Method for creating box level groupings of components and connections in a dynamic layout system
US7478352B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2111/12
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for automatically generating a dynamic layout of a top-level canvas with an internal box layout structure providing a storage element, and a processing element capable of receiving requests to assign a plurality of components within the canvas; assessing both component data and associated connectivity data component related to components having associated parent and child data, and for components without a parent component; connectivity data associated with the component data; and automatically laying out the canvas. Boxes are created inside the top-level canvas diagram, which are sub-canvases to the top-level canvas. Each of these sub-canvases provides components, connectivity elements, and sub-canvases. The methodology is recursive so the diagram can have many levels of boxes inside of boxes. The canvases are positioned with the lowest level of sub-canvas and progressing outward to the next level of sub-canvas until the top-level canvas is displayed.
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