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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7362475 | Image forming device for processing a file containing raster data and vector data An image forming device for forming images based on a file configured of a first data area for storing raster data and a header for storing vector data. The image forming device includes a raster data image displaying function for forming images on a display screen ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7340685 | Automatic reference note generator Content is transferred from one computer resource to another computer resource by receiving a first insertion point or replacement area from a first user interface to a destination computer resource, receiving an enablement to perform automatic paste operation, swit... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330186 | Methods and systems for scoring multiple time-based assets and events The methods and systems for scoring multiple time-based assets and events include declaratively playing a first media sequence; and declaratively initiating a second media sequence at a predetermined time prior to an end point of the first media sequence wherein the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7299407 | Marking and annotating electronic documents A user can highlight text and provide accompanying annotations. Highlighted text, accompanying annotations, and time-stamp information are stored in a user profile that is maintained locally with a web browser, at the client side. A retrieved web page is presented t... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7275211 | Rendering page sets Method and system for rendering a page set having logical pages into a physical report output page. The logical pages may have implicit or explicit repeating orders, implicit or explicit rendering orders; or identification attributes. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7213031 | Automated database publishing and integrated marketing system and program A system to assist a seller in creating product catalogues using a database and a separate pagination program. Information regarding specific, desired products is collected from the database. It is modified by Markup Interchange Format (“MIF”) code wherein direc... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194694 | Device for indicating and providing information and links to quoted or reproduced material The handling of quoted material in an electronic environment is enhanced by using one or more quote bars. Quote bars permit quoted material to be treated as a single object and permit information about the source of a quote to be displayed. They also permit connecti... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7176922 | Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus is comprised of a data input device for inputting informations, a memory for storing the informations input by the data input device, a processor for processing the informations in a form of a plurality of pages, a displaying devi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7155449 | Method and system for creating a reference database for a computer-readable document A reference database containing, for example, bibliographic data of a computer-readable document like a text document is stored together with the text document in a single data file. The reference data are therefore always accessible for the user of the document. | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134020 | System and method for securely duplicating digital documents A system and method is provided for securely duplicating digital documents of disparate types, such that there is a cryptographically secure link between the duplicate and the original. The system also provides each document with a serial number that is both sequent... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7109986 | Illumination apparatus A viewing device is provided for viewing at least one image transparency having an associated tracking memory. The viewing device comprises an illumination device having at least one viewing surface adapted to present at least one illumination pattern, at least one ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7000186 | Method and structure for electronically transmitting a text document and linked information Method and structure for creating an electronically transmittable document having links therein which does not affect the integrity of the document as provided. The information is formatted to have a text portion, and an endnote portion, the endnote portion being in... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6971062 | Methods for rendering footnotes Methods are provided for rendering footnotes to a variety of media. Footnote citations and non footnote data are received and inserted into a unit of media at a beginning location within the unit of media. If a footnote citation is detected, insertion into the unit ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964016 | Method of paginating printed material A printed material to be folded a plurality of times is paginated by displaying an unfolded leaf and assigning page numbers to pages on the face and back of the unfolded leaf through computer processing. The number of rectangles corresponding to the number of pages ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6957194 | Method for printing digital works A method for providing limited printing of a digital work having one or more rights associated therewith within a system having at least one repository configured to enforce use of the digital work in accordance with the rights. A limited printing right, or other ri... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6944821 | Copy/paste mechanism and paste buffer that includes source information for copied data An annotated paste buffer defines a first field for copied information, and a second field for source information relating to the copied information. A copy/paste mechanism in accordance with the preferred embodiments copies the information the user selects into the... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944612 | Structured contextual clustering method and system in a federated search engine A federated search engine groups search results from information sources using attributes of the search results. In grouping the search results, a first set and a second set of attributes are extracted from content in each set of search results received using inform... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6792576 | System and method of automatic wrapper grammar generation A method for generating a wrapper grammar for a file having a structure of a particular format includes providing at least one sample file of the particular format, where the particular format comprises a plurality of string tokens. Each sample file includes a plura... