Patent ID: 8705891

Claim:
A method for producing a photo album having a plurality of pages, comprising: sorting a plurality of images according to a primary 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, wherein the first page group of one or more images is to be placed in a first page of the photo album, wherein the second page group of one or more images is to be placed in a second page of the photo album; storing a library of page layouts in a computer system; automatically selecting a first page layout from the library of page layouts by the computer system, wherein the first page layout is configured to receive the number of one or more images in the first page group; automatically selecting a second page layout from the library of page layouts by the computer system, wherein the second page layout is configured to receive the number of one or more images in the second page group; automatically placing the one or more images in the first page group in the first page layout to form at least a portion of the first page of the photo album; and automatically placing the one or more images in the second page group in the second page layout to form at least a portion of the second page of the photo album.