IP Library Granted Patent US 7,444,592
Granted Patent B1
US 7,444,592 · App. 11/965,437 · Granted Oct 28, 2008

Methods and systems involving object attribute recognition

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Patent No.
US 7,444,592
App. No.
11/965,437
Granted
Oct 28, 2008
Kind
B1
Abstract

An exemplary method for displaying formatting of objects, the method comprising, receiving an input, wherein the input is a selected range of objects, determining formatting attributes of the selected range of objects, determining an amount of objects having each of the formatting attributes in the selected range of objects, displaying each of the determined formatting attributes, designating each of the determined formatting attributes displayed with a unique non-textual indicator, marking the objects in the selected range of objects with the unique non-textual indicator corresponding to the determined formatting attributes of the objects in the selected range of objects, and marking the objects in the selected range of objects with a second type of indicator to indicate the determined amount of objects having each of the formatting attributes in the selected range of objects relative to a total amount of objects in the selected range of objects.

Claims (24)

1. A method for displaying formatting of objects, the method comprising:

receiving an input, wherein the input is a selected range of objects;

determining formatting attributes of the selected range of objects;

determining an amount of objects having each of the formatting attributes in the selected range of objects;

displaying each of the determined formatting attributes;

designating each of the determined formatting attributes displayed with a unique non-textual indicator; and

marking the objects in the selected range of objects with the unique non-textual indicator corresponding to the determined formatting attributes of the objects in the selected range of objects; and

marking the objects in the selected range of objects with a second type of indicator to indicate the determined amount of objects having each of the formatting attributes in the selected range of objects relative to a total amount of objects in the selected range of objects.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the formatting attributes include:

font types;

font sizes;

pixel padding;

aural cues;

margin values;

line spacing; and

formatting style.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-textual indicators include:

colors;

patterns; and

animation, wherein animation includes:

changing patterns;

changing colors; and

flashing.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second type of indicators comprise text sizes of text in the selected range of objects.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 6, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044142/0357 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2011
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 027463/0594 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2007
From: SORENSON, MICHAEL W
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020301/0956 →