Patent
1993-07-20
1996-02-27
Zimmerman, Mark K.
395155, G06F 1700
Patent
active
054955670
ABSTRACT:
An automatic interface layout generator for database systems is disclosed herein. The automatic generator includes a specification tool for specifying a set of block descriptions representative of specified portions of a database. A block layout generator produces interface objects to be included within an interface of the database, wherein each of the interface objects corresponds to one of the block descriptions and includes a plurality of layout fields. A layout quality parameter is determined for each of the interface objects based on arrangement of the layout fields within the interface objects. A block placement generator arranges sets of the interface objects into block configurations within the interface. A placement quality parameter for each of the block configurations is derived based on a set of block placement rules and on the layout quality parameters, and a final block configuration is selected by comparing the placement quality parameters corresponding to particular block configurations.
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Iizawa Atsushi
Pizano Arturo
Yoshiura Yukari
Burwell Joseph R.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
Ricoh Corporation
Zimmerman Mark K.
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