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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2004
Applicant:
Jason Churchill Costa, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Jason Churchill Costa, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A topology of connected nodes can be arranged into a compact layout so that the difference between the width and the height of the layout is minimized. The topology of connected nodes can be arranged into a compact layout so that the aspect ratio of the width and the height is optimized toward a preferred value. A preferred width can be calculated and the connected nodes can be arranged so that the difference between the actual and preferred width of the compact layout is minimized.