| 6098071 |
Method and apparatus for structured document difference string extraction |
| Aug-1-2000 |
A document difference extraction method and apparatus which is used for extracting the difference between structured documents properly meeting the sense of a document editor taking the logical meaning... |
| 6088710 |
Apparatus and method for producing fulfillment pieces on demand in a variable imaging system |
| Jul-11-2000 |
The present invention discloses a method for assembling fulfillment pieces with custom documents in an efficient manner. The fulfillment pieces, which may have fixed and/or variable information, are produced... |
| 6061700 |
Apparatus and method for formatting a web page |
| May-9-2000 |
An apparatus and method for formatting a specified group of related web pages into a single web page allows a user to define a number of selected pages and associated relation criteria for each selected... |
| 6055522 |
Automatic page converter for dynamic content distributed publishing system |
| Apr-25-2000 |
A Page Builder software program that operates in connection with a dynamic content publishing program such as FutureTense Designer.TM.. The Page Builder program accepts a dynamic content publication file... |
| 6052514 |
Distributed publication system with simultaneous separate access to publication data and publication status information |
| Apr-18-2000 |
A publication system is disclosed for coordinating access to publication data and related information. The publication data typically includes text, image data and layout data. The related information... |
| 6044384 |
Document processing apparatus |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A document data processor system includes means for evaluating a user's impression of a layout of a document, and means for storing the evaluation information. The system also includes means for storing... |
| 6029171 |
Method and apparatus for group action processing between users of a collaboration system |
| Feb-22-2000 |
A natural language-based information organization and collaboration tool for a computer system is disclosed. The present invention includes an apparatus and method for processing text expressions in a... |
| 6026417 |
Desktop publishing software for automatically changing the layout of content-filled documents |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A publisher program for automatically changing the layout of content-filled desktop publishing documents. The publisher program allows the author of a document to use a menu-driven utility to define a... |
| 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... |
| 6014137 |
Electronic kiosk authoring system |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A multimedia kiosk authoring system for use in developing and maintaining user interface screens for multimedia kiosk systems. The authoring system enables the user interface for each individual kiosk... |
| 6009196 |
Method for classifying non-running text in an image |
| Dec-28-1999 |
The present invention is a method for analyzing image data, and more particularly for analyzing of image data representing images containing text to partition the image into running and non-running text... |
| 5995724 |
Image process system and process using personalization techniques |
| Nov-30-1999 |
Fixed and variable content is merged to produce personalized documents using a raster image processor that, for each page to be printed, initializes a frame buffer according to fixed content specified... |
| 5983227 |
Dynamic page generator |
| Nov-9-1999 |
An custom page server is provided with user preferences organized into templates stored in compact data structures and the live data used to fill the templates stored local to the page server which is... |
| 5982995 |
Method for logging data in an electrophotographic printing machine |
| Nov-9-1999 |
A method of recording events in a printing machine having a plurality of subsystems. The recorded event corresponds to selected information generated as a result of an event occurring at one of the plurality... |
| 5966455 |
Image processing apparatus and method |
| Oct-12-1999 |
An image processing apparatus which detects dotted/broken-line separator between image areas in input data. In an area divider 105 which divides image data inputted from an input unit 101 into a plurality... |
| 5963968 |
Apparatus and method for controlling an electronic press to print fixed and variable information |
| Oct-5-1999 |
An apparatus and method for controlling an electronic press develops first and second sets of template data representing associated first and second template pages, respectively. Each set of template data... |
| 5963956 |
System and method of optimizing database queries in two or more dimensions |
| Oct-5-1999 |
A method and system for storing and retrieving spatial data objects from a spatial database is discussed. The system stores multi-dimensional objects within the database by determining their position in... |
| 5956738 |
Article layout device for automatic column text layout |
| Sep-21-1999 |
An article layout device which comprises an article data input section, a column shape data generation section to divide the article space into a plurality of columns, a column layout order generation... |
| 5956737 |
Design engine for fitting content to a medium |
| Sep-21-1999 |
A method of fitting content elements of a composition to a media layout is disclosed. Each content element has an associated content type, and the media layout has a content rendering space for presenting... |
| 5956726 |
Method and apparatus for structured document difference string extraction |
| Sep-21-1999 |
A document difference extraction method and apparatus which is used for extracting the difference between structured documents properly meeting the sense of a document editor taking the logical meaning... |
| 5953733 |
Electronic publishing system |
| Sep-14-1999 |
The present invention has application in electronic and printed media such as newspapers, magazines and computer text systems. The present invention relates to a mechanism by which text and images for... |
| 5946678 |
User interface for document retrieval |
| Aug-31-1999 |
A user interface for a full-text document retrieval computerized system comprises a display with a words window in which each query word is displayed by means of a distinctive representation uniquely associated... |
| 5930811 |
Document processing apparatus |
| Jul-27-1999 |
A document processing apparatus permitting simplified manipulation for designing a postcard or card and making it possible to create any design readily by visually grasping information on a display screen.... |
| 5926185 |
Method for processing a set of page description language commands to reduce complexity |
| Jul-20-1999 |
A method for processing page description language commands improves the efficiency of the digital work flow in graphic arts. The method first translates the page description language commands into a structured... |
| 5920879 |
Document structure conversion apparatus |
| Jul-6-1999 |
The present invention relates to a document structure composing apparatus to judge a short part based upon the structure of the whole document, perform processing for complementation and compose document... |
| 5907837 |
Information retrieval system in an on-line network including separate content and layout of published titles |
