METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING A CONTENT ITEM AS A LINK TARGET TO A MANAGED OBJECT

• US 20160034431A1
• Filed: 07/21/2015
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ip Ot Sub Ulc
• Original Assignee: Open TEXT SA (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: HINRICHS, HENNING
• Granted Patent: US 10,176,152 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

A smart link selection invention for assigning a content item as a link target to a managed object in a web content project of a web content management system. The web content project comprises at least one content page having content item(s). The method comprises accessing, in response to a user request, at least part of a managed object; generating a preview of the at least one content page; adding metadata to the generated preview; adding at least one selection means to the generated preview, the at least one selection means enabling selection of at least one content item; displaying the preview with the at least one selection means; selecting, in response to a user request, at least one content item from the generated preview; determining an identifier of the selected content item based on the metadata; and storing the identifier as the link target with the managed object.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

performing, by a web content management system embodied on one or more computer machines having at least one processor, at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, and stored instructions translatable by the at least one processor;

accessing, in response to a user request, at least part of a content item to be assigned with a link target as a managed object in a web content project of the web content management system, the web content project comprising at least one content page having one or more content items;

generating a preview of the at least one content page;

adding metadata to the generated preview, the metadata comprising information of the one or more content items on the at least one content page;

adding at least one selection means to the generated preview, the at least one selection means enabling selection of at least one of the one or more content items;

displaying the preview of the at least one content page with the at least one selection means on a user interface;

selecting, in response to a user request, at least one content item from the generated preview by the at least one selection means;

determining an identifier of the at least one selected content item based on the metadata; and

storing the identifier as the link target with the managed object.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising verifying the at least one selected content item using the metadata.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the verifying comprises at least one of checking whether the at least one selected content item exists in the web content project, checking the type of the at least one selected content item, or checking permission of the at least one selected content item.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the preview is generated for at least two content pages, and wherein the generating the preview further comprises adding navigation elements to the preview to enable the user navigating through the at least two content pages.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata comprises at least one of a content item identifier, type of the content item, visualization data of the content item, or location information defining a location of the content item in the preview of the at least one content page.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection means comprises at least one of a button associated with the at least one of the content items, a list of content items enabled for selection on the content page, or marking means displayed when hovering with a pointing device over the preview.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier of the at least one selected content item is a value of a href attribute of an anchor target.

8. A system, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

stored instructions translatable by the at least one processor to;

access, in response to a user request, at least part of a content item to be assigned with a link target as a managed object in a web content project of the web content management system, the web content project comprising at least one content page having one or more content items;

generate a preview of the at least one content page;

add metadata to the generated preview, the metadata comprising information of the one or more content items on the at least one content page;

add at least one selection means to the generated preview, the at least one selection means enabling selection of at least one of the one or more content items;

display the preview of the at least one content page with the at least one selection means on a user interface;

select, in response to a user request, at least one content item from the generated preview by the at least one selection means;

determine an identifier of the at least one selected content item based on the metadata; and

store the identifier as the link target with the managed object.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor to verify the at least one selected content item using the metadata.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor to perform at least one of:

checking whether the at least one selected content item exists in the web content project, checking the type of the at least one selected content item, or checking permission of the at least one selected content item.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the preview is generated for at least two content pages, and wherein the instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor to add navigation elements to the preview to enable navigating through previews of the at least one content page.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the metadata comprises at least one of a content item identifier, type of the content item, visualization data of the content item, or location information defining a location of the content item in the preview of the at least one content page.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the selection means comprises at least one of a button associated with the at least one of the content items, a list of content items enabled for selection on the content page, or marking means displayed when hovering with a pointing device over the preview.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the identifier of the at least one selected content item is a value of a href attribute of an anchor target.

15. A computer program product having at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions translatable by at least one processor to perform:

accessing, in response to a user request, at least part of a content item to be assigned with a link target as a managed object in a web content project of a web content management system, the web content project comprising at least one content page having one or more content items;

generating a preview of the at least one content page;

adding metadata to the generated preview, the metadata comprising information of the one or more content items on the at least one content page;

adding at least one selection means to the generated preview, the at least one selection means enabling selection of at least one of the one or more content items;

displaying the preview of the at least one content page with the at least one selection means on a user interface;

selecting, in response to a user request, at least one content item from the generated preview by the at least one selection means;

determining an identifier of the at least one selected content item based on the metadata; and

storing the identifier as the link target with the managed object.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor to verify the at least one selected content item using the metadata.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor to perform at least one of:

checking whether the at least one selected content item exists in the web content project, checking the type of the at least one selected content item, or checking permission of the at least one selected content item.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the preview is generated for at least two content pages, and wherein the instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor to add navigation elements to the preview to enable navigating through previews of the at least one content page.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the metadata comprises at least one of a content item identifier, type of the content item, visualization data of the content item, or location information defining a location of the content item in the preview of the at least one content page.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the selection means comprises at least one of a button associated with the at least one of the content items, a list of content items enabled for selection on the content page, or marking means displayed when hovering with a pointing device over the preview.