Template-based page layout for hosted social magazines
US9396167B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 21, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/186
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Page layout of content items from a variety of sources is performed. A content processing system queues content items, such as user-generated blogs, tweets, social networking status updates and other postings, received from a variety of sources. Each content item comprises one or more assets from one or more asset types. The asset types include text, images, and video. A page builder retrieves items from the queue and determines the item's size constraints. A template is selected from a template database to use as a layout for the items on a page; each template has a number of slots into which content can be placed. A layout module lays out the items into the slots of the selected template based on the respective size and aspect ratio constraints of the items, in order to build a page to serve a client device.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.