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Design engine for fitting content to a medium

  • US 5,956,737 A
  • Filed: 09/09/1996
  • Issued: 09/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented method of fitting content elements of a composition to a media layout, said media layout having a content rendering space for presenting information contained in said content elements, said method comprising:

  • a) initializing content scale factors that are indicative of a relative portion of said content rendering space utilized by said content elements, each of said content elements having an associated content scale factor;

    b) computing extent values for said content elements using said content scale factors, said extent values indicating a portion of said content rendering space occupied by said content element; and

    c) determining whether said content elements fit within said content rendering space of said media layout, wherein when it is determined that said content elements do not fit within said media layout, said method further includesdetermining associated non-fit factors for said content elements,recomputing said content scale factors based at least in part upon said non-fit factors,recomputing said extent values for each content element using the recomputed content scale factors, andrepeating step (c) until it is determined that said content elements fit within said content rendering space of said media layout.

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