Patent Document ID: 8238666
Application ID: 11946602

Base Claim:
1. A method of creating a document comprising a modifiable shape, the method comprising the steps of: analysing an image to detect at least a graphical object; matching the detected graphical object with at least one of a plurality of predetermined modifiable closed-form non-textual template shapes, each said predetermined template shape comprising at least one control parameter for modifying the closed-form non-textual template shape in a non-affine manner, wherein the number of control parameters of the predetermined modifiable closed-form non-textual template shape is less than a number of sections making up the modifiable closed-form non-textual template shape; and creating a document comprising the at least one modifiable closed-form non-textual template shape.

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Claim 11:
11. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the template shape is one of the template shapes defined by the VISIO® application.