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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. 25, 2013
Filed:
May. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Rossen Petkov Atanassov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Evgeny N. Veselov, Sammamish, WA (US);
Inventors:
Rossen Petkov Atanassov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Evgeny N. Veselov, Sammamish, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01); G06F 17/23 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various embodiments introduce the notion of a flow contour that is utilized to conduct layout processing. Flow contours are utilized to organize layout space in the presence of floating objects or geometries. In at least some embodiments, objects can float to the left and/or right in the layout space. Flow contours are abstractions that then represent collections of left-floating and/or right-floating objects.