Merging of documents
Patent 4674040 Issued on June 16, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date: 
December 26, 2004. Estimated 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.
December 26, 2004. Estimated 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.Patent ReferencesMethod and apparatus for merge processing in a text processing system Patent #: 4445795 InventorsApplicationNo. 06/686566 filed on 12/26/1984US Classes:707/200, FILE OR DATABASE MAINTENANCE345/629, Merge or overlay715/531TextExaminersPrimary: Zache, Raulfe B.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 17/24 (20060101)AbstractA method of, and system for, merging a portion of one document into another and providing for current viewing and on line editing. During preparation of a document, a paragraph from another document can be included in the document being prepared by referencing the other document and paragraph. The result of referencing is inclusion of the paragraph, a view of the document being prepared, and a document including the included paragraph which is dynamically editable. If the paragraph is edited, an operator decision is to be made as to whether the other document is to be updated according to the editing. | |
