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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2011
Peter Frem, Redmond, WA (US);
Said Abou-hallawa, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Himberger, Woodinville, WA (US);
Susan Baker, Snohomish, WA (US);
Malia Douglas, Seattle, WA (US);
Caitlin Ashley-rollman, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter Frem, Redmond, WA (US);
Said Abou-Hallawa, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Himberger, Woodinville, WA (US);
Susan Baker, Snohomish, WA (US);
Malia Douglas, Seattle, WA (US);
Caitlin Ashley-Rollman, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for the automatic animation of document content are described. An apparatus may comprise a difference component operative to receive an old layout of a document and a new layout of the document, the new layout corresponding to an application of one or more changes to the old layout of the document, the difference component operative to determine a set of differences between the old layout and the new layout, and an animation layer generation component operative to generate a set of animation layers from the set of differences. Other embodiments are described and claimed.