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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2005
Patrick C. Teo, San Mateo, CA (US);
Su M. Quek, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kai Bansner, San Francisco, CA (US);
John T. Townsend, Jr., Fremont, CA (US);
Patrick C. Teo, San Mateo, CA (US);
Su M. Quek, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kai Bansner, San Francisco, CA (US);
John T. Townsend, Jr., Fremont, CA (US);
Shutterfly, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for producing a digital photo album includes selecting a plurality of digital images each characterized by a portrait format or a landscape format, providing a library of page layouts each comprising one or more image areas configured to receive digital images. Each of the image areas is characterized by an image area format consistent with the image format. One or more page layouts are automatically selected from the library of page layouts in accordance with the selected digital images and their associated image formats. The selected digital images are disposed in the image areas on the one or more page layouts to produce one or more pages in the digital photo album.