Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for generating at least one custom email message based, at least in part, on input from a user of a computer system, the computer system having a display. The method comprises acts of presenting, to the user in the display of the computer system, an editor interface displaying an initial approximation of an email message comprising a plurality of content blocks; accepting, through the editor interface, at least one customization of at least one of a content of at least one of the plurality of content blocks and a layout of the plurality of content blocks; and displaying through the editor interface a customized approximation of the email message based, at least in part, on the initial approximation of the email message and the at least one customization.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 29, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 31, 2018
Assignee:
CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.
Inventors:
Yan Gao, Sridhar Gorantla, Paul McLaughlin, Michael Fitterman
Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for generating at least one custom email message based, at least in part, on input from a user of a computer system, the computer system having a display. The method comprises acts of presenting, to the user in the display of the computer system, an editor interface displaying an initial approximation of an email message comprising a plurality of content blocks; accepting, through the editor interface, at least one customization of at least one of a content of at least one of the plurality of content blocks and a layout of the plurality of content blocks; and displaying through the editor interface a customized approximation of the email message based, at least in part, on the initial approximation of the email message and the at least one customization.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 29, 2015
Publication date:
October 20, 2016
Applicant:
CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.
Inventors:
Yan Gao, Sridhar Gorantla, Paul McLaughlin, Michael Fitterman
Abstract: A visual editor for generating a custom email message. An editor interface may display an approximation of an email message. A user may customize content and layout of an email message through the editor interface. A user interface system may track such customizations to enable faster remote operations to be performed on content of the email message. A plurality of substantially modular renderers may enable a plurality of different output representations to be generated from a single stored representation of the email message.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 19, 2007
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
Constant Contact, Inc.
Inventors:
Yan Gao, Sridhar Gorantla, Paul McLaughlin, Michael Fitterman