| 5737608 |
Per-keystroke incremental lexing using a conventional batch lexer |
| Apr-7-1998 |
A system and method are disclosed that enable a batch lexer to be used to incrementally update a token stream representation of a computer program maintained in an editor as the computer program is being... |
| 5734916 |
Method and apparatus for identifying, predicting, and reporting object relationships |
| Mar-31-1998 |
A method and apparatus for identifying, predicting and reporting relationships. The present invention uses a quad structure to describe relationships between dramatic units. Story elements, characters... |
| 5729751 |
Document assembly system with assembly logic |
| Mar-17-1998 |
A system and method for assembling and displaying information include a run time module (12) coupled to documents (14-16). The run time module (12) is also coupled to a user interface (18). The run time... |
| 5727224 |
Document image processor for inserting and editing bracket symbols and associated text |
| Mar-10-1998 |
A computer text and symbol editor, such as a word processing software program, has a bracket editing software tool to insert and revise bracket symbols. The document information processing device includes... |
| 5727156 |
Internet-based automatic publishing system |
| Mar-10-1998 |
A simple method and apparatus for posting hypertext documents to a hypertext server so as to make the hypertext documents accessible to users of the hypertext document system while securing against unauthorized... |
| 5717945 |
Method for creating documents with an open document architecture |
| Feb-10-1998 |
A method for controlling a document creation apparatus creates documents in accordance with an open document architecture. The documents contain one or more pages, with each of the pages containing one... |
| 5717919 |
Database system with methods for appending data records by partitioning an object into multiple page chains |
| Feb-10-1998 |
A Client/Server Database System with improved methods for appending items to an object, such as appending data records to a database table, in the context of a multi-user environment is described. The... |
| 5706457 |
Image display and archiving system and method |
| Jan-6-1998 |
A system 10 and methods for acquiring and archiving images derived from multiple sources with minimal operator interaction and understanding of the archiving computer 11. The system 10 and methods provide... |
| 5701342 |
Complex document security |
| Dec-23-1997 |
A method and means to control the degree to which the presence of covert information may be reduced, eliminated or corrupted in documents created on a computer device (particularly complex documents) before... |
| 5680617 |
Computer-human interface which provides for user customization of object behavior |
| Oct-21-1997 |
A computer-user interface facilitates interaction between the user and the computer in a manner which enables the computer to assist the user in accomplishing desired goals. The computer works with the... |
| 5675815 |
Language conversion system and text creating system using such |
| Oct-7-1997 |
A language conversion system converts an original sentence in a source-language into a translated sentence in a target-language. The language conversion system includes a original analysis unit for analyzing... |
| 5671429 |
Document processing system providing facilitated modification of document images |
| Sep-23-1997 |
A document processing system which, in response to a simple instruction given by a user, is able to change and modify automatically the design of an input document. The document processing system includes... |
| 5666490 |
Computer network system and method for managing documents |
| Sep-9-1997 |
An electronic document management system converts documents into electronic images which can be sequentially routed to individual users in a network system. The network system includes at least two work... |
| 5659770 |
Text/image processing apparatus determining synthesis format |
| Aug-19-1997 |
A text/image processing apparatus obtains image information by extracting resolution, tone, and hue to an extent that editing information such as image layout information associated with a document image... |
| 5659769 |
Text services manager |
| Aug-19-1997 |
A computer operating system Text Services Manager (TSM) operates as an interface between an application and a selection of text services, enabling the user to efficiently select from among a variety of... |
| 5649192 |
Self-organized information storage system |
| Jul-15-1997 |
A textual database system in which concepts, i.e. blocks of text which are related or rely upon one another, are linked together by a database engine. Numerical variables can be embedded in text, which... |
| 5649183 |
Method for compressing full text indexes with document identifiers and location offsets |
| Jul-15-1997 |
A method is disclosed for recording a text index wherein the text index comprises a plurality of data key fields. Each data key field includes a data key identifier, document identifier data, and an offset... |
| 5640581 |
CD-ROM information editing apparatus |
| Jun-17-1997 |
