US Patent 9436673 Automatic application of templates to content

An apparatus and method applying a layout template to content are disclosed herein. A plurality of content included in a visual workspace is automatically grouped into one or more clusters, one or more content of the plurality of content being at different spatial position from each other. At least one cluster is automatically located to a respective content placeholder included in the layout template. The clusters with the layout template are presented in accordance with the automatically locating of the clusters.