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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Rajeev Karunakaran, Redmond, WA (US);
Richard I. Zaragoza, Sammamish, WA (US);
Steven W. Ickman, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Richard D. Marshall, Bellevue, WA (US);
David A. Raskino, Kirkland, WA (US);
William L. Portnoy, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The description relates to visual post builders. One example can receive a user search topic relating to a collage. This example can concurrently present a collage template and search results for the search topic. The collage template can be manifest as a grid of equal sized rectangles. The example can automatically populate a user selection from the search results into one or more rectangles of the collage template. The example can also automatically populate additional user selections into remaining rectangles of the collage template until all of the rectangles of the collage template are populated or the user indicates that the collage is complete.