A CD-ROM information editing apparatus is proposed which edits information recorded on CD-ROM and input from an external CD-ROM information reading equipment. A plurality of text files included in the... |
| 5638504 |
System and method of processing documents with document proxies |
| Jun-10-1997 |
An object-oriented document architecture provides system level support for document processing features from within an active document utilizing a novel technique termed a proxy. A proxy integrates external... |
| 5633923 |
Automatic call distribution system with display data storage compression system and method |
| May-27-1997 |
An automatic call distribution system (10) with a plurality of different types of display terminals (18, 20) which require display data to be presented to them in different formats employs a formatter... |
| 5627940 |
Method and apparatus for interactive document preparation using a natural language |
| May-6-1997 |
In an information processing system for executing processing according to information input using a natural language, models of a dialogue between the user and the system according to the processing fields... |
| 5625773 |
Method of encoding and line breaking text |
| Apr-29-1997 |
This invention is a method of representing the text in a document in a way that enables very fast text processing on digital computers. More specifically, each word of text is represented as a number (or... |
| 5625770 |
File system for filing documents, using a catalog card having a plurality of marks thereon |
| Apr-29-1997 |
A catalogue card and a document card are used for a file system. The document card indicates a predetermined document. The catalogue card indicates a catalogue of the document. Since the catalogue of the... |
| 5623282 |
Method and system for the direct manipulation of cells in an electronic spreadsheet program or the like |
| Apr-22-1997 |
A method and system for directly manipulating cells in an electronic spreadsheet program or the like. After the user has selected the cells to be manipulated, the user merely positions the cursor over... |
| 5619635 |
Program controlled system for forms engineering |
| Apr-8-1997 |
A data processing system directed to the preparation of complex forms. The system integrates a powerful graphics based form generator with embedded, form-specific logic and provides output of a form Specification... |
| 5613019 |
System and methods for spacing, storing and recognizing electronic representations of handwriting, printing and drawings |
| Mar-18-1997 |
A system for spacing, storing and recognizing electronic representations of handwriting and printing comprises a central processing unit that couples with a display device, an input device, and a memory.... |
| 5608898 |
Development system with methods for maintaining data integrity of information stored as a data record in a database with a copy of the information displayed on a screen device |
| Mar-4-1997 |
A development system having methods for maintaining data integrity of information stored as a data record in a database table with information displayed on a screen device is described. An exemplary method... |
| 5606712 |
Information managing apparatus capable of utilizing related information in different function modes |
| Feb-25-1997 |
A plurality of memory areas which store various type of information having different formats such as address information, schedule information, memo information in units of type of information are provided.... |
| 5606395 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting machine parameters in a printing machine to provide real-time print appearance control |
| Feb-25-1997 |
A digital color printing system having an input device such as a joystick is disclosed that provides real-time print quality control during a print run. The joystick is located near an output tray to enable... |
| 5596694 |
Method and apparatus for indicating a change in status of an object and its disposition using animation |
| Jan-21-1997 |
A method characterized by the steps of: a) determining an action to be taken on an object on a computer screen which changes the status of the object; b) modifying the visual appearance of the object through... |
| 5594847 |
System and method for selecting free form objects associated with a selection region displayed by a computer |
| Jan-14-1997 |
A method for selecting objects from a ruler provides a simple process for selecting a plurality of free form objects that lie approximately in a line. Free form objects, which are not required to be aligned... |
| 5590257 |
Script character processing method and system with bit-mapped document editing |
| Dec-31-1996 |
A pen-based processor needs to be usable to input and edit script like a text-based computer but retain a resemblance to the user of a pad and pencil. The disclosed system and method implement input, editing... |
| 5588101 |
Bit data processor |
| Dec-24-1996 |
A bit data processor includes bit data input device, an indicator for indicating a shift distance of the bit data inputted by the input device and modifying the indication data in accordance with an output... |
| 5581682 |
Method for storing and retrieving annotations and redactions in final form documents |
