| 6848079 |
Document conversion using an intermediate computer which retrieves and stores position information on document data |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A document processing apparatus implemented in a client/server system to add and modify a document conversion function without modification for either client or server. The apparatus comprises a client... |
| 6845273 |
Method and system for replacing content in a digital version of a mass-produced printed paper |
| Jan-18-2005 |
A method performed by a computer system. The method includes storing a first version of a mass-produced printed paper, the first version having a first digital format. The method also includes replacing... |
| 6829746 |
Electronic document delivery system employing distributed document object model (DOM) based transcoding |
| Dec-7-2004 |
Several different embodiments of an electronic document delivery system are described including a client machine (e.g., a palmtop/handheld computer or wireless communication device) coupled to a transcoder... |
| 6829745 |
Method and system for transforming an XML document to at least one XML document structured according to a subset of a set of XML grammar rules |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A method and system are for transforming an XML document structured according to a set of XML grammar rules to at least one XML document structured according to at least one subset of the set of XML grammar... |
| 6801673 |
Section extraction tool for PDF documents |
| Oct-5-2004 |
A method of extracting a section of a page from a portable document format file ("pdf"): The method includes receiving indication of a user-defined region on a pdf file page, designating an extraction... |
| 6799301 |
Methods and systems for objects supporting structured language persistent state |
| Sep-28-2004 |
A converter converts between structured language elements and objects embeddable in the native format of a document editor. A data structure representing the embeddable object is created without instantiating... |
| 6799299 |
Method and apparatus for creating stylesheets in a data processing system |
| Sep-28-2004 |
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for converting documents. Source elements and corresponding target elements are identified. An initial target document derived from a source document... |
| 6792577 |
Data distribution method and apparatus, and data receiving method and apparatus |
| Sep-14-2004 |
Style sheets which define the expression form, etc., of documents in a meta-language (for example, XML) format in which tags which can be defined arbitrarily are used are managed appropriately. A style... |
| 6779154 |
Arrangement for reversibly converting extensible markup language documents to hypertext markup language documents |
| Aug-17-2004 |
An application server executes voice-enabled web applications by runtime execution of extensible markup language (XML) documents that define the voice-enabled web application to be executed. The application... |
| 6778683 |
Method and apparatus for reading and decoding information |
| Aug-17-2004 |
A method and apparatus is disclosed for reading and decoding information extracted from a form. In the system of the present invention, packages are randomly placed on a conveyor belt, with their labels... |
| 6775678 |
Data structure and method of storing a digital document |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A data structure is provided for storing a digital document to be rendered on a printer or viewer. The data structure includes a plurality of objects that define the content and layout of the document.... |
| 6772413 |
Method and apparatus of data exchange using runtime code generator and translator |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A high level transformation method and apparatus for converting data formats in the context of network applications, among other places. A flexible transformation mechanism is provided that facilitates... |
| 6772396 |
Content distribution system for network environments |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A method and apparatus for republishing content to multiple target server computers such that the content is automatically customized for each target site. Users on client computers can then view the customized... |
| 6772395 |
Self-modifying data flow execution architecture |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A self-modifying data flow architecture for computer-readable structures, such as markup language, is modeled as a network of interconnected processing elements, each having a data input and a transformation... |
| 6757888 |
Method and apparatus for manipulating data during automated data processing |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A number of items of data from a data source (12) can be processed and then deposited in at least one data destination (16, 17). The data can be image data, text data, numeric data or some other type of... |
| 6757869 |
Method and apparatus for providing access to a legacy application on a distributed data processing system |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A method and apparatus for accessing an application is provided. Data from a host application is transformed from a host format to a markup language format to form markup language data. A stylesheet is... |
| 6751778 |
Information server systems and methods of rendering information pages |
| Jun-15-2004 |
Methods and systems for rendering information pages are described. A page is divided into panes which are rendered by individual pane renderers. The pane renderers can be shared between pages, or even... |
| 6748569 |
XML server pages language |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A method and computer program product for generating XML documents using a script language that extends the capabilities of XML. The script language includes control statements for including data content... |
| 6738951 |
Transcoding system for delivering electronic documents to a device having a braille display |
| May-18-2004 |
An electronic document delivery system is described including a client machine coupled to (i.e., in wired or wireless communication with) a transcoder proxy. The client machine may be, for example, a palmtop... |
| 6735765 |
Sharing data between operating systems |
| May-11-2004 |
The present invention discloses a technique for sharing data between at least two operating systems. In accordance with the present invention, a volume is provided in a data storage device. The provided... |
| 6728933 |
System and method for importing data |
| Apr-27-2004 |
Data is imported into a word processor application, such as Lotus WordPro, on a non-Windows workstation. Data is set in power fields in a first platform using a script program attached to the first platform... |
| 6725426 |
Mechanism for translating between word processing documents and XML documents |
| Apr-20-2004 |
A translation mechanism translates between a word processing document and an XML file. The translation facility may translate the word processing document into the XML file and, conversely, may translate... |
| 6725424 |
Electronic document delivery system employing distributed document object model (DOM) based transcoding and providing assistive technology support |
| Apr-20-2004 |
Several embodiments of an electronic document delivery system are described including a client machine (e.g., a palmtop/handheld computer or wireless communication device) coupled to a transcoder proxy.... |
| 6721747 |
Method and apparatus for an information server |
| Apr-13-2004 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for managing information in an information resource system containing a server, a client, and a database, by generating metadata using an import agent,... |
| 6711583 |
System and method for detecting and repairing document-infecting viruses using dynamic heuristics |
| Mar-23-2004 |
A method for detecting document-infecting computer viruses in a computer system having a plurality of documents, comprises the steps of maintaining a database of information associated with program objects... |
