Quotables
"Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure."
Henry Morton, president of the Stevens Institute of Technology ; Said in 1880 about the light bulb
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of PatentStorm
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest patents by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Got questions? Ask a Patent Expert!
Registered users: Manage your profile, comments and alerts.
US Patent 4559598 - Method of creating text using a computer
US Patent Issued on December 17, 1985
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
February 22, 2003Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
February 22, 2003Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractA method of creating text using a computer having a display screen and a pointing mechanism for identifying locations on the display screen. The method involves displaying a list of commonly used words on the screen so that the user may select the words to be used in the text by successively pointing to them. The computer responds to the pointing mechanism and displays on the screen a line of text comprising the identified words in their successive order of selection.Other References
| InventorsApplicationNo. 06/468493 filed on 02/22/1983US Classes:715/531, Text340/825.19, Communication or control for the handicapped345/173, Touch panel345/180, Light pen for CRT display434/169, Electrical component included in teaching means715/532DictionaryExaminersPrimary: Fleming, Michael R.Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References4190833, Alphanumeric terminal having an optoelectric converter and an associated mono-pulse generating circuitIssued on: 02/26/1980 Inventor: Bejting , et al.4193119, Apparatus for assisting in the transposition of foreign language text Issued on: 03/11/1980 Inventor: Arase , et al.4195338, Computer typesetting Issued on: 03/25/1980 Inventor: Freeman4198623, Touch entry interactive cathode ray tube arrangement Issued on: 04/15/1980 Inventor: Misek , et al.4247906, Text editing system having flexible repetitive operation capability Issued on: 01/27/1981 Inventor: Corwin , et al.4386232, Multiplexed touch sensitive screen system Issued on: 05/31/1983 Inventor: Slater4406626, Electronic teaching aid Issued on: 09/27/1983 Inventor: Anderson , et al.4438505, Electronic dictionary and language interpreter with auto-search key for deriving a full-length word and its associated translation word based on a partial word entered Issued on: 03/20/1984 Inventor: Yanagiuchi , et al.4456973, Automatic text grade level analyzer for a text processing system Issued on: 06/26/1984 Inventor: Carlgren , et al.4464070, Multi-character display controller for text recorder Issued on: 08/07/1984 Inventor: Hanft , et al.4481603File processing method using expanding display windows for selected records and text fields Issued on: 11/06/1984 Inventor: McCaskill , et al. International ClassesG06F 17/24 (20060101)G06F 17/27 (20060101) |
