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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:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
May. 20, 2005
Michael A. Angiulo, Redmond, WA (US);
Benjamin A. Canning, Redmond, WA (US);
Zhenguang (Robert) Chen, Seattle, WA (US);
Charles W. Parker, Redmond, WA (US);
Lou Nell Gerard, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael A. Angiulo, Redmond, WA (US);
Benjamin A. Canning, Redmond, WA (US);
Zhenguang (Robert) Chen, Seattle, WA (US);
Charles W. Parker, Redmond, WA (US);
Lou Nell Gerard, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A tool that enables a user to easily and automatically create a photo gallery of thumbnail images on a Web page. A user selects a group of original images, and the tool automatically produces a corresponding group of thumbnail images on the Web page, with hyperlinks to the corresponding original images. Four predefined templates are included, each defining a different format for the thumbnail images including a vertically oriented gallery, a horizontally oriented gallery, a slide show gallery, and a montage gallery. Captions and descriptive text can also be entered and displayed for the thumbnail images in most of the style galleries. An edit function enables a user to add or delete images to existing galleries and to automatically modify the appearance of a photo gallery by selecting and applying a different template.