| 6691281 |
Publishing/republishing data tables in HTML documents while maintaining formatting and functionality for restoring back the data tables |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A spreadsheet program directly publishes a data table or chart into an HTML document. The table or chart is published to a predefined location within the HTML document and a user is enabled to readily... |
| 6687873 |
Method and system for reporting XML data from a legacy computer system |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A method and system for modifying program applications of a legacy computer system to directly output data in XML format models the legacy computer system, maps the model to an XML schema and automatically... |
| 6678867 |
Method and apparatus for providing a graphical user interface for creating and editing a mapping of a first structural description to a second structural description |
| Jan-13-2004 |
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing a graphical user interface for creating and editing a mapping of structured information to different structured information, which allows... |
| 6662186 |
System and method for a data propagation file format |
| Dec-9-2003 |
A system and method for propagating data from one file format to another file format analyzes the file format of saved data to determine whether the file can be opened by the requesting application program.... |
| 6658625 |
Apparatus and method for generic data conversion |
| Dec-2-2003 |
The preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for generic data conversion. A generic data convertor interprets a data description that has configurable data definitions... |
| 6658411 |
Message-file storing/retrieving system by computer |
| Dec-2-2003 |
In message retrieval, a system is provided wherein both a message to be retrieved and a message related to the original message are acquired as a result of retrieval. The original message read from a DB... |
| 6654758 |
Method for searching multiple file types on a CD ROM |
| Nov-25-2003 |
While multiple different document files on a CD-ROM can occur in several different file formats, there is no efficient way to topic-search these differently formatted files since search engines can only... |
| 6647388 |
Access control system, access control method, storage medium and program transmission apparatus |
| Nov-11-2003 |
It is one object of the present invention to use an access control process to evaluate under a specific condition an access permission request. An access control system 100 comprises a resource document... |
| 6644322 |
Human language translation of patient session information from implantable medical devices |
| Nov-11-2003 |
A system and method for efficiently and relatively inexpensively providing a capability of translating "Patient Session Information" comprising IMD data and patient data stored in IMD memory in one human... |
| 6643825 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for applying styles to host screens based on host screen content |
| Nov-4-2003 |
Screens generated by a host application are reformatted for viewing by applying styles to the host screens in response to recognized components included therein. In particular, a style defines a desired... |
| 6635089 |
Method for producing composite XML document object model trees using dynamic data retrievals |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A method, system, and computer-readable code for a technique with which files encoded according to the Extensible Markup Language (XML) notation can be marked up to indicate that the content of the file... |
| 6626959 |
Automatic formatting of pivot table reports within a spreadsheet |
| Sep-30-2003 |
Automatically formatting a spreadsheet pivot table using one of a plurality of predefined formats that include banded report formats and tabular report formats. The pivot table is reformatted automatically,... |
| 6623528 |
System and method of constructing a photo album |
| Sep-23-2003 |
A method of constructing a photo album including the steps of: providing a plurality of digital images; generating an index print of thumbnails from the digital images, the index print including a machine... |
| 6616700 |
Method and apparatus for converting video to multiple markup-language presentations |
| Sep-9-2003 |
A system is described for converting full motion video (102) into multiple markup language (HTML, WML, BHTML) presentations (140) targeted to different devices (144-152) and users. The markup language... |
| 6615234 |
System and method for network-based document delivery |
| Sep-2-2003 |
A system and method for delivering an electronic document over a network, printing in hard copy form at a remote destination, and delivery of the hard copy document to a recipient. A user sends the electronic... |
| 6613099 |
Process and system for providing a table view of a form layout for a database |
| Sep-2-2003 |
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for displaying data associated with a plurality of records in a database, including obtaining a first layout including a body defining a plurality of... |
| 6604106 |
Compression and delivery of web server content |
| Aug-5-2003 |
A server-side mechanism together with an optional client-side decompression process enhance server content delivery. The server-side mechanism preferably comprises a pair of processes: a daemon process... |
| 6598091 |
Method and medium for rendering documents by server |
| Jul-22-2003 |
A method and a medium for rendering documents to a browser from a server are provided. According to the rendering method, the browser requests a predetermined document and at the same time transmits user's... |
| 6590674 |
Method and apparatus for creating and maintaining graphic representations of documents under a universal format |
| Jul-8-2003 |
A document management system for use in a computer system that affords convenient access to documents configured under incompatible formats. The invention allows the graphical depictions of documents configured... |
| 6580438 |
Systems and methods for maintaining uniformity in a presentation environment |
| Jun-17-2003 |
In a presentation control system environment, the methods and systems of this invention manipulate presentation elements to create a unified display characteristic between the elements selected for presentation.... |
| 6569207 |
Converting schemas to component models |
| May-27-2003 |
A system for automatically generating class specifications from eXtensible Markup Language (XML) schemas and then automatically instantiating objects from those class specifications using data contained... |
| 6567411 |
Method and apparatus for continuous narrowcast of individualized information over a data network |
| May-20-2003 |
A method and apparatus which narrowcasts individualized information to system users with access to a data network which carries information such as broadband video data, voice data, or other types of equivalent... |
| 6565609 |
Translating data into HTML while retaining formatting and functionality for returning the translated data to a parent application |
| May-20-2003 |
A method for enabling data generated in a parent application to be translated into another format, such as hypertext markup language (HTML), so that formatting functionality unique to the parent application... |
| 6546406 |
Client-server computer system for large document retrieval on networked computer system |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A client-server system for making electronically published documents available over a computer network processes electronically published documents in a first markup language into document in a second... |
| 6546133 |
Methods and apparatus for print scraping |
| Apr-8-2003 |
Systems and processes that automate receiving of unstructured information contained in electronic documents, detecting the document type, determining the corresponding document format, extracting structured... |
