Configuration Setting

Abstract

A method of defining customization for electronic content retrieved over an electronic connection, comprising: (a) retrieving electronic content from a remote server to a local client; (b) editing the content at the local client by a user using a WYSIWYG editor, wherein said editor is a standard software used for displaying of content and wherein said editing does not require installation of software requiring user authorization; and (c) automatically generating at least one customization definition based on said editing, said customization definition suitable for automatic applying to said content.

1 . A system for editing electronic visual content, comprising:
 a client device having a standard viewer or standard browser; and   an intermediate apparatus configured to:
 receive electronic visual content from a first location; 
 analyze the requested electronic visual content to determine elements that are customizable; 
 modifying said customizable electronic visual content elements using customization definitions generated based on previous modifications of other electronic visual content; 
 generate additional customization definitions in response to editing commands entered at a second location; and 
 modify said electronic visual content such that a standard viewer or standard browser is used for viewing the electronic visual content, wherein the client device is at the second location. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein editing commands of the electronic visual content elements comprises defining changes to be applied to said electronic visual content. 
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein defining changes comprises at least one of: translation; replacement of text; changing of font; changing of text direction; changing of attributes related to image size; changing of attributes related to image color; changing of attributes related to image transparency; replacement of an image; an overlay that hide other elements or are transparent; and scripts and client side code. 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 3 , wherein said tagged data file is in a self-describing language. 
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 4 , wherein said language is a hyper-text mark-up language. 
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein said intermediary apparatus is an HTTP intermediary. 
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein said visual content is an image. 
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 detecting modifications of said customizable electronic visual content using a hierarchical comparison of said electronic visual content before and after the editing.   
     
     
         9 . The system according to  claim 3 , wherein said intermediary apparatus comprises a proxy. 
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 3 , wherein the intermediary apparatus modifies the retrieved electronic visual content to allow at least one of said editing of the electronic visual content at the local client or the automatically generating of the at least one customization definition. 
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein said modifying of the retrieved electronic visual content comprises marking at least some of said electronic visual content as editable. 
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein said modifying of the retrieved electronic visual content comprises adding at least one control to said content. 
     
     
         13 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein said modifying of the retrieved electronic visual content comprises adding at least one client side code module to said electronic visual content. 
     
     
         14 . The system according to  claim 3 , wherein automatically generating the at least one customization definition based on said editing comprises defining a spatial area to be customized. 
     
     
         15 . The system according to  claim 3 , comprising overriding at least one automatically generated customization definition by said user. 
     
     
         16 . The system according to  claim 3 , wherein said editing comprises editing by selection from among choices of defined changes. 
     
     
         17 . The system according to  claim 15 , wherein said overriding comprises requiring an exact match of an element of said electronic visual content to a definition, for a customization to be applied. 
     
     
         18 . The system according to  claim 3 , wherein a customization definition is defined by a context in said electronic visual content. 
     
     
         19 . The system according to  claim 18 , wherein said context is an expression defining elements in said electronic visual content to be part of the context. 
     
     
         20 . The system according to  claim 19 , wherein said expression is a hierarchical expression.