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US Patent 5787449 - Method and system for manipulating the architecture and the content of a document separately from each other

US Patent Issued on July 28, 1998
Estimated Patent Expiration Date: Icon_subject July 28, 2015Estimated 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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Abstract

A system and method for the separate manipulation of the architecture and content of a document, particularly for data representation and transformations. The system, for use by computer software developers, removes dependency on document encoding technology. A map of metacodes found in the document is produced and provided and stored separately from the document. The map indicates the location and addresses of metacodes in the document. The system allows of multiple views of the same content, the ability to work solely on structure and solely on content, storage efficiency of multiple versions and efficiency of operation.

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Application

No. 253263 filed on 06/02/1994

US Classes:

715/513Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA)

Examiners

Primary: Jankus, Almis R.

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US Patent References

5133051, Automatic high speed publishing system
Issued on: 07/21/1992
Inventor: Handley
5280574, Text document management method adapted for generating plural text documents derived from the same original text document
Issued on: 01/18/1994
Inventor: Mizuta, et al.
5404435, Non-text object storage and retrieval
Issued on: 04/04/1995
Inventor: Rosenbaum
5587902Translating system for processing text with markup signs
Issued on: 12/24/1996
Inventor: Kugimiya

International Class

G06F 017/00

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