic visualization document collection having a plurality of document components, each document component including respective media content and having associated metadata providing structured information about the document component, the layout including a panoptic arrangement of images of the document components of the layout according to the associated metadata of the respective document components, the images of the document components of the layout including the media content thereof; and

a support engine coupled to the request interface and configured to retrieve and prepare the selected one or more document components for printing according to at least a selected print layout style, the preparation including generation of one or more printable document components for respective ones of the one or more printouts,

wherein the support engine is configured to communicate the one or more printable document components,

wherein a selected document component of the selected one or more document components is in the layout with a size smaller than its native size, and

wherein the support engine being configured to retrieve the selected one or more document components includes being configured to retrieve the respective selected document component in its native size.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the selected print layout style includes printout of the selected one or more document components separately or together, and in their respective entireties or in a portion in which they are viewable in a viewable portion of the layout.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the support engine is configured to prepare the selected one or more document components for printing further according to one or more printing preferences, including insertion of metadata or other textual information onto at least one of the one or more printable document components.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the selected print layout style includes printout of the selected one or more document components separately and in their respective entireties, the support engine being configured to generate the one or more printable document components for respective ones of the selected one or more document components.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the support engine being configured to prepare the selected one or more document components includes being configured to insert metadata or other textual information onto at least one of the one or more printable document components, the one or more printable document components each being generated as a markup document in which the metadata or other textual information is tagged in its source.

11. A computer-readable storage medium that is non-transitory and has computer-readable program code portions stored therein that, in response to execution by a processor, cause an apparatus to at least:

receive a request for one or more printouts of one or more document components selected from a layout of document components presented in a graphical user interface (GUI), the document components of the layout being of a panoptic visualization document collection having a plurality of document components, each document component including respective media content and having associated metadata providing structured information about the document component, the layout including a panoptic arrangement of images of the document components of the layout according to the associated metadata of the respective document components, the images of the document components of the layout including the media content thereof;

retrieve and prepare the selected one or more document components for printing according to at least a selected print layout style, the preparation including generation of one or more printable document components for respective ones of the one or more printouts; and

communicate the one or more printable document components,

wherein a selected document component of the selected one or more document components is in the layout with a size smaller than its native size, and

wherein the apparatus being caused to retrieve the selected one or more document components includes being caused to retrieve the respective selected document component in its native size.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the selected print layout style includes printout of the selected one or more document components separately or together, and in their respective entireties or in a portion in which they are viewable in a viewable portion of the layout.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is caused to prepare the selected one or more document components for printing further according to one or more printing preferences, including insertion of metadata or other textual information onto at least one of the one or more printable document components.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the selected print layout style includes printout of the selected one or more document components separately and in their respective entireties, the apparatus being caused to generate the one or more printable document components for respective ones of the selected one or more document components.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the apparatus being caused to prepare the selected one or more document components includes being caused to insert metadata or other textual information onto at least one of the one or more printable document components, the one or more printable document components each being generated as a markup document in which the metadata or other textual information is tagged in its source.