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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398468 | Bidirectional network language support A method and apparatus for displaying bi-directional text using a browser program on a computer (20) coupled to drive a display (22) and having an operating system such that the computer normally writes text to the display in a default language in a fi... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7369985 | System and method for dynamically determining the attitude of an author of a natural language document A method for adaptively analyzing a natural language document containing at least one lexical item, said analysis to determine an attitude of an author towards an entity, comprising determining at least one actual valence for the at least one lexical item by analyzi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363213 | System and method for dynamically determining the function of a lexical item based on discourse hierarchy structure A method for adaptively determining the attitudinal function of a lexical item occurring in a natural language document, comprising determining a base valence of the lexical item; determining an actual valence of the lexical item by adjusting the base valence based ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350142 | Method and system for creating a table version of a document A table version of a document is generated by computing a table layout of the document and generating the table version based on the table layout. Computing the table layout can include recording the positions of each object in the document while recording the posit... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333965 | Classifying text in a code editor using multiple classifiers Multiple independent classifiers of a code editor are used to classify a range of text. Each classifier is an independent classifier and can independently classify any given range of text. Classifiers can be added and merged during run time of the code editor. Addin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320104 | Text grid creation tools Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling typesetting and layout editing (2a). Data being typeset or laid out are displayed on a display (3). A first menu (20) having a u... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310780 | Methods, systems and computer program products for visually tethering related graphical objects Methods, systems and computer program products are configured to display graphical objects on an electronic display by providing a tether that visually relates two spaced apart graphic objects on the display, with the tether configured to be less visually prominent ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7278117 | Image segmentation and warping for specialized display viewing A method, program product and system for warping image data, the method comprising in one embodiment: receiving image data for an image; segmentation of the image into a plurality of regions based on regional classification of the image; obtaining a set of warping r... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271929 | System and method for integrated printing and assembly of electronic documents In one embodiment there is disclosed an application program in which a document is created containing complex rendering codes which codes identify locations within the document where material other than the basic medium is to be inserted or where special treatment i... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269274 | Digital watermark embedding method, digital watermark extraction method, digital watermark embedding apparatus, and digital watermark extraction apparatus An apparatus for embedding a digital watermark in a document image detects circumscribing outer shapes of characters in the document image and sets a plurality of reference lines that extend in the column direction and are spaced apart in the row direction by a basi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269787 | Multi-document context aware annotation system A method for document annotation includes providing a contextual framework extending over multiple electronic documents. Annotations are input to a computer by a user with respect to two or more of the documents, while the user views the documents on a computer scre... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260238 | Digital watermark embedding method, apparatus, digital watermark extraction method and apparatus Distance d1 between the right edges of A1 and B2, and distance d2 between the right edges of A3 and B4 are calculated. If data to be embedded is 1, one or a combination of a process for increasing the size of B2 in th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260774 | Method & system for enhanced web page delivery A system for and method of enhancing web page delivery. The invention provides the ability to control redirection of Web traffic of humans and search engine spiders. It can differentiate between these types of visitors to a Web page, track their movements, log criti... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243298 | Method and computer-readable medium for previewing and performing actions on attachments to electronic mail messages A method and computer-readable medium are provided for previewing and performing actions on attachments to electronic mail messages. A first window pane is displayed that includes a list of e-mail messages and information identifying any attachments to the e-mail me... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239412 | True print preview method and apparatus A computer/printer system and method which includes and involves a screen-display device with a display screen, and wherein requests for a document print preview results in the direct and accurate creation by the printer per se of a true preview on the display scree... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240284 | Method for formatting text by hand drawn inputs A method for text editing includes drawing a staircase object which is recognized by the software and replaced by a machine rendered staircase object. The user places alphanumeric characters adjacent to each step of the staircase object, the font, case, style, color... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236932 | Method of and apparatus for improving productivity of human reviewers of automatically transcribed documents generated by media conversion systems An apparatus for improving productivity of human reviewers of transcribed documents generated by media conversion systems includes a server/client network of computers, memories and file systems. The server receives and stores voice files created by users of the sys... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231598 | User interface for editing documents containing markup language A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for editing an electronic document containing markup language tags are provided. According to the method, a computer application program for editing an electronic document operates in one of two editing modes. In a f... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231590 | Method and apparatus for visually emphasizing numerical data contained within an electronic document A method and apparatus are provided for visually emphasizing all of the numerical data contained in an electronic document. A determination is made as to whether a request to emphasize all of the numerical data in the electronic document has been received. If such a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213205 | Document categorizing method, document categorizing apparatus, and storage medium on which a document categorization program is stored A document categorizing apparatus includes a sentence analyzer 12 for analyzing a plurality of documents to detect titles thereof; a feature element extractor 13 for extracting feature elements from the titles detected by the sentence analyzer 12 | 05/01/2007 |
