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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6581056 | Information retrieval system providing secondary content analysis on collections of information objects An information retrieval system having a secondary content analysis engine for use on collections of documents. Such collections of documents dynamically arise as a result of queries one or more, possibly distal, information sources. The secondary content... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6381598 | System for providing cross-lingual information retrieval An information retrieval system providing for cross-lingual information retrieval. The method as implemented in the system causes elementary words to be extracted from a search expression. These elementary words are translated and stemmed into the target ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6377288 | Domain objects having computed attribute values for use in a freeform graphics system Domain objects for use in a freeform graphics system. Domain objects are context specific representations of information that are used in a freeform graphics system. Domain objects are represented in a freeform graphics system by a graphic object (icon) r... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6332147 | Computer controlled display system using a graphical replay device to control playback of temporal data representing collaborative activities A system for controlling the playback of a recorded session utilizing a window acting as a player for playing back a timestream for a shared representation media, such as an electronic whiteboard. Timestream and event information for the session is captur... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6272507 | System for ranking search results from a collection of documents using spreading activation techniques A system and method for ranking the results of a search on a collection of linked documents. Documents found on the Web are typically referred to as Web pages. The system utilizes various information relating to the collection of linked documents, includi... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6018346 | Freeform graphics system having meeting objects for supporting meeting objectives Meeting support objects for supporting meeting objectives for use in a freeform graphics system. Meeting support objects are representations of dynamic information that is used to support various common activities performed in meetings, such as decision m... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6005547 | Calibration of an interactive desktop system An interactive desktop system comprising a work surface, a display device such as a projector for displaying images in a first area on the work surface, a camera for capturing images in a second area on the work surface, and an image processor, coupled to... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5966467 | System for compressing and decompressing binary representations of dithered images A method for compression and decompression of dithered images is disclosed. Logical units (tiles) of the binary representation are classified into equivalence classes which are then compressed. Each equivalence class represents tiles having similar gray l... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5923323 | Method and apparatus for organizing and displaying long lists of data items on a work space of a computer controlled display system A computer controlled display system for defining flow regions. A flow region enables a user to view long lists of data items on the work surface of a graphical display system. In a flow region, a rectangular region typically the size of the viewable work... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5914718 | Method and apparatus for organizing a work space for a computer controlled display system using borders and regions A method and apparatus for organizing a workspace of a graphical input system that utilizes borders to define regions within the workspace. The present invention addresses the problem of determining the scope of structure operations. Structures, e.g. a li... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5895470 | System for categorizing documents in a linked collection of documents A system for extracting and analyzing information from a collection of linked documents at a locality to enable categorization of documents and prediction of documents relevant to a focus document. The system obtains and analyzes topology, usage and path ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5847709 | 3-D document workspace with focus, immediate and tertiary spaces A three dimensional document workspace for interacting with large numbers of document objects. A document object may be a document or a document collection. The document workspace is divided hierarchically in terms of interaction rates. A focus space is w... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5838326 | System for moving document objects in a 3-D workspace A three dimensional document workspace for interacting with large numbers of document objects. A document object may be a document or a document collection. The document workspace is divided hierarchically in terms of interaction rates. A focus space is w... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5835638 | Method and apparatus for comparing symbols extracted from binary images of text using topology preserved dilated representations of the symbols A method and apparatus for comparing symbols extracted from binary images of text for classifying into equivalence classes. The present invention uses a Hausdorff-like method for comparing symbols for similarity. When a symbol contained in a bitmap A is c... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5818965 | Consolidation of equivalence classes of scanned symbols A method and apparatus for consolidation of equivalence classes of scanned symbols as may be used for image data compression. The present invention performs run-length symbol extraction and classifies symbols based on both horizontal and vertical run leng... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5798769 | Method and apparatus for maintaining links between graphic objects in a free-form graphics display system In a computer controlled display system capable of supporting free form graphical input, techniques for maintaining the topology of a node-link structure when nodes are moved. When a node is moved, arbitrarily shaped links to other nodes will automaticall... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5793495 | Method for avoiding creation of duplicate keyword objects representing user entered data on a machine readable form A method for maintaining the uniqueness of user entered data in a system for processing machine readable forms. Use of such a method in a system for processing machine readable forms facilitates forms reuse by creating keyword objects for new instances of... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5786820 | Method and apparatus for increasing the displayed detail of a tree structure A method and apparatus for increasing the displayed detail of a tree structure. The present invention is for use on a computer controlled display system and provides for visualization of a tree structure so that a greater amount of the detail of the tree ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5786814 | Computer controlled display system activities using correlated graphical and timeline interfaces for controlling replay of temporal data representing collaborative activities A system for controlling the playback of a recorded session. Timestream and event information for the session is captured by one or more recording devices. Playback of a session is performed under the control of a session access device. A session access d... