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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5101478 | I/O structure for information processing system An I/O structure for use in a digital data processing system of the type in which system components including a processor and a system memory are connected by a system bus. The I/O structure includes a system bus interface connected to the system bus, a s... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5043891 | Document generation apparatus and methods A document generation system which employs a definition-based expert system and an editor to produce an output document from a template document and expert system responses. The knowledge base of the expert system consists of a hierarchy of terms and thei... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4996662 | Method for generating document using tables storing pointers and indexes A document processing system including a control structure having separated supervisory and document functions. The document functions, including a document buffer and document access control means are the sole means for accessing documents and the docume... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4974174 | Alignment method for positioning textual and graphic objects In a computer system, an application program is able to specify the location of an object to be displayed relative to another object to be displayed by means of alignment points selected for each of the objects. The alignments points include the intersect... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4959769 | Structures and methods for representing and processing documents A document processing system including a document structure and a library of routines for manipulating the document structure. The components of the document structure are made up of individually-locatable blocks. The components include a chain of text bl... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4942540 | Method an apparatus for specification of communication parameters A method and apparatus by which a user can enter and edit communication configuration parameters. A screen display includes a depiction of a communication connection and a scrollable list of communication parameter sets. The depiction of the connection in... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4918588 | Office automation system with integrated image management An office automation system that provides for the incorporation of documents of all types by integrating images into the system. A minicomputer-based system includes applications such as word processing, data base, and mail, each of which can access image... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4897780 | Document manager system for allocating storage locations and generating corresponding control blocks for active documents in response to requests from active tasks A document manager controls the loading into memory from a mass storage means, such as a disk, a document file in disk file format. The loaded document file is stored in memory in document structure format for subsequent access thereto by a task, such as ... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4879753 | Thresholding algorithm selection apparatus A thresholding algorithm selection apparatus for the selecting the threshold algorithm to be applied to a specimen in a digital imaging process is disclosed. The specimen is preliminarily scanned and thresholded using a predetermined thresholding algorith... | 11/07/1989 |
