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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5563999 | Forms automation system For large users of business forms having multiple use locations, a system and method are provided for eliminating or minimizing warehousing of pre-printed (paper) forms, minimizing the number of paper forms necessary, eliminating or minimizing redundant e... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5563998 | Forms automation system implementation A system and method for the electronic design, storage, and distribution of business forms maximizes all of these functions, utilizing a forms automation platform and a central library facility. The forms automation platform includes customer profile, for... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5555325 | Data capture variable priority method and system for managing varying processing capacities A data processing system and method manages the recognition of text characters in a plurality of document images. The documents are predefined forms having a plurality of fields in which text characters are to be recognized. A form definition data set is ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5523942 | Design grid for inputting insurance and investment product information in a computer system A computer implemented graphical user interface for receiving instructions and information relating to insurance products, and for displaying insurance proposals relating thereto. The graphical user interface has an insured section for receiving personal ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5500932 | Slip output apparatus A disk stores an application program for defining items to be set in a slip image stored/held in a disk and their layout positions. When another slip image similar to this slip image is designated, and part of the slip form is to be modified in accordance... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5490243 | Data processing system for multi-platform print control and electronic data fill A data processing system utilizes the controlled output of complex forms in one of several different output devices without separate re-engineering of the form specification file. The system iteratively qualifies the form objects in the form file, modifyi... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5485569 | Method and apparatus for monitoring display screen events in a screen-oriented software application too A screen-oriented application tool is integrated into a computer-aided software development system including one or more software development tools for performing predefined software development tasks. An interface program controls communication between t... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5463547 | Portable trade recordation system including means for abbreviated entry of data A portable trade recordation and submission system comprising a hand-held computer terminal with a removable storage device. The software program in the system provides display screens for sign-on, set date/time, account setup, futures/options trade detai... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5459796 | System for entering handwritten data into computer generated forms A method for entering data into a computer generated form including field areas of preselected height and width includes the steps of converting handwritten characters of arbitrary height which may be greater than the preselected height formed on the scre... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5455901 | Input device with deferred translation Improved data entry for handwriting entry computer systems, including "delayed translation" of written strokes, is provided. After a user has entered data into a handwriting entry computer system, the writing is associated with a target field or object. I... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5450537 | Method and apparatus for completing a partially completed document in accordance with a blank form from data automatically retrieved from a database A method and apparatus is provided for completing a document in accordance with a blank tabularized form document from data automatically retrieved from a database. An image of the blank form document is read into the system as image data from which a for... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5434961 | Computerized publishing method and system of typesetting with content-based classification and layout of material A method and system for laying out and typesetting in a computerized publishing system comprises the steps of: grouping materials to be laid out on a type area of a page according to theme of articles to define a plurality of theme families, classifying t... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5410646 | System and method for creating, processing, and storing forms electronically An electronic form processing system preferably includes a host computer, a plurality of local computers, form definitions, routing definitions and an organizational hierarchy. Both the host and the local computers further include a central processing uni... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5404294 | Tag method for moving information between computers & forms A novel method comprising of a combination of steps by which: information from any computer database can be retrieved and placed at precise positions on a pre-printed form; information from a pre-filled form can be extracted and displayed or stored in a d... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5377358 | Character processing device adapted to perform document-editing processing and typewriting processing A character processing device adapted to perform document-editing processing and typewriter processing of information. The device includes a switch for switching the device between document-editing processing and typewriter processing. Also provided are f... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5345553 | Method and apparatus for constructing edit mask entry fields with multiple nonprogrammable terminals attached to a workstation controller A method and apparatus for constructing edit mask entry fields for display panel data, in a system including a host processor, a workstation controller, and a number of workstations, each workstation having a keyboard and display screen. The edit mask ent... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5324120 | Word processing apparatus When a text name is selected on an index during editing other text data, the text data which is processed for editing is automatically stored in a text store area in a RAM. At this time, the text data corresponding to the newly selected text name is read ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5325478 | Method for displaying information from an information based computer system Information is displayed from an information based computer system which comprises the consolidation of information from various object instances onto a single form. Changes or corrections to data values are maintained in a historical record. When the for... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5315504 | Electronic document approval system In a system including electronic mail facilities made available to attached users, means are provided to enable user using any terminal connected to the system network to select a form among prestored document forms, fill said form in and then have said f... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5297245 | Data input system with automatic duplication of repetitive data to a database A data input system useful in a data base such as an address data management system. This data input system can reduce the number of key operation and the possibility of erroneously inputting data. This system comprises: a display for displaying input dat... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5287444 | Message processing system A standardized message processing procedure is invoked by an application program to generate informative messages. Message repositories are provided in files accessible to the message processor. A separate repository is provided for each national language... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5276794 | Pop-up keyboard system for entering handwritten data into computer generated forms A method for entering data into a computer utilizing a pop-up keyboard includes the steps of popping-up a keyboard associated with a selected field area displayed by the computer in response to a predetermined series of strokes formed by a pointer and mod... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5263131 | Data processing apparatus for outputting ruled lines on successive pages The data processing apparatus comprises a line counter for counting total number of output lines while outputting ruled lines, characters, and symbols and a input data memory for storing the data of characters, symbols, and ruled lines input corresponding... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5241464 | Desktop forms order system The creation and ordering of custom business forms is simplified for short-run orders, allowing the end user of the business form to design and transmit the order on a personal computer. Using appropriate design software, the business form is first design... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5201033 | Method for controlling cursor movements on certain computer workstations A process for controlling cursor display information for a plurality of dependent workstations from a remote processor or workstation controller, including the steps of prestoring format tables for each dependent workstation in the remote workstation cont... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5197124 | Method for constructing selection cursors on dependent workstations A process for displaying cursor information for a plurality of dependent workstations from a remote processor or controller. Prestoring format tables for each dependent workstation in the controller or processor, processing cursor movement keystroke signa... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5185857 | Method and apparatus for multi-optional processing, storing, transmitting and retrieving graphical and tabular data in a mobile transportation distributable and/or networkable communications and/or data processing system A method and apparatus for rapid search and co-display of graphics and tabular data for both local and distributed computer dsystems on a mobile station. The method rapidly selects and displays related graphical and text information via a Graphical User I... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5179649 | Method for generating title information entry format and method for filing images in image filing device When image information of documents is stored in the image storage of an image filing device, the title information is entered for each document for easy retrieval of the image information after filing. For entry of the title information for each document... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5129053 | Word processor utilizing image inputting means In a word processor for inputting desired data for each specific items and regulating a printing device for inputted data to be printed at each specific position on a fixed document form set in the printing device, the image of the fixed document form is ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5121475 | Methods of dynamically generating user messages utilizing error log data with a computer system An error log request is generated by a component of a communication software system. The error log request is analyzed and compared to entries in one of a plurality of records in a message look-up table. If there is a match between the fields of the error... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5047960 | Apparatus and method to automate data entry into an application program An apparatus and method for transferring desired data from an existing data source in a computer system to an application program. The existing data source is first converted into visibly formatted data output which is at a location separate from the comp... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5040132 | System for preparing shipping documents A system for preparing shipping documents includes a processor, a keyboard, a display, a memory and a printer. Associated with the printer are a single sheet feeder, a batch feeder and an endless form feeder. The system is capable of preparing a wide vari... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4943936 | Print control apparatus controlling utilization state of plural format blocks A print control apparatus includes a page memory and a format memory respectively for receiving and storing a plurality of page data items and a plurality of format data entries which are supplied from a host computer, and is adapted to expand the corresp... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4939674 | Label generation apparatus The label generation apparatus enables the user to define a label of arbitrary size, shape and characteristics. Each label in a series of labels includes unique indicia that individually identify each label according to any predefined sequence. The label ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4879648 | Search system which continuously displays search terms during scrolling and selections of individually displayed data sets The method of variably displaying search terms includes continuously displaying the names of categories on a video terminal screen. When the cursor is adjacent a category, one data set or search term is displayed, that search term being one of a plurality... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4875174 | Instant label printer for host computer By accessing the screen drivers of a host computer, a label printer provides a user of a host computer immediate printing onto a label of portions of a screen display generated by programs running on the host. A program controlling the label printer and e... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4862386 | Apparatus for preparing a letter Apparatus for preparing a letter, including a stationery item. The apparatus includes a structure for printing and for providing a signal representative of letter data corresponding to information having a format. The information includes a plurality of p... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4835735 | Card image data processing system In a card image data processing system wherein a plurality of card images are recognized as one box (2, 2'), the card images are defined by form data common to the box and card data written in fields is defined by field definition information which is of ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4831552 | Method for concurrently displaying entries from a plurality of different electronic calendars based on interactively entered non-temporal criteria An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system that has a plurality of interactive type work stations connected directly or indirectly to a host processing unit. The method assists a calendar owner to request the system to develop an... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4829468 | Print control system A print control system for controlling a computer system comprising a processing unit, a memory unit, a display unit, an input unit and a printer. The memory unit has print request blocks each for storing information necessary for printing a document, and... | 05/09/1989 |
