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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7139977 | System and method for producing a virtual online book A system and method are provided for generating a virtual book from a set of electronic documentation. From the documentation, a set of topics (e.g., headings) are copied and saved, along with references to their locations in the documentation. The hierarchy of docu... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139973 | Dynamic information object cache approach useful in a vocabulary retrieval system A concept cache useful in a vocabulary management system stores references to individual information objects that can be retrieved and dynamically assembled into electronic documents. Information objects are organized in one or more hierarchical trees, and reference... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137066 | Binary cache file format for themeing the visual appearance of a computer system A binary theme file format provides optimized access to retrieve graphical component theme property data. The binary format includes data structures storing a set of defined visual characteristics for graphical component classes, parts, and states. The data structur... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7137067 | Device and method for presenting news information A user can efficiently obtain useful information by breaking down news information distributed in a form of electronic mail, magazines, etc., in units of articles, selecting from useful information from the broken-down articles, collecting the selected articles, re-... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133873 | System and method for modifying output of computer program without source code modifications A system and method for modifying the output of a computer program without source code modification. A computer program reads in two files, an input data file and a recipe text file. The data input file contains name/value pairs to be rendered to an output device an... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133862 | System with user directed enrichment and import/export control A system for enriching document content using enrichment themes includes a directed search service and an import-export service. The directed search service allows users to author documents while querying information providers using the directed searches that are in... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133050 | Automated image resizing and cropping Automated electronic document design systems and methods for combining identified images and layouts into electronic product templates for displaying to a user. A plurality of images and a plurality of layouts are retained. Stored images are identified based on keyw... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7134073 | Apparatus and method for enabling composite style sheet application to multi-part electronic documents An apparatus and method for enabling composite style sheet application to multi-part electronic documents is provided. The apparatus and method identify content of a requested electronic document and determine subset style sheets that correspond to the identified co... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131067 | Method and apparatus for editing and processing a document using a printer driver A printing image forming apparatus in which a printer driver is installed. The printer driver forms a space in an image of an original document to be printed in which a note is inserted. An inserting device inserts text, images, graphics etc. as the note into the sp... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7131065 | Dynamically altering web page content based on a page's title properties A method and system of dynamically altering the contents of a web page. The method comprises the steps of providing a web page having a title selected in accordance with a pre-defined naming convention, and providing a style sheet having pre-defined style attributes... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130649 | Message creating apparatus and method for mobile phone This invention is a message crating apparatus and message writing method for mobile phone. The above message (SMS or LMS) of mobile phone is including an attribute information(letter color, background color, background scene, letter blink, etc.). Therefore, message ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130885 | Methods and apparatus providing electronic messages that are linked and aggregated A method for associating related electronic messages in computer storage. A first transportable application is created and stored. User input requesting creation of a link from the first transportable application to another transportable application is received. Use... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7131060 | System and method for automatic placement of labels for interactive graphics applications A method and apparatus for positioning labels on a graphical display, which, in an illustrative embodiment, can include labels for aircraft icons in an air traffic control system's computer graphics display. The present invention advantageously identifies clusters o... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127673 | Electronic document display system In a display system and a display control method according to the present invention, a display specification data, which represents specifications of a display unit, is detected. A layout data of a document data is detected, the layout data being integrally stored w... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127671 | Publishing a customized publication by defining multiple sources and time periods for obtaining article quotable information A method for publishing a customized publication including an article for a customer includes obtaining information from the customer including a topic for the article and the identity of a primary source for quotable information about the topic. The method also inc... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126704 | Network print system for merging data with template data for printing or display, subject to applicable restrictions A network print system which aims at printing high-quality image data of a form is generated using a Web browser. In response to a request from a client to print or to display a document, a server merges an appropriate template with the variable data to produce prin... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127679 | Method for generating and navigating a plurality of menus using a database and a menu template Menus are created that facilitate access to data in a menu database. Preferably, the menus include a plurality of menus items laid out so as to duplicate the spatial organization of keys on a numeric keypad, such that a one-to-one relationship exists between the key... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124360 | Method and system for computer screen layout based on a recombinant geometric modular structure A system comprising templates for entering and displaying information/data, such as in a Web page or browser, or in the interface for software or an operating system is disclosed. The screen is divided into an array of grids filling the entire area of the template. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124359 | Image edit device adapted to rapidly lay-out photographs into templates with means for preview and correction by user An image edit device comprises a layout unit for selecting a specific layout example from a plurality of layout examples in accordance with a predetermined criterion, and laying out a plurality of image data using said specific layout example, a manual input unit, a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123274 | Combining drawing system, combining drawing method, and recording medium A combining drawing system includes storage means for storing a template defining a plurality of temporary coordinate systems A and B, the template defining a plurality of layout coordinates E, F, G, H, and J defined in any of the temporary coordinate systems; outpu... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124361 | Apparatus and method for forming processed data An apparatus for forming processed data includes a data storage device. Data storage device is connected to form engine. Form engine is connected to output device. Form engine formats processed data contained on data storage device in accordance with predetermined h... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124373 | System and method for rearranging run-time ordering of open tasks Provided for run time ordering open tasks are a status bar; a plurality of task tabs presented in the status bar in sequential order, with a task tab for each open task within an open application; a content window for displaying task content associated with a curren... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120917 | Process for adjusting an operating interface belonging to process devices with an internet capability, along with an arrangement exhibiting such an operating interface Described is a process for adjusting an operating interface, event messages, and/or measurement protocols belonging to internet-capable process devices, such as control units (13, 23), sensors (14), and/or actuators (15), to given operating cond... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120868 | System and method for adaptive document layout via manifold content A system and method for improving document layout on arbitrary devices of different resolutions and size using manifold representations of content. Manifold representations of content are: multiple versions of anything that might appear in a document, from text, to ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120867 | System and method for conversion of directly-assigned format attributes to styles in a document A method of formatting a computer-readable document including a plurality of objects having directly-assigned attributes includes detecting the objects having directly-assigned attributes, creating a conversion style element for every detected combination of directl... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120634 | Computerized prepress Computerized prepress is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computerized prepress system includes three components: a server, a client and a printer. The server has stored thereon an authoring program to create a document, and a translation program to translate the doc... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117436 | Generating a Web page by replacing identifiers in a preconstructed Web page A system and method for dynamically generating Web content using a parse tree is described. A template describing a dynamically generated Web page is built. The template includes a script written in a tag-delimited page description language. One or more markers incl... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117433 | HTML mapping substitution graphical user interface for display of elements mapped to HTML files A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture, and memory for displaying a relationship between an HTML file and an element in the HTML file is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of reading information from a project file, the information comprising a relat... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117429 | Methods and systems for managing styles electronic documents A computer-implemented method of managing an appearance of electronic documents includes defining a first style sheet, the first style sheet including a style, the style including an attribute and a value associated with the attribute. The defined first style sheet,... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114118 | System and method for providing adjustable read margins in a semiconductor memory A system and method for effectuating a self-timed clock (STC) loop for memory access operations wherein an Embedded Test and Repair (ETR) processor engine is utilized for optimizing an access margin value. Upon compiling a semiconductor memory instance based on its ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7114123 | User controllable data grouping in structural document translation Methods and apparatus are provided which solves the looping problem in structural documents, such as those defined by DOM, EDI and XML. The method and apparatus remove ambiguities by presenting a user with a hierarchical tree structure representation of the document... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111236 | Method and apparatus for visually indicating the location of links within a web page A method and apparatus for visually indicating whether a hyper-link located in a web page is linked within the current page, other pages within the same site, pages external to the current site, links that open a new browser, links that alter the content of the brow... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111234 | System and method for in-line editing of web-based documents A method for editing Web-based documents and a software package for implementing the method is provided. The method can include receiving from a user an indication of a selected portion of a Web-based document to be edited and of a desired editing function to be per... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111229 | System and method for providing a webpage A system and method are disclosed for providing a webpage comprising receiving instructions for previewing a page; creating a preview version of the page, wherein links are modified to reflect a location of the preview version; and displaying the preview version of ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110607 | Image processing apparatus A multilevel image into which a color or a black-and-white image is converted is input, and a slightly indistinct binary image generating unit generates a slightly indistinct binary image that includes a slightly indistinct line pattern and does not include backgrou... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111235 | Business description vocabulary for standardized, extensible interoperation A method of organizing information related to content. A plurality of categories related to the content is identified along with a plurality of elements associated respectively with at least a subset of the categories. The categories and elements are arranged in a h... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107526 | Transparent injection of specific content into web pages viewed while browsing A software program is installed somewhere on a network and acts as a custom proxy service. The software is used to filter content returning from a source to a web browser. At an appropriate point in the returning data stream, non-selectable content, such as, for exa... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107525 | Method for constraint-based document generation A system and method specify a custom document as a constraint satisfaction problem to create the specified document using existing constraint solving algorithms wherein the document, its content components, and its layout requirements as elements of a constraint sat... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107284 | Method of generating user customized document incorporating at least a portion of discovery information recorded in the system of record database in data warehouse environment The present invention is called a document customizer. The document customizer captures and records changes made to an electronic and/or physical footprint of a data warehouse engagement by a knowledgeable field practitioner. The document customizer starts with a â€... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107521 | XSL dynamic inheritance A system, method, and a computer program product for dynamically generating rules for XSL transformations by operating on an XML/XSL DOM representing a tree structure of an XML document in memory. User generated properties are received and transformed into XML/XSL n... | 09/12/2006 |
