Patent ID: 9411783
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for synchronizing selected attributes of a target page element on a target display layout with modified attributes of a source page element on a source display layout comprising: receiving a command to synchronize a target display layout with a source display layout, wherein the target display layout comprises at least a first target page element with target attributes, the first target page element created based on a corresponding first source page element with source attributes, and a second target page element with target attributes, the second target page element created based on a corresponding second source page element with source attributes; determining that the first target page element created based on the corresponding first source page element is also linked to the first source page element on the source display layout, the corresponding first source page element comprising at least one modified source attribute not synchronized with a corresponding at least one target attribute of the first target page element; determining that the second target page element created based on the corresponding second source page element is not linked to the second source page element or any other source page element on the source display layout, the corresponding second source page element containing at least one modified source attribute not synchronized with a corresponding at least one target attribute of the second target page element; based on the determination that the second target page element created based on the corresponding second source page element is not linked to any source page element, maintaining the target attributes of the second target page element; based on the determination that the first target page element created based on the corresponding first source page element is linked to the corresponding first source page element, accessing a plurality of synchronization preferences, wherein the synchronization preferences define one or more selected attributes from the target attributes of the first target page element created based on the corresponding first source page element to be synchronized with one or more selected attributes from the source attributes of the corresponding first source page element, the selected attributes from the source attributes not including the at least one modified source attribute of the corresponding first source page element not synchronized with the corresponding at least one target attribute of the first target page element; and based on the synchronization preferences and the determination that the first target page element created based on the corresponding first source page element is linked to the corresponding first source page element, updating the first target page element created based on the corresponding first source page element with the one or more selected attributes from the source attributes of the corresponding first source page element and maintaining the at least one target attribute of the first target page element corresponding to the at least one modified source attribute of the corresponding first source page element.