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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:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2005
Applicants:
Alan L. Marks, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric Dana Bailey, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Todd Barnett, Renton, WA (US);
Inventors:
Alan L. Marks, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric Dana Bailey, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Todd Barnett, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Relative attributes of floating objects are disclosed. A user may obtain a floating object and specify that an attribute of the floating object is relative to a layout object of a page. In one aspect, the magnitude of relativity is determined, and the attribute of the floating object is maintained in accordance with the magnitude of relativity. In this manner, a page remains dynamically robust during page formatting operations and/or changes in page layout.