Repurposing a word processing document to save paper and ink
US8773712B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/114
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A word processing document is repurposed to save paper and ink. An indication is received that a printout of a word processing document from a printer has been requested. Further, the content is segmented into one or more regions according to a set of grouping rules, the set of grouping rules defining a region has having at least one homogeneous characteristic. In addition, one or more potential transformations are filtered for each region to generate one or more filtered potential transformations based on a set of rules that restricts a transformation according to a region type. The region type is determined by the at least one homogeneous characteristic for each region. Further, a cost function is evaluated for each of the one or more filtered potential transformations according to one or more appearance attributes for the word processing document.
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