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Method of solving page layout constraints

US8847986B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Think-Cell Software GMBH · DE

Inventors

Sebastian Theophil · Berlin, DE
Valentin Ziegler · Berlin, DE
Arno Schödl · Berlin, DE
Markus Hannebauer · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 27, 2012
Grant date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/1255
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides for a method of solving a set of page layout constraints by a computer comprising the steps receiving a set of page layout constraints. The method further comprises the step of dividing the set of page layout constraints into a groups dependent upon the type of constraint. Each of the set of page layout constraints is a member of only one of the groups. The method further comprises the step of transforming each constraint of each of the groups into a resource constraint. The method further comprises the step of assigning a priority to each of the groups. The method further comprises the step of solving each of the groups in the order of the priority using a resource allocation algorithm. All members of a group chosen from the groups are solved simultaneously.

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