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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:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2005
Applicants:
Markus W. Mielke, Redmond, WA (US);
Adrian Bateman, Staffordshire, GB;
Inventors:
Markus W. Mielke, Redmond, WA (US);
Adrian Bateman, Staffordshire, GB;
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various embodiments evaluate content that is to be printed and ascertain whether the content is going to overflow or be 'orphaned' onto a second page when printed. If some content will create an orphan when printed, then the content is scaled to fit onto a single page when printed. In some embodiments, the content is simply proportionally scaled to fit onto a single page. In other embodiments, the content is further processed to scale it in a manner that makes intelligent use of the white space on the printed page.