Method and system for repurposing a presentation document to save paper and ink
US8804139B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/103
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A presentation document is repurposed to save paper and ink. An indication that a printout of a presentation document from a printer has been requested is received. The presentation document has content with a format that would result in a first quantity of pages being printed. The content has a plurality of slides and a plurality of shapes. Further, the presentation document is preprocessed to acquire data associated the presentation document. Group shaping is also performed to group the plurality of shapes into one or more groups based on shapes that have to be transformed together. Further, content transformation is performed to generate transformed content. In addition, a content re-layout is performed to determine placement of the transformed content.
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