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Methods and systems for generating enhanced thumbnails
Assignee: Intel Corp
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Filing: 2001-08-08
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Granted: 2006-06-27
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Expires: 2021-08-08
Abstract
Abstract An enhanced thumbnail apparatus produces thumbnails in which one or more elements, such as a document header, or keywords specified by a user, are modified to facilitate review by the user. The enhanced thumbnails are produced by generating a reduced-size representation associated with the document, and modifying the appearance of at least one element in the reduced-size representation. The appearance of the at least one element may be modified by modifying its appearance while in a document format, and/or by modifying its appearance after being converted to a reduced-size representation.
Inventors
- 👤 Ruth E. Rosenholtz
- 👤 Allison G. Woodruff
- 👤 Andrew R. Faulring
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 22:26
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/957; G06F16/9577
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 41
Claim 1
Independent Claim
144 words
A method for generating an enhanced thumbnail associated with a document, comprising: obtaining a document comprising a plurality of elements; generating a reduced-size representation of the document; and modifying an appearance of at least one visible element of the plurality of elements relative to other visible elements of the plurality of elements in the reduced-size representation, wherein modifying the appearance of the at least one visible element comprises automatically overlaying an overlay element on or near the reduced-size representation in association with the at least one visible element based on importance of the at least one visible element, the overlay element comprising one or more of an enlarged version of the visible element, a zoom of the visible element, a callout visibly connected with the visible element, a blurry text version of the visible element, and a perspective text version of the visible element.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
144 words
A method for generating an enhanced thumbnail associated with a document, comprising: obtaining a document comprising a plurality of elements; generating a reduced-size representation of the document; and modifying an appearance of at least one visible element of the plurality of elements relative to other visible elements of the plurality of elements in the reduced-size representation, wherein modifying the appearance of the at least one visible element comprises automatically overlaying an overlay element on or near the reduced-size representation in association with the at least one visible element based on importance of the at least one visible element, the overlay element comprising one or more of an enlarged version of the visible element, a zoom of the visible element, a callout visibly connected with the visible element, a blurry text version of the visible element, and a perspective text version of the visible element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein modifying the appearance of the at least one visible element comprises modifying the appearance of the at least one visible element while in a document format.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 2 , wherein modifying the appearance of the at least one visible element includes modifying at least one of size, color and font of the at least one visible element relative to other visible elements of the plurality of elements.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 1 , further comprising identifying at least one element of the plurality of elements as an important element, wherein modifying the appearance of at least one visible element comprises modifying the appearance of the important element.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 4 , wherein modifying the appearance of the important element comprises overlaying a modified version of the important element on or near the reduced-size representation.
Claim 7
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The method according to claim 5 , wherein the modified version of the important element is overlaid as a semi-transparent overlay that allows an underlying portion of the reduced-size representation to be partially visible.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 4 , wherein the important element includes one or more of a header of the document and a keyword input by a user.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method according to claim 4 , wherein modifying the appearance of the important element comprises modifying the appearance of the important element while in a document format.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 8 , wherein modifying the appearance of the important element includes modifying at least one of size, color and font of the important element relative to other elements of the plurality of elements.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one visible element comprises first and second visible elements, further comprising determining relevance of the first and second elements, the first visible element being determined to have a higher relevance than the second visible element, wherein modifying the appearance of the at least one element comprises modifying the first visible element with a different modification than the second visible element.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 1 , wherein modifying the appearance of the at least one element comprises modifying an appearance of the reduced-size representation as a whole.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 11 , wherein modifying an appearance of the reduced-size representation as a whole comprises modifying contrast of the reduced-size representation.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 12 , wherein modifying contrast comprises applying a color wash to the reduced-size representation.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reduced-size representation is a reduced image.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
163 words
