Method for copying a marked portion of a structured document

Patent 5079700 Issued on January 7, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 4, 2011. 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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Application

No. 681466 filed on 04/04/1991

US Classes:

715/531, Text708/100, ELECTRICAL DIGITAL CALCULATING COMPUTER715/513Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA)

Examiners

Primary: MacDonald, Allen R.
Assistant: Shin, C.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Hoel; John E.

International Class

G06F 005/00

Abstract

A method is disclosed for copying a marked portion of a structured document so as to prevent damaging the structure of the document at the target location where the contents of the mark is to be inserted. The method includes determining whether there are unbalanced begin tags or end tags in the portion to be copied and then inserting additional tags to balance the missing tags at the target location.