Patent ID: 8131114
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a photo album having a first page and a second page, comprising: sorting a plurality of images according to a primary predetermined criterion to produce a list of sorted images; separating the sorted images into a first page group and a second page group using one or more secondary criteria by a computer system, wherein the first page group of one or more images is to be placed in the first page of the photo album, wherein the second page group of one or more images is to be placed in the second page of the photo album; graphically displaying the first page group of one or more images within a first border and the second page group of one or more images within a second border, wherein the first border and the second border respectively represent the first page and the second page of the photo album; automatically selecting a first page layout from a library of page layouts, wherein the first page layout comprises a number of one or more image receiving areas that match the number of one or more images in the first page group; automatically selecting a second page layout from the library of page layouts, wherein the second page layout comprises a number of one or more image receiving areas that match the number of one or more images in the second page group; automatically placing the one or more images in the first page group into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout; and automatically placing the one or more images in the second page group into the one or more image receiving areas in the second page layout to produce the second page in the photo album.