| 6332148 |
Appearance and positioning annotation text string and base text string specifying a rule that relates the formatting annotation, base text characters |
| Dec-18-2001 |
A computer-implemented method to embellish text in a document by setting composite text properties for formatting an annotation text string and a base text string in a composite text unit, selecting text... |
| 6332144 |
Technique for annotating media |
| Dec-18-2001 |
To annotate media, one or more particular times within a period defined by a start time and an end time of a media stream forming an item of audio or video media, are identified. The identified times are... |
| 6331866 |
Display control for software notes |
| Dec-18-2001 |
A method for controlling presentation of the content of a note on a display facilitates the editing of note content by a user. A computer user can view different portions of the note content quickly and... |
| 6314438 |
Displaying workstations requests in differentiating manner according to their respective priorities |
| Nov-6-2001 |
A supervisory arrangement for a networked multimedia computing system provides features which facilitate the use and control of the networked system. One disclosed feature enables slave workstations to... |
| 6313836 |
Three dimensional model with three dimensional pointers and multimedia functions linked to the pointers |
| Nov-6-2001 |
A computer implemented method of annotating a geometric figure displayed and manipulable in three-dimensional representation on a display of a computer system with a pointer is described. The pointer is... |
| 6307573 |
Graphic-information flow method and system for visually analyzing patterns and relationships |
| Oct-23-2001 |
A novel display control and information management system seamlessly integrates layered and slotted formatted data from both local and remote sources to provide a highly versatile information display.... |
| 6288719 |
System and method of constructing a photo album |
| Sep-11-2001 |
A method of constructing a photo album wherein a plurality of digital images are provided in a low resolution format on sticker sheets that have a unique identifier that cross references the reduced resolution... |
| 6279014 |
Method and system for organizing documents based upon annotations in context |
| Aug-21-2001 |
A document organizing system extracts annotations made to a document along with the context surrounding each annotation and organizes the annotations based upon the annotation attributes and/or context.... |
| 6275827 |
Technique for processing data |
| Aug-14-2001 |
A technique for processing data is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by receiving a first representation of data at a processing device, which then processes the first representation... |
| 6266683 |
Computerized document management system |
| Jul-24-2001 |
A computerized document management system for managing a document acted upon by at least one participant in creating, evaluating or revising the document is provided. The system includes a segmenter which... |
| 6266657 |
Technique for indexing data in a network |
| Jul-24-2001 |
A technique for indexing data in a network having a plurality of network stations is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by receiving a data identifier at a first of the plurality of... |
| 6262728 |
System and method for annotating a graphical user interface display in a computer-based system |
| Jul-17-2001 |
An annotation system and methodology for annotating a display of a computer-based system that includes a graphical user interface. Generally, the annotation system enables an operator to generate a graphical... |
| 6243722 |
Method and system for a network-based document review tool utilizing comment classification |
| Jun-5-2001 |
A method and system in a computer network for assisting users in collectively creating documents with minimal document intrusiveness via the computer network. Initially, a document is displayed in a graphic... |
| 6243708 |
Technique for accessing an item of interest within a stored representation of data |
| Jun-5-2001 |
A method for locating a particularly relevant position within a multimedia steam includes identifying a multimedia stream based upon a query. The locations relevant to the query within the multimedia stream... |
| 6230172 |
Production of a video stream with synchronized annotations over a computer network |
| May-8-2001 |
The production of synchronization scripts and associated annotated multimedia streams for servers and client computers coupled to each other by a diverse computer network which includes local area networks... |
| 6230171 |
Markup system for shared HTML documents |
| May-8-2001 |
A shared markup system and a method are provided for supporting Web co-browsing. Based on the hyper-text markup language (HTML), the markup system is interoperable across different platforms and Web browsers... |
| 6230170 |
Spatial morphing of text to accommodate annotations |
| May-8-2001 |
A primary body of data is displayable on a screen and a supporting body of data is relatable to an annotation tag present in the primary body of textual data. An annotation tag having a predetermined size... |
| 6230169 |
Apparatus with a display magnification changing function of annotation |
| May-8-2001 |
