| 5748805 |
Method and apparatus for supplementing significant portions of a document selected without document image decoding with retrieved information |
| May-5-1998 |
A method and apparatus for applying morphological image criteria that identify image units in an undecoded document image having significant information content, and for retrieving related data that supplements... |
| 5737739 |
System that accesses a knowledge base by markup language tags |
| Apr-7-1998 |
An expert system, such as could be used for service of a complicated physical device such as a printer or copier, exploits a knowledge base which is written in a markup language format such as SGML. The... |
| 5734915 |
Method and apparatus for composing digital medical imagery |
| Mar-31-1998 |
A process for translating a set of point and click operations in a window oriented environment into a set of ACR-NEMA commands for formatting film pages of medical images. In particular, the software modules... |
| 5724072 |
Computer-implemented method and apparatus for automatic curved labeling of point features |
| Mar-3-1998 |
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for automatically labeling maps in accordance with predefined label criteria provides automated labeling of any number of different types of maps with point,... |
| 5717467 |
Display controller and display control method for multiscan liquid crystal display |
| Feb-10-1998 |
A display controller including a frequency discriminator for attaining modes of horizontal and vertical frequencies of video signals inputted thereto according to horizontal and vertical sync signals,... |
| 5704060 |
Text storage and retrieval system and method |
| Dec-30-1997 |
An improved method and system for storing and retrieving information written as text. The method and system store most words of the text solely in an inverted structure, and the remainder of the text's... |
| 5689717 |
Method and apparatus for the placement of annotations on a display without overlap |
| Nov-18-1997 |
A method and system for placing annotations of various sizes on a display without overlapping the annotations is described. Each annotation is represented by its rectangular bounding box along with an... |
| 5680636 |
Document annotation and manipulation in a data processing system |
| Oct-21-1997 |
A data processing system is programmed to display an annotatable bit map image of a text document, a spreadsheet and the like. Annotations are superimposed on a displayed, annotatable image, under control... |
| 5675753 |
Method and system for presenting an electronic user-interface specification |
| Oct-7-1997 |
A method is disclosed for preparing an interactive user-interface specification. The method is for use with a computer system including a processor, a memory, a display device and an input device. The... |
| 5675710 |
Method and apparatus for training a text classifier |
| Oct-7-1997 |
A method and apparatus for training a text classifier is disclosed. A supervised learning system and an annotation system are operated cooperatively to produce a classification vector which can be used... |
| 5671428 |
Collaborative document processing system with version and comment management |
| Sep-23-1997 |
A document processing system capable of providing an environment for a smooth and efficient collaborative document processing work. In the system, the document in the new and old versions, the comment... |
| 5652899 |
Software understanding aid for generating and displaying simiplified code flow paths with respect to target code statements |
| Jul-29-1997 |
A process implemented in a computer parses source code and displays simplified views of the source code for assistance to a programmer in understanding the instruction flow through the software. The process... |
| 5621871 |
Automated system and method for annotation using callouts |
| Apr-15-1997 |
An automated method of providing a callout in a display field of a visual display is disclosed. The processor designates first and second display locations in the display field and, responsively to a set... |
| 5596705 |
System and method for linking and presenting movies with their underlying source information |
| Jan-21-1997 |
A system and method for providing on demand access to information related to a movie while the movie is being presented to a user, where the movie was generated from the movie related information, are... |
| 5596700 |
System for annotating software windows |
| Jan-21-1997 |
The invention is a system for creating annotations (notes) from text entered by a user. The notes are permanently and persistently associated with a title text in a window and are either displayed or hidden... |
| 5592715 |
Wiper blade for automotive outside mirror wiper and automotive outside mirror wiper using same |
| Jan-14-1997 |
The wiper blade according to the present invention consists of a blade lever and a wiping string held as extended tight on one side of the blade lever. The height of the wiper blade is a maximum of a sum... |
| 5583980 |
Time-synchronized annotation method |
