TECHNIQUES FOR TYPOGRAPHIC ELECTRONIC PAGINATION

• US 20140115432A1
• Filed: 10/24/2012
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Epagination Limited UK
• Original Assignee: Epagination Limited UK
• Inventors: TURNER, Michael George
• Application Number:
  US13/659,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20140115432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• 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 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/114 Pagination

Abstract

Techniques for typographic electronic pagination are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for typographic electronic pagination. In one implementation of the apparatus, the apparatus comprises at least one non-transitory processor readable storage medium with instructions stored on the at least one medium. The instructions are configured to be readable by at least one non-transitory processor and cause the at least one processor to operate. The processor operates so as to receive a plurality of articles, generate an index page based on relative visual weightings of the plurality of articles and a size of a canvas adapted to contain the index page, and generate a page layout for the plurality of articles based on page layout weightings and the size of canvas.

Claims

1. An apparatus for typographic electronic pagination comprising:

at least one non-transitory processor readable storage medium; and

instructions stored on the at least one medium,

wherein the instructions are configured to be readable by at least one non-transitory processor and to cause the at least one processor to operate so as to;

(a) receive a plurality of articles; and

(b) generate an index page based on relative visual weightings of the plurality of articles and a size of a canvas adapted to contain the index page.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

(c) assign the relative visual weightings to the plurality of articles, respectively.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

(c) receive the size of the canvas from a client device containing the canvas.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein operation (b) further comprises:

(b1) generate article previews corresponding to the plurality of articles,

wherein the plurality of articles comprises a lead article and a second article,

wherein the article previews include a lead article preview corresponding to the lead article and a second article preview corresponding to the second article, and

wherein the lead article preview has a lead preview size and the second article preview has a second preview size; and

(b2) determine whether the article previews together fit within the size of the canvas.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein operation (b1) comprises:

(b1a) set the lead preview size of the lead article preview to a first preview size of the article previews; and

(b1b) set the second preview size of the second article preview to the second preview size relative to the lead preview size of the lead article preview,

wherein the second preview size is smaller than the lead preview size, and

wherein relative sizes of the lead preview size and the second preview size correspond to the relative visual weightings of the lead article preview and the second article preview.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first preview size is a predetermined maximum potential size of the article previews.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

(b3) if the article previews together do not fit within the size of the canvas,

(b3a) reduce the lead preview size of the lead article preview and second preview size of the second article preview according to the relative visual weightings; and

(b3b) repeat operation (b2).

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein operation (b3a) comprises:

(b3a1) reduce the lead preview size by reducing a size of at least one element of the lead article preview; and

(b3a2) reduce the second preview size by reducing a size of at least one element of the second article preview.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one element of the lead article preview comprises at least one of font size of a headline of the lead article preview, a font size of the text of the lead article preview, and a size of an image of the lead article preview, and

wherein the at least one element of the second article preview comprises at least one of font size of a headline of the second article preview, a font size of the text of the second article preview, and a size of an image of the second article preview.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the size of the at least one element of the lead article preview is reduced by eliminating the at least one element of the lead article preview.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the size of the at least one element of the second article preview is reduced by eliminating the at least one element of the second article preview.

12. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

(b3) if the article previews together fit within the size of the canvas, arrange the article previews in the canvas according to a treemapping of the article previews.

13. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

(b4) if the article previews together fit within the size of the canvas, arrange the article previews in the canvas according to a treemapping of the article previews.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein operation (b) comprises:

(b1) generate the index page based on the relative visual weightings of the plurality of articles, the size of the canvas, and the canvas oriented in a first orientation, and

wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to;

(c) generate a second index page based on the relative visual weightings of the plurality of articles, the size of the canvas, and the canvas oriented in a second orientation.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first orientation is a first one of a portrait orientation and a landscape orientation, and

wherein the second orientation is a different second one of the portrait orientation and the landscape orientation.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the relative visual weighting of each article is based at least in part on a publication date of each article.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein a first relative visual weighting of an earlier published article is less than a second relative visual weighting of a later published article.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to select a most recently published article of the plurality of articles as a lead article.

19. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein operation (b) comprises:

(b1) generate an article preview corresponding to one of the plurality of articles; and

(b2) adjust columns of the article preview.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein operation (b2) comprises:

(b2a) adjust a number of the columns.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein operation (b2) comprises:

(b2a) adjust a size of the columns.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein operation (b2a) comprises:

(b2a1) adjust a spacing between a column and at least one other element of the article preview.

23. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

(c) receive a first adjustment of at least one of the relative visual weightings.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

(d) generate a second index page based on the first adjustment.

25. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

(d) receive successive adjustments of the relative visual weightings; and

(e) generate an indication of a layout of the index page in real time in response to receiving each of the successive adjustments.

26. An apparatus for typographic electronic pagination comprising:

at least one non-transitory processor readable storage medium; and

instructions stored on the at least one medium,

wherein the instructions are configured to be readable by at least one non-transitory processor to cause the at least one processor to operate so as to;

(a) receive a plurality of articles; and

(b) generate a page layout for the plurality of articles based on page layout weightings and a size of a canvas adapted to contain the page layout.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

(c) assign page layout weightings to the plurality of articles, respectively.

28. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

(c) receive the size of the canvas from a client device containing the canvas.

29. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein operation (b) further comprises:

(b1) determine sizes for the plurality of articles corresponding to the page layout weightings.

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the plurality of articles comprises a first article and a second article,

wherein the first article has a first page layout weighting of the page layout weightings and the second article has a second page layout weighting of the page layout weightings,

wherein operation (b1) comprises:

(b1a) determine a first range of sizes of the first article based on a first range of typographical parameters corresponding to the first page layout weighting;

(b1b) determine a second range of sizes of the second article based on a second range of typographical parameters corresponding to the second page layout weighting; and

(b1c) determine a first size, within the first range of sizes, of the first article and a second size, within the second range of sizes, of the second article such that the aggregated sizes of the plurality of articles correspond to the size of the page layout.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein operation (b1c) comprises:

(b1c1) determine the sizes of the plurality of articles, including the first size of the first article and the second size of the second article, such that a sum of the sizes of the plurality of the articles corresponds to an integer multiple of the size of the canvas.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein a page size of each page of the page layout corresponds to the size of the canvas,

wherein the first size of the first article is greater than the page size such that an initial portion of the first article equals the page size and such that a sum of the initial portion and an overflow portion of the first article is greater than the page size,

wherein the second size of the second article is less than the page size such that a sum of an initial portion of the second article and an underflow portion corresponding to the second article equals the page size, and

wherein operation (b1c1) further comprises:

(b1c1a) determine the size of the first article and the second article such that an overflow size of the overflow portion the first article corresponds to an underflow size of the underflow portion of the second article.

33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the overflow size equals the underflow size.

34. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein a size difference between the overflow size and the underflow size is less than a predetermined threshold.

35. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein operation (b) further comprises:

(b2) arrange the plurality of articles on the pages of the page layout according to the sizes of the plurality articles.

36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein operation (b2) further comprises:

(b2a) arrange the plurality of articles such that;

(b2a1) the initial portion of the first article is contained on one page of the page layout;

(b2a2) the overflow portion of the first article is contained on a next page of the page layout; and

(b2a3) the second article is contained on the next page.

37. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein a difference between (1) cumulative sum of the sizes of the initial portion of the first article, the overflow portion of the first article, and the second article and (2) the cumulative sum of the sizes of the one page and the next page is less than a predetermined threshold.

38. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein operation (b) further comprises:

(b3) match the first article with the second article such that a first value of a typographical parameter of the first article corresponds to a second value of the typographical parameter of the second article.

39. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the first article and second article are located on successive pages of the page layout, and

wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to match articles on successive pages of the page layout.

40. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein operation (b3) comprises:

(b3a) match the first article with the second article such that first value equals the second value.

41. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein operation (b3) comprises:

(b3a) match the first article with the second article such that a difference between the first value and the second value of the typographical parameter is less than a predetermined threshold difference.

42. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the typographical parameter is a kerning of an article.

43. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the typographical parameter is a number of columns of text in the article.

44. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein at least one article of the plurality of articles comprises an image.

45. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein operation (b) comprises:

(b1) generate the page layout for the plurality of articles based on the page layout weightings, the size of the canvas, and the canvas oriented in a first orientation, and

wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to;

(c) generate a second page layout for the plurality of articles based on the page layout, the size of the canvas, and the canvas oriented in a second orientation.

46. The apparatus of claim 45, wherein the first orientation is a first one of a portrait orientation and a landscape orientation, and

wherein the second orientation is a different second one of the portrait orientation and the landscape orientation.

47. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the page layout weighting of each article is based at least in part on a publication date of each article.

48. The apparatus of claim 47, wherein a first page layout weighting of an earlier published article is lower than a second page layout weighting of a later published article.

49. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein operation (b) comprises:

(b1) generate the page layout for the plurality of articles; and

(b2) adjust columns of at least one article of the plurality of articles.

50. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein operation (b2) comprises:

(b2a) adjust a number of the columns.

51. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein operation (b2) comprises:

(b2a) adjust a size of the columns.

52. The apparatus of claim 51, wherein operation (b2a) comprises:

(b2a1) adjust a spacing between a column and at least one other element of the at least one article.

53. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein a size of at least one advertisement is fixed,

wherein operation (b) comprises:

(b2) arrange the at least one advertisement within at least one page of the page layout for the plurality of articles, and

wherein operation (b1a) comprises;

(b1a1) determining the first range of sizes of the first article by accounting for the fixed size of the at least one advertisement.

54. An apparatus for typographic electronic pagination comprising:

at least one non-transitory processor readable storage medium; and

instructions stored on the at least one medium,

wherein the instructions are configured to be readable by at least one non-transitory processor and to cause the at least one processor to operate so as to;

(a) receive a plurality of articles; and

(b) generate an index page based on relative visual weightings of the plurality of articles and a size of a canvas adapted to contain the index page; and

(c) generate a page layout for the plurality of articles based on page layout weightings and the size of canvas.

55. The apparatus of claim 54, wherein the index page comprises at least one hyperlink to one of the articles in the page layout.

56. The apparatus of claim 54, wherein the index page comprises at least one cross reference corresponding to at least one page number of at least one page in the page layout.

57. The apparatus of claim 54, wherein at least one page of the page layouts comprises an advertisement.