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5784061 | Method and apparatus for collapsing and expanding selected regions on a work space of a computer controlled display system A method and apparatus for representing a group of graphic objects so as to maximize usage of a display area on a computer controlled graphics display system. The present invention provides a means for "collapsing" a group of graphic objects so that the g... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5778092 | Method and apparatus for compressing color or gray scale documents A technique for compressing a color or gray scale pixel map representing a document. The pixel map is decomposed into a three-plane representation, a reduced-resolution foreground plane, a reduced-resolution background plane, and a high-resolution binary ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5778095 | Classification of scanned symbols into equivalence classes A method and apparatus for classification of scanned symbol into equivalence classes as may be used for image data compression. The present invention performs run-length symbol extraction and classifies symbols based on both horizontal and vertical run le... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5748809 | Active area identification on a machine readable form using form landmarks A forms creation and processing system which identifies and locates the active areas of a form using forms landmarks. The present invention eliminates the need to place predefined registration marks onto a machine readable form. The active areas of a form... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5734761 | Editing scanned document images using simple interpretations A method and apparatus for editing a scanned image. The present invention provides for editing of a scanned image in terms of interpretations of graphical objects contained therein. A graphical object can represent a letter, word, line of text, graphic or... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5717879 | System for the capture and replay of temporal data representing collaborative activities A system for the capture and playback of temporal data representing a collaborative activity such as a meeting. Such temporal data is captured by one or more capture devices (e.g. audio recordings or an electronic whiteboard). Temporal data is comprised o... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5717869 | Computer controlled display system using a timeline to control playback of temporal data representing collaborative activities A system for capturing and controlling access to concurrently recorded timestreams of a session. A session is of a collaborative activity such as a meeting. Timestreams of the session are captured by various recording devices. The timestreams are analyzed... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5715403 | System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works having attached usage rights where the usage rights are defined by a usage rights grammar A system for controlling use and distribution of digital works. The present invention allows the owner of a digital work to attach usage rights to their work. The usage rights define how the individual digital work may be used and distributed. Instances o... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5657450 | Method and apparatus for time estimation and progress feedback on distal access operations A method and apparatus for providing time estimates and progress feedback on long-running distal information source access operations. An intermediate server that is "close" to a client workspace creates time estimates and progress information for operati... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5642473 | Paper saving reprographic device A reprographic device having means for eliminating undesired spacings between lines of text in copies of a source medium. Such means will often have the desired effect of reducing the number of pages in a multi-page document. The present invention accompl... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5638443 | System for controlling the distribution and use of composite digital works A system for controlling use and distribution of composite digital works. A digital work is comprised of a description part and a content part. The description part contains control information for the composite digital work. The content part stores the a... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5634012 | System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works having a fee reporting mechanism A fee accounting mechanism for reporting fees associated with the distribution and use of digital works. Usage rights and fees are attached to digital works. The usage rights define how the digital work may be used or further distributed. Usage fees are s... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5629980 | System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works A system for controlling use and distribution of digital works. In the present invention, the owner of a digital work attaches usage rights to that work. Usage rights are granted by the "owner" of a digital work to "buyers" of the digital work. The usage ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5546529 | Method and apparatus for visualization of database search results A method and apparatus for representing the results of a search of a database. The present invention provides for creating a view of database search results via a tree structure in which detail is selected and context preserved. In the present invention, ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5534975 | Document processing system utilizing document service cards to provide document processing services A user extensible document processing system. The extensible document processing system includes a document processing platform such as a digital copier,control forms for specifying requested services and instructions and one or more document service card... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5530235 | Interactive contents revealing storage device A Document Card (DocuCard) for storing documents and which is content revealing. The DocuCard is a transportable unit having a nonvolatile storage means for storing information in a digital form, a control processor for processing user initiated functions... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5528732 | Reprographic device for making copies with multi-spaced lines A reprographic device providing means for increasing the amount of space between lines of text when copying a source medium. The present invention provides a means to obtain a copy of a document having room between lines of text for hand written annotatio... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5515488 | Method and apparatus for concurrent graphical visualization of a database search and its search history A computer controlled display system providing for graphical representation of a query to a database and creation and traversal through a search history. A database search is typically performed by a sequence of narrowing queries. Each narrowing query is ... | 05/07/1996 |