An annotation input section reads from a text file the individual data items constituting an annotation pasted in a specified annotation position on a text as a result of the annotation being inputted... |
| 6229541 |
Use of templates for cost-effective secure linking of video stream objects |
| May-8-2001 |
A video system comprises a screen. Interactive linking is provided based on a representative set of region-based templates. Each template can be associated with said screen. The template comprises a set... |
| 6219671 |
Technique for storing data information within a network |
| Apr-17-2001 |
A method for storing data information in a network having a plurality of network stations includes receiving, at a first of the plurality of network stations from a second of the plurality of network stations,... |
| 6178431 |
Method and system for providing side notes in word processing |
| Jan-23-2001 |
A word processing object on a data processing system has a body consisting of text (and perhaps graphics). The body has right and left side margins. A user can select a location in the body and provide... |
| 6175841 |
Computerized systems for producing on-line instructional materials |
| Jan-16-2001 |
A computerized system for efficiently transforming educational materials composed of questions and answers into an on-line computer interactive form is provided. Computer readable images of pages of textual... |
| 6144380 |
Method of entering and using handwriting to identify locations within an electronic book |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A method for controlling a screen display of an electronic book. The contents of the book are displayed on a screen of the computer system as pages with which the user interacts by a pointer such as a... |
| 6128632 |
Methods for applying rubi annotation characters over base text characters |
| Oct-3-2000 |
Improved techniques for formatting annotated text are disclosed. Among other things, the techniques can be implemented to avoid overlapping of rubi characters to improve readability of text documents that... |
| 6094675 |
Electronic discussion system for exchanging information among users |
| Jul-25-2000 |
An electronic discussion system of the client/server structure for an electronic exchange of messages which are presented by a plurality of users and shown on a display of a client computer, wherein the... |
| 6094671 |
Aggregate information production and display system |
| Jul-25-2000 |
A production system for packaging aggregates of mixed media information (e.g. text, images, audio, and video) into addressable packets which are transmitted to receivers over a satellite network, with... |
| 6092081 |
System and method for taggable digital portfolio creation and report generation |
| Jul-18-2000 |
A visual metaphor is provided on a computer and/or network environment for tagging documents with various types of (education) commentary to an author's (student's) work and indications of (educational)... |
| 6088709 |
Document processing unit for enabling collective seeing of comments added separately by different persons to document copies containing the same text part |
| Jul-11-2000 |
Copies of a document having the same text part among documents stored in a document storage unit are read out from the document storage unit and a separation unit separates the comment parts from the text... |
| 6081829 |
General purpose web annotations without modifying browser |
| Jun-27-2000 |
A general purpose system and method for associating annotations, modifications, or other information with a web-viewable document is disclosed. An embodiment of the system and method includes the use of... |
| 6072490 |
Multi-node user interface component and method thereof for use in accessing a plurality of linked records |
| Jun-6-2000 |
A user interface component and method of using the same graphically display linked records with node display elements representing individual records, and optional link display elements representing the... |
| 6041335 |
Method of annotating a primary image with an image and for transmitting the annotated primary image |
| Mar-21-2000 |
A method of superimposing a secondary, graphical image on a primary image for annotating the primary image is provided. The secondary image is opened to access underlying information attached thereto,... |
| 6014663 |
System, method, and computer program product for comparing text portions by reference to index information |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A system and method for assisting in the preparation of a document, and for analyzing a document, such as a patent or patent application, are described herein. The system aids a user to verify that terms... |
| 6006241 |
Production of a video stream with synchronized annotations over a computer network |
| Dec-21-1999 |
The production of synchronization scripts and associated annotated multimedia streams for servers and client computers coupled to each other by a diverse computer network which includes local area networks... |
| 5995936 |
Report generation system and method for capturing prose, audio, and video by voice command and automatically linking sound and image to formatted text locations |
| Nov-30-1999 |
A system and method of automatically assembling voice information and image information into reports or data bases is disclosed. The system uses a microphone connected to a computer for converting spoken... |
