Patent ID: 7474801
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a photo album having a plurality of pages, comprising: storing a plurality of digital images each characterized by a portrait format or a landscape format; specifying a sequence for the plurality of digital images; providing a library of page layouts each comprising one or more image areas each of which is configured to receive a digital image characterized by a portrait format or a landscape format; selecting a first group of one or more digital images at the beginning of the sequence of the plurality of digital images; after the step of selecting a first group of one or more digital images, automatically selecting a page layout from the library of page layouts in accordance with the image formats of the one or more digital images in the first group; and disposing the first group of one or more digital images in the one or more image areas in the automatically selected page layout to produce a first page in a photo album.