Automatically converting text to business graphics
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsLawrence Fubini Waldman, Dawn M. Wright, Gary A. Pritting, Lutz Gerhard, Matthew J. Kotler, Cynthia C. Shelly
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Abstract
A facility for generating a graphic image is described. The facility receives from a user a body of text whose creation is not subject to any rules or prototypes. The facility discerns from the body of text a textual organization. The facility then generates a graphic image conveying the discerned textual organization.
Claims20
A computing system for presenting a graphic image, comprising:
- a text input subsystem that receives an arbitrary body of text;
- a graphic image generation subsystem that automatically generates from the arbitrary body of text a graphic image incorporating the contents of the arbitrary body of text and reflecting a text order within the arbitrary body of text;
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- a display subsystem that displays a graphic image generated by the graphic image generation subsystem.
A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computing system to perform a method for generating a graphic image, the method comprising:
- receiving from a user a body of text whose creation is not subject to any rules or prototypes;
- discerning from the body of text a textual organization;
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- generating a graphic image conveying the textual organization.
A method in a computing system for transforming a document, comprising:
- receiving input selecting textual content of the document;
- deriving a structure from the selected textual content;
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- replacing the selected textual content of the document with a graphic image embodying both the text of the selected textual content and the structure derived from the selected textual content that is generated based upon a distinguished one of a plurality of available graphic designs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.