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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
James W Lanahan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dane M Howard, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Brian F Williams, San Carlos, CA (US);
Luke Peacock, Fremont, CA (US);
Belmer Perrella Garcia Negrillo, San Francisco, CA (US);
James W Lanahan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dane M Howard, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Brian F Williams, San Carlos, CA (US);
Luke Peacock, Fremont, CA (US);
Belmer Perrella Garcia Negrillo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ebay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, methods and apparatus are provided for efficient and effective loading of media in a multi-media presentation, such that a user may be able to view and/or edit the presentation. In one embodiment, a method for loading media comprises providing a maximum number of layers per page of a collage document, the collage document including at least one page having a plurality of layers, and each layer being associated with a media object. The method further includes loading a first page of the collage document to a client device, and creating a list of layers of the loaded page, with each layer indexed by at least a position in the collage document. The method continues by filtering the list of layers based on at least the position in the collage document and a visual window of a user interface to thereby display visible layers of the loaded page within the visual window. In another embodiment, a method for loading media comprises receiving a request for a collage document, receiving a specification of a maximum number of layers per page of the collage document, and returning a page of the requested collage document.