| Dec-10-1996 |
A method enables an image to be displayed along with annotations in synchronization with separate, time-based program material as might be found in a computer-based multimedia system. The time-based program... |
| 5577188 |
Method to provide for virtual screen overlay |
| Nov-19-1996 |
The present invention in the form of a computer software program provides for a method for annotating over static images or annotating over active application programs. In the case of static images, user-created... |
| 5559949 |
Computer program product and program storage device for linking and presenting movies with their underlying source information |
| Sep-24-1996 |
A system and method for providing on demand access to information related to a movie while the movie is being presented to a user, where the movie was generated from the movie related information, are... |
| 5559942 |
Method and apparatus for providing a note for an application program |
| Sep-24-1996 |
A method and apparatus for providing a note on an application program includes noticing a note anchor object associated with a data file displayed by an application program on a computer screen and displaying... |
| 5553281 |
Method for computer-assisted media processing |
| Sep-3-1996 |
A system for computer-assisted processing of media by an end-user is disclosed. The system preferably includes a relational database management system (RDBMS) containing media content. The RDBMS structure... |
| 5550965 |
Method and system for operating a data processor to index primary data in real time with iconic table of contents |
| Aug-27-1996 |
A method and processing system for the indexing of data for one or more users involving the steps of receiving primary data, delineating episode data from the primary data, generating media representations... |
| 5537528 |
System and method for inputting scene information |
| Jul-16-1996 |
A scene information editor 12 extracts, for a plurality of scenes, still image data on the representative frames of scenes from a representative frame file, and arranges the still images along with a time... |
| 5535063 |
Real time user indexing of random access time stamp correlated databases |
| Jul-9-1996 |
A note-taking system based on a notepad computer with an integrated audio/video-recorder is described. A document is created or retrieved. As the user types on the keyboard or writes with the stylus or... |
| 5530942 |
Graphic and text interactive user interface for a program execution analyzer |
| Jun-25-1996 |
An interactive user interface system and method that creates graphic and text displays of computer program execution analysis results that include CPU execution time in tick or frequency counts. The interface... |
| 5526520 |
Method to organize and manipulate blueprint documents using hypermedia links from a primary document to recall related secondary documents |
| Jun-11-1996 |
A method for organizing and relating several documents, including graphic documents, allows the storing of documents in a plurality of files, and thereafter identifying specific ones of those files with... |
| 5526478 |
Three dimensional model with three dimensional pointers and multimedia functions linked to the pointers |
| Jun-11-1996 |
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... |
| 5524193 |
Interactive multimedia annotation method and apparatus |
| Jun-4-1996 |
The present invention provides an improved method for annotating a text document or other media event with any other media event or events. One aspect of the invention allows authors to quickly and easily,... |
| 5524192 |
Simplifying maintaining and displaying of program comments |
| Jun-4-1996 |
A data processing system has display means with a display screen requiring a screen display instruction with each line of textual comments in a file to be displayed on the screen and means for associating... |
| 5515176 |
Interactive fax imaging |
| May-7-1996 |
A remote interactive fax imaging system is disclosed. Stored data, including graphic data, is converted to fax format and transmitted to a remote site. The transmitted image includes machine-readable identification... |
| 5467288 |
Digital audio workstations providing digital storage and display of video information |
| Nov-14-1995 |
The invention disclosed herein is a digital audio workstation for the audio portions of video programs. It combines audio editing capability with the ability to immediately display video images associated... |
| 5457476 |
Method for controlling a computerized organizer |
| Oct-10-1995 |
The method of the present invention includes the steps of executing a process to support a number of temporal-based functions and activating at least one of these temporal-based functions. Temporal-based... |
| 5450541 |
Method of applying electronically stored labels to a print job |
| Sep-12-1995 |
A method is provided for labeling a job in a printing system. The method includes the steps of partitioning the job into a first set with a plurality of electronic pages and a second set with a plurality... |
