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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2002
Henry W. Sang, Jr., Cupertino, CA (US);
Charles A. Untulis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Giordano B. Beretta, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott H. Clearwater, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Henry W. Sang, Jr., Cupertino, CA (US);
Charles A. Untulis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Giordano B. Beretta, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott H. Clearwater, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for market-based document layout selection use an automated auction or bartering system, i.e., an automated page layout system, to place objects within a page and automatically generate a page layout that is pleasing to a user. An object refers to any item that can be individually selected and manipulated, and may include shapes and pictures that appear on a display screen. The method and apparatus improve the quality of page layout in terms of user preferences, and optimize the speed at which various objects are arranged on a page in a pleasing manner. In addition, the resulting page layout may be consistent among pages because all pages are arranged according to a common algorithm.