Apparatus and method for market-based graphical grouping
First Claim
1. A method for market-based graphical grouping, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of document elements, wherein the plurality of document elements are grouped in a current grouping;
calculating a value of the current grouping based on relative values of the plurality of document elements; and
consummating a trade among the plurality of document elements to form a new grouping if the value of the new grouping is higher than the value of the current grouping, wherein the new grouping groups together document elements based on relationships of the document elements.
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Abstract
A method and corresponding apparatus for market-based graphical grouping use an automated auction or bartering system, i.e., an automated graphical grouping system, to automatically group graphical and text elements. The automated graphical grouping system enables trading of document elements to generate more valuable and informative groupings for documents. Different characteristics of document elements may be used by the automated graphical grouping system for trading among the document elements. Examples of such tradable characteristics include: physical proximity, type of element (such as text, graphic, or number), style (such as font size), color or the like. The system affords reuse of graphical and text elements in other format in subsequent reflowing documents.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for market-based graphical grouping, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of document elements, wherein the plurality of document elements are grouped in a current grouping;
calculating a value of the current grouping based on relative values of the plurality of document elements; and
consummating a trade among the plurality of document elements to form a new grouping if the value of the new grouping is higher than the value of the current grouping, wherein the new grouping groups together document elements based on relationships of the document elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for market-based graphical grouping, comprising:
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a receiving module capable of receiving a plurality of document elements, wherein the plurality of document elements are grouped in a current grouping;
a computing module capable of calculating a value of the current grouping based on relative values of the plurality of document elements; and
a trading module capable of consummating a trade among the plurality of document elements to form a new grouping if the value of the new grouping is higher than the value of the current grouping, wherein the new grouping groups together document elements that are associated with one another. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A computer readable medium providing instructions for market-based graphical grouping, the instructions comprising:
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receiving a plurality of document elements, wherein the plurality of document elements are grouped in a current grouping;
calculating a value of the current grouping based on relative values of the plurality of document elements; and
consummating a trade among the plurality of document elements to form a new grouping if the value of the new grouping is higher than the value of the current grouping, wherein the new grouping groups together document elements based on relationships of the document elements. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for market-based graphical grouping, comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of document elements, wherein the plurality of document elements are grouped in a current grouping;
means for calculating a value of the current grouping based on relative values of the plurality of document elements; and
means for consummating a trade among the plurality of document elements to form a new grouping if the value of the new grouping is higher than the value of the current grouping, wherein the new grouping groups together document elements based on relationships of the document elements. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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