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System for providing context-sensitive on-line documentation in a data processor

Patent 4970678 Issued on November 13, 1990. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 28, 2008. 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.

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Inventors

Application

No. 213458 filed on 06/28/1988

US Classes:

715/531, Text715/501.1, Hypermedia715/512Annotation control

Examiners

Primary: Lee, Thomas C.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 003/153

Abstract

A word processor prepares a document having internal labels in the text. An application program contains a routine executable at various points for accessing the document and displaying its text at the label locations determined by the current position in the application.

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