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6791546 | Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus is comprised of a data input device for inputting informations, a memory for storing the informations input by the data input device, a processor for processing the informations in a form of a plurality of pages, a displaying devi... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6721451 | Apparatus and method for reading a document image A character line is identified with a keyword included in the relevant logical element of a keyword dictionary, and the identification result is output to a “keyword identification part” to store the result. All the character lines processed through a “divisio... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6710791 | Portable information gathering apparatus and information management method A portable information gathering apparatus and information managing method in the same make it possible to capture information entered through an input/display tablet, image information entered through an image input device and voice information entered through a vo... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6496841 | Techniques for identifying and manipulating quoted or reproduced material using a quote bar The handling of quoted material in an electronic environment is enhanced by using one or more quote bars. Quote bars permit quoted material to be treated as a single object and permit information about the source of a quote to be displayed. They also perm... | 12/17/2002 |
| 5999951 | Kana-to-kanji conversion method including romaji input and translation processing by a server A kana-to-kanji conversion system, in which an input character string is displayed in Romaji in the order in which the characters are inputted in a client on a network, the input character string in Romaji is transmitted successively from the client to a ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5970505 | Linking related data in a document set including a plurality of books written by different groups of authors in a computer network Particularly, a system and method are disclosed that enable an author of a subsection of a document quickly to locate referenced information in other parts of the document or different documents prepared by other authors and then incorporate that informat... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5870767 | Method and system for rendering hyper-link information in a printable medium from a graphical user interface A method and system for rendering in a printable medium hyper-link information contained in a document displayed within a graphical user interface within a data processing system linked to other data processing systems in a data processing network. A docu... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5640581 | CD-ROM information editing apparatus A CD-ROM information editing apparatus is proposed which edits information recorded on CD-ROM and input from an external CD-ROM information reading equipment. A plurality of text files included in the input information is first linked into a single file. ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5440678 | Method of and apparatus for creating a multi-media footnote A multi-media footnote control links a reference and a video. During the viewing of a video by an author/editor thereof, a footnote may be added to properly credit another source and to aid in study of the subject presented on the video. At the appropriat... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5175684 | Automatic text translation and routing system A machine translation system includes an automatic routing system for automatically translating input text of a source language and sending output text of a selected target language to an addressee, in response to designations of the addressee, the target... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5173853 | Data format conversion A style of document format known as compound document architecture is known, in which a document is broken up into a tree of objects or segments (e.g. document: chapter: subtitle: para: para: etc.), possible with a second layout tree. Two styles of such a... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5111397 | Managing lengthy footnotes in a work processing document A footnote utility manages lengthy footnotes which extend beyond the body text page where they are first mentioned. Certain first and second style requirements are used for assembling body and footnote text into a final document. Each page contains at lea... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5097418 | Method and means for managing citations in documents One of several processes is performed for the automatic management of footnote references in printed documents and a computer-controlled display shows bibliographically correct information in long form and short form in a processing system that provides f... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5065358 | Text processing apparatus for adjusting pagination to accommodate a second text field on a page A text processing apparatus, if data constituting a headline, title or the like distinction of a text are positioned in predetermined upper or low lines of a current page of the text, transfers a part of textual data to the preceding or the next page, so ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4984162 | Word processor with a margin text edit function A word processor having an output function for adding margin text, such as a heading or a footing to a main text, includes main text editor, margin text editor, print controller, display device and display device controller. The display controller display... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4785296 | Method and system for displaying image data A display system which uses one display unit as if it were a plurality of display units to separately display whole information and partial information of document is disclosed. A plurality of display windows are defined on one display screen and a layout... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4648071 | Designation of footnotes and footnote reference A method of, and system for, designating footnotes and footnote references based on, and beginning with, an operator defined initial designation. The initial designation can be made up of both a variable functional portion and an accompanying fixed aesthe... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4648067 | Footnote management for display and printing A method of managing body and footnote text during preparation, review, editing, and printing of a document. Preparation can be accomplished in a one pass input keying operation without regard to (1) storage of the body and footnote text, and (2) numberin... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4503515 | Footnote assembly management A method of, and system for, managing assembly and formatting of footnotes and body text. Following preparation and separate storage of both body and footnote text, assembly of the footnote text with the body text can be accomplished in one pass for a rev... | 03/05/1985 |