| May-25-1999 |
A information retrieval system wherein design and content are separated. Within a section of a title, a designer can layout pages with controls that define areas for content to be inserted into the pages.... |
| 5903902 |
Design engine with tree and component structure |
| May-11-1999 |
One aspect of the present invention provides for a three-way separation of the information in a document. In a particular embodiment, the document is separated into its content, design and media aspects.... |
| 5900003 |
Page-makeup system |
| May-4-1999 |
Page make-up method which includes providing a plurality of uniquely identified sub-pages, comprising half-toned images, in a memory, and organizing a group of the half-toned sub-pages to form the make-up... |
| 5900002 |
Method and apparatus for manipulating page layouts in a desktop publishing system |
| May-4-1999 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for manipulating page layouts in a desktop publishing system. The present invention comprises an interactive computer-implemented productivity tool... |
| 5895477 |
Design engine for automatic layout of content |
| Apr-20-1999 |
A three-way separation of information in a document includes content, design and media aspects. This division supports automatic rendering to multiple forms of media such as print, Intranet, Internet,... |
| 5895476 |
Design engine for automatic reformatting for design and media |
| Apr-20-1999 |
A three-way separation of information in a document includes content, design and media aspects. This division supports automatic rendering to multiple forms of media such as print, Intranet, Internet,... |
| 5895475 |
Software notes designing |
| Apr-20-1999 |
Sticky back notes may be designed in a region displayed by a monitor of a data processing system. The region may be window which contains a layout area, a note design area, and a sample area. The layout... |
| 5878199 |
Method for assembling signatures |
| Mar-2-1999 |
A method for electronic assembly of signatures where individual printed pages are assembled to form a signature. Contents of the printed pages to be assembled are described in a page description language.... |
| 5875265 |
Image analyzing and editing apparatus using psychological image effects |
| Feb-23-1999 |
An image analyzing and expression adding apparatus for presenting an operator with image impressions displayed in terms of sensitive language and for allowing the operator to use stored design know-how... |
| 5873109 |
Device and method for displaying text of an electronic document on a screen in real time |
| Feb-16-1999 |
A device for displaying the text of an electronic document on a screen one word at a time. The display device includes a processor for storing the electronic document; a one-word display for sequentially... |
| 5864858 |
Method for data retrieval in a data-string set by extracting related link-information from a parent node |
| Jan-26-1999 |
A data retrieval method in a data-string set including a plurality of data strings, each data string having a data identification name storage area, a parent data storage area storing link-information... |
| 5848184 |
Document page analyzer and method |
| Dec-8-1998 |
Apparatus and method are provided which determine the geometric and logical structure of a document page from its image. The document image is partitioned into regions (both text and non-text) which are... |
| 5845303 |
Document processing using frame-based templates with hierarchical tagging |
| Dec-1-1998 |
A system and method for manipulating and displaying information in a computer system includes a display screen, a processor, a storage device, and a data input device. Input data is received in the system... |
| 5845302 |
Method and system for producing high-quality, highly-personalized printed documents |
| Dec-1-1998 |
Variable color configuration (VCC) relates to an automated system which allows for the printing of high-quality, highly-personalized documents in relatively small quantities and in a cost efficient manner,... |
| 5842221 |
Dynamic frequently asked questions (FAQ) system |
| Nov-24-1998 |
The present invention provides a navigational interface for Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) documents. Specifically, frequently asked questions and their answers and links are treated as part of objects... |
| 5841900 |
Method for graph-based table recognition |
| Nov-24-1998 |
The present invention is a method for bottom-up recognition of tables within a document. This method is based on the paradigm of graph-rewriting. First, the document image is transformed into a layout... |
| 5835920 |
Dynamic page reduction |
| Nov-10-1998 |
The present invention relates to a method for reducing a page to include orphan lines on a subsequent page which includes determining whether a spatial reduction of the first page will create sufficient... |
| 5802381 |
Text editor for converting text format to correspond to an output method |
| Sep-1-1998 |
A text editor device provides for the automatic selection and execution corresponding to differences in the output form of text for emphasizing places of emphasis within the text, without the receipt of... |
| 5802352 |
Method for separating data retrieval and presentation in an object-oriented reporting system |
| Sep-1-1998 |
A report is generated in an object oriented software environment. A report iterator and a data iterator must have communications there between. The report iterator includes a report group header, a report... |
| 5781175 |
Image search apparatus |
| Jul-14-1998 |
An image search apparatus includes a memory for storing plural sets of images, each set of the plural sets of images comprising one page image or plural page images, a display unit for displaying an image,... |
| 5754801 |
Computer system having a multimedia bus and comprising a centralized I/O processor which performs intelligent data transfers |
| May-19-1998 |
A computer system optimized for real-time applications which provides increased performance over current computer architectures. The system includes a standard local system bus or expansion bus, such as... |
| 5752020 |
Structured document retrieval system |
| May-12-1998 |
A structured document retrieval apparatus which fetches an objective document from many documents stored in a storage device. In the apparatus, a logical structure extraction unit extracts the logical... |
| 5751594 |
Aperture control system for printed circuit board fabrication |
| May-12-1998 |
An aperture control system comprising a computer aided design workstation for generating CAD aperture data, a data converter for reading the aperture data and generating, in response to the aperture data,... |
| 5749080 |
Data retrieval method and link-information adding method |
| May-5-1998 |
A data retrieval method in a data-string set including a plurality of data strings, each data string having a data identification name storage area, a parent data storage area storing link-information... |
| 5742837 |
Method and apparatus for document formatting with efficient figure element layout manipulation |
| Apr-21-1998 |
A method and an apparatus for document formatting, capable of reflecting the preference of the operator and overall balance, such that the desired formatting can be obtained efficiently without tedious... |
