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Systems and methods for producing digital content

US7191398B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateMar 28, 2002
Grant dateMar 13, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 17, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4332
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a digital content production system which appropriately arranges information in a blank region present in a layout area in an easy-to-read layout without destroying layout consistency. The present invention can include a content delivery terminal that lays out a digital content by selecting the digital contents in a content registration data base based on user information, and by arranging a variety of pieces of information forming the selected digital contents into a predetermined frame in a layout area. When a blank region is present in the layout area after information forming the digital contents is arranged in the layout area, one of the information arrangement processes for arranging information into the blank region through respective different methods is searched for and retrieved based on the size of the blank region, and the information is arranged into the blank region by using the retrieved information arrangement process.

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