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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2004
Applicants:

Oliver Foehr, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Khaled S. Sedky, Sammamish, WA (US);

Harvinder Pal Singh, Bellevue, WA (US);

Feng Yue, Sammamish, WA (US);

Inventors:

Oliver Foehr, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Khaled S. Sedky, Sammamish, WA (US);

Harvinder Pal Singh, Bellevue, WA (US);

Feng Yue, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The described systems and methods are directed at converting a file with complex elements so that a legacy utilization device, such as a legacy printer, can properly process the file. The described systems may include a converter module with a modular filter pipeline. The converter module may identify elements with complex features in a file. Simpler features that approximate the complex features are determined. The identified elements in the file may be replaced with elements having the simpler features.


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