| 5440978 |
Reduced volume trash collection system |
| Aug-15-1995 |
A waste paper receptacle/compactor employing a container section and a lid section. Suspended within the container section is an expandable liner with a cylinder supported inside of the liner at the top... |
| 5418903 |
Apparatus and method for managing memos |
| May-23-1995 |
By adapting an apparatus and method for managing memos to a video processing apparatus, memo data relating to meetings and events are input and stored, and then reported to the user around the designated... |
| 5408470 |
Deferred synchronization of distributed objects |
| Apr-18-1995 |
A method and apparatus is disclosed for communication between agents in an electronic conferencing system. In an electronic conferencing system wherein data is shared between a plurality of participants... |
| 5404295 |
Method and apparatus for utilizing annotations to facilitate computer retrieval of database material |
| Apr-4-1995 |
A method and apparatus for computer retrieval of database material which may be text, computer programs, graphics, audio, object classes, action specifications or other material which may be machine stored.... |
| 5395243 |
Interactive learning system |
| Mar-7-1995 |
An interactive learning system used for learning an application program, such as a word processing program, provides three basic types of instruction including interactive audiovisual lessons, reference... |
| 5392428 |
Text analysis system |
| Feb-21-1995 |
A computer-based system for analyzing textual works is achieved by operating on a model of the text as stored in a relational database. The text is divided into user-defined segments, and the system maintains... |
| 5367627 |
Computer-assisted parts sales method |
| Nov-22-1994 |
A computerized system provides a salesperson with assistance related to training and sales of parts corresponding to particular products. More particularly, a computerized system incorporating a data storage... |
| 5351276 |
Digital/audio interactive communication network |
| Sep-27-1994 |
A communication system includes a digital network and an audio network such as a telephone system. An audio network server communicates with client work stations in the digital network and with the telephones... |
| 5345551 |
Method and system for synchronization of simultaneous displays of related data sources |
| Sep-6-1994 |
A method and system for synchronizing the presentation of data from different, but related, sources in different windows of a computer display. Data is positioned using duplicate sectional names that are... |
| 5283865 |
Computer-assisted parts sales system |
| Feb-1-1994 |
A computerized system provides a salesperson with assistance related to training and sales of parts corresponding to particular products. More particularly, a computerized system incorporating a data storage... |
| 5253362 |
Method for storing, retrieving, and indicating a plurality of annotations in a data cell |
| Oct-12-1993 |
Annotations to data objects are stored in the object instance and may be stored in an annotation file or a reference may be store in a reference file. Once annotated, a cell displaying the data object... |
| 5251294 |
Accessing, assembling, and using bodies of information |
| Oct-5-1993 |
An interactive information environment for accessing, controlling, and using information. Using a computer, available sources of information are accessed, and components are extracted, labeled, and formed... |
| 5241586 |
Voice and text annotation of a call log database |
| Aug-31-1993 |
Method and apparatus for automatically receiving, storing, and reviewing call activity information and call annotation information, which method and apparatus provides logical connections between the call... |
| 5239466 |
System for selectively routing and merging independent annotations to a document at remote locations |
| Aug-24-1993 |
A personal communicating computer (112) (FIG. 1) remains in contact, via a wireless network, with an office server (101). Documents from various sources can be transmitted to the personal communicating... |
| 5231578 |
Apparatus for document annotation and manipulation using images from a window source |
| Jul-27-1993 |
A data processing system provides annotation of a document through an electronic tablet, a keyboard and an audio assembly. An annotatable document is generated from a window of a multiwindow support program... |
| 5146552 |
Method for associating annotation with electronically published material |
| Sep-8-1992 |
The operating principle permits a reader of an electronically published document to create notes, bookmarks, or annotations and relate them to a particular location in the document. The record of such... |
| 5063600 |
Hybrid information management system for handwriting and text |
| Nov-5-1991 |
A computer system used with special input hardware for providing the benefits of computerization to handwritten as well as keyboard entered information to meet a wide spectrum of commonly-occurring, written... |
