Patent ID: 8037411
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for manipulating graphical data, comprising: a) receiving data representing a single document with a front face and a back face, b) receiving, by a computer, a computer command to simulate folding the single document; c) representing the document to a user as two separate documents, wherein the front face of the single document is presented as a first document and the back face of the single document is presented as a second document; d) determining whether the first document and the second document intersect during execution of the received computer command; e) adjusting at least one of the first document and the second document to prevent the first document and the second document from intersecting during execution of the folding instructions; and f) presenting a graphical visual representation of the folded first and second documents to the user, wherein the graphical visual representation graphically displays execution of the computer command to the user, wherein the documents each have a first and second endpoint, wherein the second endpoint of each of the first document and the second document remains stationary during an execution of a first fold, and wherein an entire first folded section of an outer face of the documents is slightly shifted horizontally away from the executed first fold when the first fold is at least 70°.