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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:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Stuart J. Stuple, Carnation, WA (US);
Owen C. Braun, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher H. Pratley, Seattle, WA (US);
Alex J. Simmons, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy D. Sellers, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stuart J. Stuple, Carnation, WA (US);
Owen C. Braun, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher H. Pratley, Seattle, WA (US);
Alex J. Simmons, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy D. Sellers, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for automatically sizing computer-generated workspaces to allow users to enter data anywhere in an available workspace. A calculation is performed to determine the total available workspace displayable by a display device based on the size of the display device. The space required to display user interface objects, such as toolbars and task panes, is subtracted from the total available workspace, and the remaining available workspace is designated as the displayed workspace. The workspace is displayed without the use of scroll bars to create a user experience that the displayed workspace is the total available workspace. Data may be entered anywhere in the displayed workspace without regard to any preformatted page sizes or margins. If data is entered outside the displayed workspace, scroll bars are then displayed to indicate the presence of content outside the displayed workspace. As additional content, such as graphical user interfaces is displayed, or when the user's display device changes, the displayed workspace is recalculated.