Technique for creating and expanding element marks in a structured document
May 12, 2009. 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 ReferencesInsertion of character set change codes in an altered text stream Report preparation File processing method using expanding display windows for selected records and text fields Formatting text/graphics using plural independent formatting mechanisms Control structure for a document processing system Word processor with alternative formatted and unformatted display modes Data structure for a document processing system Implicit creation of a superblock data structure Structures and methods for representing and processing documents Method for generating document using tables storing pointers and indexes InventorsApplicationNo. 315375 filed on 02/24/1989US Classes:715/531, Text715/513Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA)ExaminersPrimary: Shaw, Dale M.Assistant: Bodendorf, Andrew Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG06F 007/28AbstractA method for hierarchically expanding and contracting element marks in a structured document. The structured document is hierarchically organized, such as documents written in Standardized General Markup Language (SGML). An element consists of a begin tag and its associated content, and may optionally include an end tag. The editor can mark an element, to produce an element mark, to indicate its selection for document processing operations such as moving, copying or deleting the content of the element mark. The element mark can be hierarchically expanded to higher-level element marks by invoking the expand code as appropriate. The method also can be used to adjust a stream mark to an element mark.Other References
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