| Dec-3-1996 |
This invention is a method for annotating and redacting a final-form document archived in a computerized system where it is important that the fidelity of the final form document is preserved. More particularly,... |
| 5572728 |
Conference multimedia summary support system and method |
| Nov-5-1996 |
A system and a user interface make it possible to easily edit important items of a program, such as a conference, in a short time using multimedia information. A retrieving file is generated by extracting... |
| 5572642 |
Data input display system for preparing and editing structural data |
| Nov-5-1996 |
A data input display system makes it possible to input data which have a document structure having constraint in disposition of constituent elements. Such a structure is used in mathematical formulae,... |
| 5566068 |
Method and system for locating field breaks within input data |
| Oct-15-1996 |
A method and system for locating field breaks within input data is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a software facility locates field breaks within input data. The facility first receives input data... |
| 5544048 |
Method and apparatus for marking text between paired delimiters |
| Aug-6-1996 |
A method and a data processing apparatus are disclosed for marking characters of a character string, which string is resident in the data processing system. The disclosed invention finds, in the string,... |
| 5541836 |
Word disambiguation apparatus and methods |
| Jul-30-1996 |
Apparatus and methods for determining whether a word/sense pair is proper for a context. Wide contexts (100 words) are employed for both training and testing, and testing is done by adding the weights... |
| 5513306 |
Temporal event viewing and editing system |
| Apr-30-1996 |
A system for displaying a sequential stream of information on a single display. The system includes a computer for defining an first area on the display and for displaying a first sample of the information... |
| 5511148 |
Interactive copying system |
| Apr-23-1996 |
A system for generating new documents (20) from originals (4) containing text and/or images (22,28) employing e.g. a camera-projector system (6,8) focussed on a work surface (2), in conjunction with a... |
| 5504850 |
Data processing apparatus with headline representation |
| Apr-2-1996 |
In a data processing apparatus, a specific portion of document data constructed of plural pages, for example, headlines of all pages is displayed within a single display screen. Since a cursor is moved... |
| 5504818 |
Information processing system using error-correcting codes and cryptography |
| Apr-2-1996 |
An information processing system using error-correcting codes and/or cryptography for processing and transmitting data including documents, drawings, images, and data bases includes a mechanism by which... |
| 5502803 |
Information processing apparatus having a gesture editing function |
| Mar-26-1996 |
When a line is drawn on a screen with a coordinate input pen in a specific shape, the shape of the line drawing is collated with a reference stroke stored in a gesture table. As a result, an edit instruction... |
| 5500937 |
Method and apparatus for editing an inked object while simultaneously displaying its recognized object |
| Mar-19-1996 |
A method and apparatus for manipulating inked objects in a computer system includes the steps of displaying a first recognized object on a computer screen and displaying a first ink object on the screen... |
| 5497320 |
Two-level document processing method |
| Mar-5-1996 |
A two level document processing method which prepares a downstream document on the basis of an upstream document associated with software. The upstream document is one used by users of a software product... |
| 5495613 |
Method and apparatus for extending the capability of a system editor using high-level language transforms |
| Feb-27-1996 |
The present invention is directed to a technique extending the commands, and consequently, the capability of a system editor. Rather than extending the editor with existing editor commands, as in the use... |
| 5481752 |
Method of editing multimedia data including graphic display of reproduction times |
| Jan-2-1996 |
A data editing apparatus includes a mass storage device to edit multimedia data such as picture, audio, text and other data. By the visual graphic display of the time positions of the edited information,... |
| 5475841 |
System for inputting one identification number corresponding to data of application program from partitioned area by pressing function key in an operation of application program |
| Dec-12-1995 |
A data communicating apparatus adapted to be used in a small-sized personal instrument on a receiving side and arranged that data groups of a plurality of applications in a small-sized personal instrument... |
| 5438662 |
Electronic display and data processing apparatus for displaying text and graphics in a ring binder representation |
| Aug-1-1995 |
One of the problems facing the designers of an electronic display and data processing apparatus is how to allow the user to perform various page management functions to, e.g. text or graphic documents,... |
