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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. 03, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
Applicant:
Filipe Fortes, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Filipe Fortes, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to arranging content in single and multi-column formats to be displayed using a graphical user interface (GUI). Aspects also relate to utilizing user feedback to determine available screen area for displaying multiple items of the content and arranging and formatting the content for display using heuristics (e.g., rules or logic) that provide guidelines for arranging the content in a readable format while utilizing the available area indicated by the user.