Implicit creation of a superblock data structure
April 19, 2005. 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 References 3648271 Insertion of character set change codes in an altered text stream Keyboard mismatch correction Image editing apparatus Formatting text/graphics using plural independent formatting mechanisms Automatically balancing and vertically justifying a plurality of text/graphics-columns Graphic word spelling correction using automated dictionary comparisons with phonetic skeletons Method of editing dot pattern data for character and/or image representations Automatic text adjustment Method and apparatus for automatically spacing characters during composition Patent #: 4591999 InventorsApplicationNo. 06/645620 filed on 08/30/1984US Classes:707/100, DATABASE SCHEMA OR DATA STRUCTURE715/533Spell CheckExaminersPrimary: Harkcom, Gary V.Assistant: Lynt, C. H. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 17/21 (20060101)G06F 17/24 (20060101) AbstractAn application composite editor for compound documents containing not only text but also graphics and tables to facilitate the manipulation of object sets in the formatting algorithm. The editor works with a page layout philosphy wherein data objects reside on the page and data resides in the data objects. All pages reside within a document object, and some data objects may have additional objects within them. Objects are data-specific entities that the user can manipulate on the page. All objects exist within a specified boundary on the page, and this boundary is defined as an object set boundary. Object sets may be moved into positions on the page such that more than one object set is occupying a single displayable area on the page. Such an arrangement of objects creates a structure called a superblock. A superblock is any displayable area containing two or more objects sets positioned so that the object sets overlap one another, reside side-by-side or extend above or below one another. A text object set may not be overlapped by any other object set. Although the superblock is itself a complex structure, the creation of this structure by the editor greatly simplifies integration of different data types on the page for the user and allows the user to manipulate a group of object sets within a single displayable area on the page with relative ease. Moreover, formatting of the document is facilitated by the editor since the superblock is treated as an object set without taking into consideration the complexity inside the superblock structure except when a page end decision must be made.Other References
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