Shared User Driven Clipping of Multiple Web Pages

1 . (canceled)

2 . A method for digital content clipping, comprising:

at a computer with a processor and memory including one or programs executable by the processor:

accessing a first web page in response to a user request;

determining that the first web page corresponds to at least one user-defined content clip in a repository of digital content;

determining a clipping attribute of the at least one user-defined content clip of the first web page; and

generating a first digital content clip of the first web page based on a clipping attribute of the at least one user-defined content clip.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the clipping attribute represents a clipping style of a user, the method further comprising:

tracking a plurality of selections of digital content clips made by the user on one or more web pages;

characterizing the plurality of selections to determine the clipping style of the user; and

storing the clipping style in a profile associated with the user.

4 . The method of claim 2 , determining that the first web page corresponds to the at least one user-defined content clip further comprising:

identifying a set of one or more user-defined content clips of the first web page; and

receiving a user selection of the at least one user-defined content clip from the set of one or more user-defined content clip.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the clipping attribute represents a clipping style of a user associated with the user request, and the set of one or more user-defined content clips are identified in the repository based on the clipping style of the user.

6 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising determining that a user associated with the user request does not have any preferred, preselected, and preassigned clipping style.

7 . The method of claim 2 , determining that the first web page corresponds to at least one user-defined content clip further comprising:

determining that at least one clip pattern fits a category of the first web page; and

determining that the at least one user-defined content clip fits the at least one clip pattern.

8 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

determining that at least one clip pattern fits a category of the first web page; and

receiving a user input selecting a first clip pattern from the at least one clip pattern, wherein the first digital content clip of the first web page is generated based on the first clip pattern.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the first clipping pattern includes a first clipping template defined based on a clipping category corresponding to the category of the first web page.

10 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

adding the first digital content clip of the first web page to one or more clip patterns of a user associated with the user request.

11 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising, prior to determining that the first web page has the at least one user-defined content clip:

determining that the first web page does not have any user-defined content clip in the repository;

identifying a standard clipping option; and

generating the at least one user-defined content clip of the first web page based on the standard clipping option.

12 . The computer of claim 11 , wherein the standard clipping option includes one or more of: a full reproduction of the first web page, a summary snippet of the first web page, a bookmark of the first web page, a web address of the first web page, a fragment of content extracted from the first web page, content extracted from the first web page in a format for easy reading, a user selection from the first web page, or a screenshot of the first web page.

13 . A computer, comprising:

a processor; and

memory including one or programs executable by the processor:

accessing a first web page in response to a user request;

determining that the first web page corresponds to at least one user-defined content clip in a repository of digital content;

determining a clipping attribute of the at least one user-defined content clip of the first web page; and

generating a first digital content clip of the first web page based on a clipping attribute of the at least one user-defined content clip.

14 . The computer of claim 13 , wherein the at least one user-defined content clip is created using a custom clipping option.

15 . The computer of claim 14 , wherein the custom clipping option includes one or more of: an editable page layout, or a template with an uncompleted parameter, and a user is prompted to edit the editable page layout or fill in the uncompleted parameter, respectively, before storing the first digital content clip.

16 . The computer of claim 13 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions for storing the first digital content clip, the storing including one or more of:

storing web page content associated with the first digital content clip;

storing one or more of a layout associated with the first digital content clip; and

storing a category of the first digital content clip.

17 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

accessing a first web page in response to a user request;

determining that the first web page corresponds to at least one user-defined content clip in a repository of digital content;

determining a clipping attribute of the at least one user-defined content clip of the first web page; and

generating a first digital content clip of the first web page based on a clipping attribute of the at least one user-defined content clip.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:

storing the first digital content clip and a clip template of the first digital content clip of the first web page in a first clip collection of the repository associated with the first web page.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the at least one user-defined content clip was obtained from one or more users other than a user associated with the user request.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the repository is a crowd-sourced repository that can be accessed by a user associated with the user request and one or more users other than the user.

21 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:

accessing a second web page by the user;

determining that the second web page does not have any user-defined content clip in the repository;

selecting a standard clipping option from a plurality of predefined clipping options; and

receiving a user selection of the standard clipping option; and

generating a second digital content clip of the second web page based on the standard clipping option.