| 5991780 |
Computer based system, method, and computer program product for selectively displaying patent text and images |
| Nov-23-1999 |
A system, method, and computer program product for displaying a patent document and a patent image. The method operates by preparing for display a patent document comprised of at least one patent text... |
| 5950214 |
System, method, and computer program product for accessing a note database having subnote information for the purpose of manipulating subnotes linked to portions of documents |
| Sep-7-1999 |
The system synchronizes, displays, and manipulates text and image documents in electronic form for display. The text and image files are synchronized to produce Equivalent Files to create an approximate... |
| 5937416 |
Method for preserving data in an electronic document |
| Aug-10-1999 |
A method is disclosed for preserving entered data in an electronic document from being obliterated with additional data. A code address or flag is assigned to each electronic document. The code address... |
| 5920877 |
Text acquisition and organizing system |
| Jul-6-1999 |
A portable apparatus for directly acquiring text with a portable line scanner and organizing the acquired text in a selected format structure. The text is placed into the format structure as it is acquired.... |
| 5920317 |
System and method for storing and displaying ultrasound images |
| Jul-6-1999 |
A system for recording and displaying ultrasound images. The system includes a database server, an ultrasound image capture station and an ultrasound image review station. The ultrasound images are captured... |
| 5893126 |
Method and apparatus for annotating a computer document incorporating sound |
| Apr-6-1999 |
A method and apparatus pertaining to annotating a document window on a display device of a computer-based system. An annotation window is displayed over a selected portion of the document window where... |
| 5884256 |
Networked stenographic system with real-time speech to text conversion for down-line display and annotation |
| Mar-16-1999 |
A transcription network having linked computer terminals for a court reporter and for examining, defending, and/or associate attorneys is disclosed. A stenographic court reporter's terminal provides speech... |
| 5852436 |
Notes facility for receiving notes while the computer system is in a screen mode |
| Dec-22-1998 |
A screen saver program is provided within a computer system. The screen saver program includes a note facility for generating notes. The notes facility includes a note-taker interface. The screen saver... |
| 5845301 |
System, method, and computer program product for displaying and processing notes containing note segments linked to portions of documents |
| Dec-1-1998 |
A system, method, and computer program product for annotating an electronic document. An electronic document is displayed. At least one note having at least one note segment is displayed. The note segment... |
| 5832482 |
Method for mining causality rules with applications to electronic commerce |
| Nov-3-1998 |
For mining causality rules in an event database, the rules are obtained by iteratively generating candidate rules and counting their occurrences in the event database. Newly identified causality rules... |
| 5818711 |
Method for visually determining the status of program edits in an on-line programming environment |
| Oct-6-1998 |
A method for visually displaying the status of edits utilizes a plurality of visual indicia proximal the portions of edited program segments. Program segments which have not been edited and are currently... |
| 5813019 |
Token-based computer program editor with program comment management |
| Sep-22-1998 |
A user-friendly text editor for structurally represented computer programs is disclosed. The present editor combines advantages of text editors and structure editors by transforming, as the user types,... |
| 5809318 |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing, displaying and manipulating text and image documents |
| Sep-15-1998 |
The system synchronizes, displays, and manipulates text and image documents in electronic form for display. The text and image files are synchronized to produce Equivalent Files using heuristic algorithms... |
| 5806079 |
System, method, and computer program product for using intelligent notes to organize, link, and manipulate disparate data objects |
| Sep-8-1998 |
A system and method of manipulating notes linked to data objects, and of manipulating the data objects. The method operates by displaying a note including one or more first sub-notes and one or more second... |
| 5790769 |
System for editing time-based temporal digital media including a pointing device toggling between temporal and translation-rotation modes |
| Aug-4-1998 |
A system and method that maps temporal control functions into a six degree of freedom pointing device. The six degree of freedom pointing device controls both transport and view modes within a time-based... |
| 5768607 |
Method and apparatus for freehand annotation and drawings incorporating sound and for compressing and synchronizing sound |
| Jun-16-1998 |
A method and apparatus creates and plays objects and sound synchronously after eliminating the silent segments of the sound. The method inserts sequence marks into the object and sound data, deletes silent... |