A method for generating an enhanced thumbnail of a document, comprising: obtained a document comprising a plurality of elements; modifying an appearance of at least one visible element of the plurality of elements in the document; generating a reduced-size representation associated with the document, in which the modified at least one visible element retains a modified appearance relative to other elements of the document; and modifying an appearance of at least one of the plurality of elements in the reduced-size representation after generating the reduced-size representation by automatically overlaying an overlay element on or near the reduced-size representation in association with the at least one visible element based on importance of the at least one visible element, the overlay element comprising one or more of an enlarged version of the visible element, a zoom of the visible element, a callout visibly connected with the visible element, a blurry text version of the visible element, and a perspective text version of the visible element.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
163 words
A method for generating an enhanced thumbnail of a document, comprising: obtained a document comprising a plurality of elements; modifying an appearance of at least one visible element of the plurality of elements in the document; generating a reduced-size representation associated with the document, in which the modified at least one visible element retains a modified appearance relative to other elements of the document; and modifying an appearance of at least one of the plurality of elements in the reduced-size representation after generating the reduced-size representation by automatically overlaying an overlay element on or near the reduced-size representation in association with the at least one visible element based on importance of the at least one visible element, the overlay element comprising one or more of an enlarged version of the visible element, a zoom of the visible element, a callout visibly connected with the visible element, a blurry text version of the visible element, and a perspective text version of the visible element.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 15 , wherein modifying the appearance of at least one element of a plurality of elements in the reduced-size representation comprises modifying the at least one element that was modified prior to reducing the image.
Claim 19
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The method according to claim 15 , wherein modifying the appearance of at least one element of a plurality of elements in the reduced-size representation comprises modifying an element that was not modified prior to reducing the image.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
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A method for generating an enhanced thumbnail associated with a document, comprising: obtaining a document comprising a plurality of elements; generating a reduced image of the document; identifying at least one visible element of the plurality of elements as an important element; and modifying an appearance of the at least one important element relative to other elements of the plurality of elements in the reduced-size representation by automatically overlaying a semi-transparent modified version of the important element on or near the reduced-size representation that allows an underlying portion of the reduced-size representation to be partially visible, based on importance of the at least one visible element.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
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A method for generating an enhanced thumbnail associated with a document, comprising: obtaining a document comprising a plurality of elements; generating a reduced image of the document; identifying at least one visible element of the plurality of elements as an important element; and modifying an appearance of the at least one important element relative to other elements of the plurality of elements in the reduced-size representation by automatically overlaying a semi-transparent modified version of the important element on or near the reduced-size representation that allows an underlying portion of the reduced-size representation to be partially visible, based on importance of the at least one visible element.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
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An apparatus for generating an enhanced thumbnail associated with a document, comprising: a renderer that generates a reduced-size representation of the document; and a document format modifier that modifies an appearance of at least one visible element of a plurality of elements of a document while the at least one element is in a document format, wherein the document format modifier modifies the appearance of the at least one visible element in the reduced-size representation by automatically overlaying an overlay element on or near the reduced-size representation in association with the at least one visible element based on importance of the at least one visible element, the overlay element comprising one or more of an enlarged version of the visible element, a zoom of the visible element, a callout visibly connected with the visible element, a blurry text version of the visible element, and a perspective text version of the visible element.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
152 words
An apparatus for generating an enhanced thumbnail associated with a document, comprising: a renderer that generates a reduced-size representation of the document; and a document format modifier that modifies an appearance of at least one visible element of a plurality of elements of a document while the at least one element is in a document format, wherein the document format modifier modifies the appearance of the at least one visible element in the reduced-size representation by automatically overlaying an overlay element on or near the reduced-size representation in association with the at least one visible element based on importance of the at least one visible element, the overlay element comprising one or more of an enlarged version of the visible element, a zoom of the visible element, a callout visibly connected with the visible element, a blurry text version of the visible element, and a perspective text version of the visible element.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the document format modifier modifies the appearance of the at least one visible element by modifying at least one of size, color and font of the at least one visible element relative to other elements of the plurality of visible elements.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the document format modifier identifies at least one element of the plurality of visible elements as an important element, and modifies the appearance of the important element.
Claim 26
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The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein the document format modifier modifies the appearance of the important element by modifying at least one of size, color and font of the important element relative to other elements of the plurality of visible elements.
