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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:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2006
Applicant:
Norman A. Stratton, Littleton, MA (US);
Inventor:
Norman A. Stratton, Littleton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for arranging and aligning graphical objects are disclosed. The selection of a first graphical object in a graphical user interface is received, and it is determined if the first graphical object is located at a substantially minimal distance in a reference plane from a related second graphical object on the graphical user interface. If the graphical objects are not located at a substantially minimal distance from each other in the reference plane, the graphical objects are graphically arranged to substantially minimize the distance in the reference plane between them.