Application for designing photo albums

Abstract

Some embodiments of the invention provide a computer-based application that allows its users to insert their pictures in a variety of different photo album books (called photo books below). Each photo book has several pages that have one or more picture fields for presenting pictures. Different photo books can differ in their size, themes, covers, page designs, page colors, picture-field designs, picture-field layouts, and/or other attributes. In some embodiments, the application also allows the users to modify photo books that they select. For instance, in some embodiments, a user can modify the page design, color, frame design, and/or other thematic aspects of a selected photo books. Also, in some embodiments, the user can add picture and text fields to the photo book. Once the user has completed designing the photo book and inserting pictures in the photo book, the user can order the photo book through an online transaction that is initiated through the application.

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         6 . A non-transitory readable storage medium storing a program for execution by at least one processor, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
 displaying a plurality of selectable photo book themes that specify different photo book layout for publishing a set of images to different custom photo books;   displaying a photo book layout for a selected photo book theme, said photo book layout having a plurality of pages with a plurality of picture fields for receiving and displaying images;   inserting the set of images into a set of picture fields in the photo book layout;   receiving selection of a user-selectable item for performing a clean-up operation on the photo book layout; and   in response to the selection, performing the clean-up operation on the photo book layout by performing at least one of (i) identifying and removing any unoccupied picture field without an image, and (ii) identifying and removing at least one page that is not being used to display any image.   
     
     
         7 . The non-transitory readable storage medium of  claim 6 , wherein a set of instructions for displaying the preview comprises instructions for displaying a preview of a custom photo book with an image inserted into at least one of page of the custom photo book. 
     
     
         8 . The non-transitory readable storage medium of  claim 6 , wherein the set of instructions for displaying the plurality of selectable photo book themes comprises instructions for displaying a thumbnail preview of a particular theme adjacent to each particular theme in the plurality of selectable photo book themes.