Conversion of a document while retaining a format of an element of the document

US9218342B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9218342-B2
Application numberUS-94399810-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 11, 2010
Priority dateNov 11, 2010
Publication dateDec 22, 2015
Grant dateDec 22, 2015

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One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for high fidelity conversion of a document to a less rich format. A bounding area can be identified in the document that comprises an unsupported element, and/or a blending of elements that is not supported in the less rich format. The bounding area that comprises the unsupported element(s) can be rasterized, by creating an image and identifying raster data for the image. Those elements in the document that are outside the bounding area are not rasterized, and their vector data-based format is retained in the converted document.

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What is claimed is: 1. A computer-based method for document conversion, comprising: receiving a document comprising a first element and a second element; rasterizing the first element to create a rasterized element responsive to determining that the first element is not supported by at least one of a first format or an application; retaining a format of the second element comprised in the document responsive to determining that the second element is supported by at least one…

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What does patent US9218342B2 cover?
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for high fidelity conversion of a document to a less rich format. A bounding area can be identified in the document that comprises an unsupported element, and/or a blending of elements that is not supported in the less rich format. The bounding area that comprises the unsupported element(s) can be rasterized, by creating an image and identifyi…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Liu Ming, Narayanan Raman, Nickolov Radoslav Petrov, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F16/00. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 22 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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