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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2008
AL Chakra, Cary, NC (US);
Adam R. Cook, Apex, NC (US);
Jonathan J. Lidaka, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ryan E. Smith, Durham, NC (US);
Al Chakra, Cary, NC (US);
Adam R. Cook, Apex, NC (US);
Jonathan J. Lidaka, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ryan E. Smith, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to web page layout and provide a novel and non-obvious system for managing white space in a web page. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing white space in a web page includes detecting white space adjacent to a non-rectangular shaped portlet rendered on the web page. The method further includes measuring a non-rectangular shape of the white space and selecting a graphic having a shape congruent with the shape of the white space. The method further includes rendering the graphic that was selected into the white space.