Claim 27
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The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein the important element includes one or more of a header of the document and a keyword input by a user.
Claim 28
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The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the image modifier modifies an appearance of the reduced-size image as a whole.
Claim 29
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The apparatus according to claim 24 , wherein the image modifier modifies an appearance of the reduced-size image as a whole by modifying contrast of the reduced-size image.
Claim 30
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The apparatus according to claim 25 , wherein the image modifier modifies contrast by applying a color wash to the reduced-size representation.
Claim 31
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The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the apparatus includes both the document format modifier and an image modifier.
Claim 32
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The apparatus according to claim 27 , wherein the at least one visible element modified in the document format and the at least one visible element modified in the reduced-size representation are the same element.
Claim 33
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The apparatus according to claim 27 , wherein the at least one visible element modified in the document format and the at least one visible element modified in the reduced-size representation are different elements.
Claim 34
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The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the reduced-size representation is a reduced image.
Claim 35
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The apparatus according to claim 19 , further comprising a display device.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
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The display device of claim 31 , wherein the display device is one of a file browser device, an email browser, a hierarchy browser, a system that displays thumbnails of applications of a personal computer, and a handheld device.
Claim 37
Independent Claim
139 words
An apparatus for generating an enhanced thumbnail associated with a document, comprising: a renderer that generates a reduced-size representation of the documents; and an image modifier that modifies an appearance of at least one visible element in the reduced-size representation, wherein the image modifier identifies at least one element of the plurality of visible elements as an important element, and modifies the appearance of the important element by automatically overlaying a modified version of the important element on or near the reduced-size representation based on importance of the at least one visible element, the modified version comprising one or more of an enlarged version of the visible element, a zoom of the visible element, a callout visibly connected with the visible element, a blurry text version of the visible element, and a perspective test version of the visible element.
Claim 38
Independent Claim
139 words
An apparatus for generating an enhanced thumbnail associated with a document, comprising: a renderer that generates a reduced-size representation of the documents; and an image modifier that modifies an appearance of at least one visible element in the reduced-size representation, wherein the image modifier identifies at least one element of the plurality of visible elements as an important element, and modifies the appearance of the important element by automatically overlaying a modified version of the important element on or near the reduced-size representation based on importance of the at least one visible element, the modified version comprising one or more of an enlarged version of the visible element, a zoom of the visible element, a callout visibly connected with the visible element, a blurry text version of the visible element, and a perspective test version of the visible element.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
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The apparatus according to claim 33 , wherein the modified version of the important element is overlaid as a semi-transparent overlay that allows an underlying portion of the reduced-size representation to be partially visible.
Claim 40
Independent Claim
154 words
An apparatus for generating an enhanced thumbnail associated with a document, comprising: a renderer that generates a reduced image of a document containing a plurality of visible elements; an important element extractor that extracts at least one important element from the plurality of visible elements; and at least one of (a) a document format modifier that modifies an appearance of the at least one important element while the at least one important element is in a document format, and (b) an image modifier that modifies an appearance of the at least one important element in the reduced-size representation, wherein the at least one important element is modified by automatically overlaying a semi-transparent modified version of the at least one important element on or near the reduced-size representation that allows an underlying portion of the important element of the reduced-size representation to be partially visible based on importance of the at least one visible element.
Claim 41
Independent Claim
154 words
An apparatus for generating an enhanced thumbnail associated with a document, comprising: a renderer that generates a reduced image of a document containing a plurality of visible elements; an important element extractor that extracts at least one important element from the plurality of visible elements; and at least one of (a) a document format modifier that modifies an appearance of the at least one important element while the at least one important element is in a document format, and (b) an image modifier that modifies an appearance of the at least one important element in the reduced-size representation, wherein the at least one important element is modified by automatically overlaying a semi-transparent modified version of the at least one important element on or near the reduced-size representation that allows an underlying portion of the important element of the reduced-size representation to be partially visible based on importance of the at least one visible element.
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