| 7197707 | Automatically selecting fonts The method automatically selects a font from a collection of fonts for use in captions associated with images. The method first selects 110 a font from a library of fonts, based on information provided with the images. The method then sets 112 the exis... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191405 | System and method for editing information A system and method provides a pop up window containing a text editor to allow tags or attributes or other commands to be edited in accordance with a selected graphical object or a specified insertion point in a graphics editor. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188306 | Swoopy text for connecting annotations in fluid documents A swoopy text method and system for generating and displaying curved text to connect primary source data with secondary data, including alternatively connecting different text streams, to augment the meaning of original text and/or to replace the meaning of the orig... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180527 | Text display terminal device and server This invention is relative with a text displaying terminal unit used for preparation, transmission/reception and display of a text message. A text message entered by a user is collated to a keyword and, if there is a keyword in the text, displaying attributes of the... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181451 | Processing input text to generate the selectivity value of a word or word group in a library of texts in a field is related to the frequency of occurrence of that word or word group in library Disclosed is an automated system, machine-readable storage medium embodying computer-executable code, and method for generating descriptive words and optionally, multi-word groups derived from a digitally encoded, natural-language input text that describes a concept... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177863 | System and method for determining internal parameters of a data clustering program A system and associated method for tuning a data clustering program to a clustering task, determine at least one internal parameter of a data clustering program. The determination of one or more of the internal parameters of the data clustering program occurs before... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165217 | Electronic book display device and its display method An electronic book display device capable of attaching the mark to the optional element by just conducting the simple operation like actual books. Since the display control means 28 is provided for determining the type of mark to emphasize the specifying element acc... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159172 | Display for rapid text reading A display system uses so called rapid sequential visual presentation (RSVP) in which words are presented one after another in time, in a window for reading by a user. To provide context information, a thumbnail view of the document page or the section of text is als... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152206 | Printed matter producing method, printed matter producing apparatus utilizing said method, and computer-readable recording medium The present invention aims to provide a method of producing printed matter containing various types of materials which are easy to understand and make a great impression on readers. In accordance with this method of the present invention, a direct-reading material a... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149967 | Method and system for creating a table version of a document A table version of a document is generated by computing a table layout of the document and generating the table version based on the table layout. Computing the table layout can include recording the positions of each object in the document, dividing the document in... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143089 | System for creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions A system for automatically creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions about subjects, particularly exceptional experiences. Described is an Internet system assisting/motivating a population of users interested in information about cer... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137070 | Sampling responses to communication content for use in analyzing reaction responses to other communications A method, system, and program for sampling responses to communication content for use in analyzing reaction responses to other communications are provided. Responses specified by a user to varying portions of the content of a communication are gathered. These specif... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7116826 | Embedding with error-correction encoding A maximum embedding amount can be ensured depending on information to be embedded, by determining an error-correction capability in correspondence with the characteristic of embedded information. For this purpose, upon multiplexing additional information, the additi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7110945 | Interactive book An electronic interactive book allowing a child to learn the pronunciation of various words. The book will be provided with a permanent or impermanent display onto which a plurality of words, phrases or sentences would be provided. The electronic book includes a mic... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106884 | Digital watermark embedding apparatus for document, digital watermark extraction apparatus for document, and their control method This invention provides a digital watermark embedding apparatus for a document, which can eliminate unnaturalness that may be experienced upon laying out characters in a document when watermark information is embedded, while maintaining the robustness of a document ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103848 | Handheld electronic book reader with annotation and usage tracking capabilities A handheld electronic book reader, program product, and method incorporate enhanced annotation and/or usage tracking capabilities. Support is provided for user creation of “contexts” for defined terms in an electronic document. Moreover, annotation data such as ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7080319 | Technology to translate non-text display generation data representing an indicator into text variables The invention is for use with a system having an interface that features plural indicators on a video screen energized according to a file of non-text display-generation data, where each indicator represents information about a parameter of a large system, such as a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073138 | Method and apparatus for cursor positioning in bi-directional text A cursor is moved through regions of text 300 having differing directions to a location visually adjacent to a previous cursor location. The cursor is moved in the direction of requested cursor movement even when moving from text having a first direction to t... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069506 | Methods and systems for generating enhanced thumbnails An enhanced thumbnail apparatus produces thumbnails in which one or more elements, such as a document header, or keywords specified by a user, are modified to facilitate review by the user. The enhanced thumbnails are produced by generating a reduced-size representa... | 06/27/2006 |
