Patent №
US 8,881,002
Granted
2014-11-04
Filed 2011
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
2
nlp · evo
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13233408
A trial based layout builder generates multiple trial multi-column layouts for content until a multi-column layout that satisfies particular criteria for multi-column balancing is generated. Multiple trial multi-column layouts can be generated in parallel based on different boundaries until a layout that does satisfy the criteria is identified. Different elements of the content laid out in different trial multi-column layouts can be reused in subsequently generated trial multi-column layouts. The content can also optionally be separated into multiple different portions at various break points, and trial multi-column layouts for the different portions can be generated in parallel. Additionally, if a trial multi-column layout for one of the portions that satisfies the particular criteria is identified, the content in that portion can be displayed while continuing to attempt to identify a layout for the content of the other portion that satisfies the one or more criteria.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 269520730
Assignors
VESELOV, EVGENY N., SALAS, PETER G., CUPP, PHILLIP F., JOLSON, MICHAEL JACOB, MIELKE, MARKUS W., MILJANIC, VELJKO
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