US 7,322,007 B2
Electronic document modification
Alexander K. Schowtka, Weston, Mass. (US); Eliza H. Royal, Lincoln, Mass. (US); Daniel R. Malone, Arlington, Mass. (US); and Robert L. Dulaney, Paxton, Mass. (US)
Assigned to VistaPrint Technologies Limited, Hamilton (Bermuda)
Filed on May 30, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/449,836.
Prior Publication US 2004/0243930 A1, Dec. 02, 2004
Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 715—513  [715/517; 715/542] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented electronic document method comprising
retaining a plurality of document layouts, a plurality of document designs, and a plurality of document font schemes;
providing a document image based on a current layout, the current layout being one of the retained document layouts, a current font scheme, the current font scheme being one of the retained document font schemes, and a current design, the current design being one of the retained document designs;
providing first, second and third controls while at least a portion of the document image is available for viewing by the user,
in response to user operation of the first control, generating a plurality of different document images for simultaneous viewing by the user, each of the different document images being based on at least the current design, the current font scheme, and a different one of the retained layouts,
in response to user operation of the second control, generating a plurality of different document images for simultaneous viewing by the user, each of the different document images being based on at least the current layout, the current font scheme, and a different one of the retained designs, and,
in response to user operation of the third control, generating at least one different document image for viewing by the user based on at least the current layout, the current design, and a different one of the retained font schemes.