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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7054854 | Structured document search method, structured document search apparatus and structured document search system Upon a search request including a document logical structure, a search graph including the document structure information is generated. A most appropriate search plan is generated by the computation cost simulation, by using index file composed of data creation inde... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054839 | Transmission apparatus and method, reception apparatus and method, management apparatus and method, charging apparatus and method, providing apparatus and method, and recording medium This invention relates to a transmission apparatus for transmitting digital content data via a communication medium, comprising attachment means for attaching cost information per unit data volume to the digital content data; and transmission means for transmitting ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054028 | Offline print method for printing image data in a removable storage medium based on output control data in the same medium A digital copying machine comprising an image scanner part for reading an original image to reproduce image data of the original image, a laser printer part for printing an image according to given image data, a removable memory card, and a reader/writer of the memo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053898 | Picture drawing system for use with a computer and a picture drawing method A system and method for use with a computer having a memory for drawing a picture on a display of the computer which comprises a plurality of geometric parts stored as fonts in the memory, each font having a code number, the geometric part fonts, and a finished pict... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7055108 | Directional focus manager A method for navigating a web page with directional keys is provided where the page is scanned for a next closest element along a predetermined search path in the direction of a selected arrow key. In this regard, the search path can be defined as a tunnel or a cone... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7055094 | Virtual tags and the process of virtual tagging utilizing user feedback in transformation rules The present invention relates to a method and system for transformation of an electronic document through learning transformation rules during training from the original electronic document using visual user feedback and applying the learned transformation rules to ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051276 | View templates for HTML source documents A View Template allows a template author to create an attractive HTML view template, and flow an arbitrary HTML content document into a series of containers defined in the view template. A content document author creates a standard HTML markup language document that... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050804 | Method and system for improving mobile communication handoffs using pilot beacons A method of improving mobile communication hard handoffs comprises receiving signal quality information for a first pilot signal of a first frequency, the first pilot signal being from a first cellular site and receiving signal quality information for a second pilot... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046847 | Document processing method, system and medium A technique for extracting a meaningful text block from a document where a table, an itemized list, a multiple column, etc., are arbitrarily laid out. A document is input which is laid out using blanks or the like, then a symbol is acquired which is associated with ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043686 | Data compression apparatus, database system, data communication system, data compression method, storage medium and program transmission apparatus It is one object of the present invention to perform data compression to encode the structure part of a document in a tree local language, such as XML or ASN.1. A data compression apparatus for encoding data and for compressing the encoded data comprises: a g... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043688 | Document processing apparatus capable of increasing printing efficiency by forming virtual document and storage medium When a document is printed and this document contains plural sorts of data such as a document, a presentation material, and a drawing, a virtual document is formed by which these plural data can be printed in a batch mode in a document processing apparatus. A printi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039859 | Generating visual editors from schema descriptions A visual editor is automatically generated from an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) schema and then used to edit the data contained in corresponding XML documents. The entities within an XML schema are mapped to components of the visual editor, such as forms, widget... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039860 | Creating web pages category list prior to the list being served to a browser A method, system and computer program product for revising and publishing electronic documents. Two sets of electronic documents are generated and maintained on first and second computers. One set is stored on a first computer, for example, as static web pages at a ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039861 | Presentation data-generating device, presentation data-generating system, data-management device, presentation data-generating method and machine-readable storage medium A presentation data-generating device includes a first part for acquiring document data sets, each containing contents to be presented, a second part for acquiring transformation data sets, each defining a transformation rule between the document data sets and a pre... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039869 | Global lab software A computer program and method are used in connection with a system article of manufacture, operator-system interface, and propagated signal for processing digital images, which are extremely flexible in terms of availability, connectability, and the number and types... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039863 | Computer generation of documents using layout elements and content elements Bindings are used to describe a document (and a different document) by associating content elements with layout elements, the layout elements defining layout features or placement information to be applied to the associated content elements in the document, the bind... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034851 | Receiver and method of controlling graphic display The present invention is a multi-function receiver that controls a plurality of graphic user interface displays. The receiver includes a first display processing section for performing graphic display processing based on a program stored in a memory, a second displa... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7036075 | Reading product fabrication methodology A text enhancement method and apparatus for the presentation of text for improved human reading. The method includes extracting text specific attributes from machine readable text and varying the text presentation in accordance with the attributes. The preferred emb... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7036073 | System and method for supporting non-native XML in native XML of a word-processor document A system and method for enabling validation of an extensible markup language (XML) document having elements associated with two or more schemata where elements of each schema may be arbitrarily nested within elements from the other schema and each set of elements re... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7036072 | Method and apparatus for declarative updating of self-describing, structured documents The present invention includes a method and device for updating a self-describing, structured document. A further aspect of the present invention is enabling client-based modification of the document. Additional aspects of the present invention are described in the ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035848 | System and method for structured news release generation and distribution A mechanism for the structured generation of a news release includes in one embodiment, (a) separately specifying the content of each of a plurality of predetermined sections of the news release; (b) storing, in a digital storage medium, the content specified for ea... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032180 | User interface rendering component environment A client software program for use with an embedded device includes an application layer, a programming environment configured to render user interface component areas and query user interface component extensions from a shared delegation object, and an operating sys... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7032172 | System and method for displaying scale-down picture A web document display system and method wherein the web document display system includes a web document retriever for retrieving a web document via a network, a main display for displaying the retrieved web document thereon, a scale-down picture generator for gener... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031798 | Event management systems and methods for the distribution of motion control commands A motion control system for controlling a target device to perform a desired motion operation. The motion control system comprises at least one motion event provider, a motion event manager, and a motion control component. The motion event provider is configured to ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028257 | System and method for rapid creation and display of stylized digital content items Stylized digital content is rapidly created by reading a first file and a plurality of second files. The first file contains a digital content item and each second file contains at least one style definition. At least one display instance of stylized digital content... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027179 | Data generating device capable of appending different watermarks to corresponding pages A computer is provided with an application and a printer driver. A user of the computer generates image data using the application. When the image data is for a plurality of pages, the user selects a desired watermark for each of the plurality of pages. The printer ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7028255 | Self-sizing object placement A method and computer program product includes identifying a page layout template having a plurality of dimensions including one or more variable dimensions, the template lacking a size specification for the variable dimensions and including at least one box having ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027652 | Information capture and processing A computer system comprises an image capture device (10) for capturing an image of a paper document (such as a newspaper article or advertisement) to produce captured image information, and keys or the like for enabling a user to select one of a plurality of ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7028258 | Dynamic pagination of text and resizing of image to fit in a document Dynamic pagination for electronic documents, such as electronic books, is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method first processes a document made up of at least text, as a number of segments. Second, the method determines a number of page breaks ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7028256 | Adding white space to a document generating adjusted page sizing A method, a computer system and a computer-readable medium having instructions for a processor stored thereon are provided for growing a page on a display. Input indicating a first position or designation of content on a page of an electronic document and an amount ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7028260 | Text layout in path corner regions Techniques for placing base and related characters along a path, where the related character is associated with the base character, include determining a position along the path for the base character, the position lying on a segment of the path. An extension of the... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024621 | Methods and systems for rendering electronic data Methods and a system are provided to receive electronic data in their native format and to deliver automatically revised electronic data in a new format and new layout. The received data are decomposed into their constituent parts including text and floating objects... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024423 | Order management method and system A method and system for generating service forms and service orders in an order management system. To avoid entry-related mistakes, a master form is used to enter verified data about a customer and the services to be provisioned. The data entered into the master for... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020839 | Contents receiving system and contents receiving method A user can select a style sheet applied to an XML document as broadcast program information on a screen. In addition, the user can select display mode/non-display mode of broadcast program information. When the user has selected the display mode, he or she can selec... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020611 | User interface selectable real time information delivery system and method An information delivery system including a client device and server interconnected by a network passes data files in accordance with a well known protocol. The server creates an audio version of a displayed page associated with a first data file. The audio version i... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7015922 | Image display method and portable terminal for displaying selected image An image display method for displaying description data having text information and image information described in a predetermined description format. The image display method comprises the steps of extracting attribute values indicating attributes for specifying th... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7017124 | Method for controlling electronic devices using digital recall tool In an electronic device that accepts drawn graphic entries and includes a screen display, a tool for storing and recalling elements displayed on the screen enables a user to draw a simple diagonal line to establish where an element is to be placed onscreen and the d... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7017123 | Graphical user interface including palette windows with an improved search function A system and method for searching for items in a hierarchy of palette windows and for incorporating located items into programs. Palette windows may include one or more palette window selection items that, when selected, open child palette windows of the current pal... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013435 | Three dimensional spatial user interface A method and system of providing a three dimensional spatial user interface (SUI) to a user of a computing device. The SUI may be manipulated in three dimensions and contains a plurality of portals. A portal may contain a sensory cue that provides a reminder as to t... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010745 | Border eliminating device, border eliminating method, and authoring device The image input part (3) in an authoring device (1) reads a plurality of pages of a paper publication and creates images of the pages. In the border eliminating part (9) of the authoring device (1), a common area extraction part (15 | 03/07/2006 |
