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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. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Philip Andrew Mansfield, Vancouver, CA;
Michael Robert Levy, Vancouver, CA;
Inventors:
Philip Andrew Mansfield, Vancouver, CA;
Michael Robert Levy, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G03B 42/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00463 (2013.01); G06K 9/00456 (2013.01); G06F 17/30011 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a for analyzing a document that includes a number of primitive elements. The method identifies boundaries between sets of primitive elements and identifies regions bounded by the boundaries. The method uses the identified regions to define structural elements for the document. The method defines a structured document based on the primitive elements and the structural elements.